The following books are recommended:
Merlin D. Burt, Adventist Pioneer Places: New York & New England (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2011).
Denis Fortin and Jerry Moon, eds. The Ellen G. White Encyclopedia (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2013).
George R. Knight, A Brief History of Seventh-day Adventist, 2nd ed. (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2000).
George R. Knight, A Search for Identity: The Development of Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 1999).
George R. Knight, Organizing for Mission and Growth: The Development of Adventist Church Structure (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2006).
George R. Knight, Meeting Ellen White: A Fresh Look at Her Life, Writings, and Major Themes (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2001).
George R. Knight, Walking with Ellen White: Her Everyday Life as a Wife, Mother, and Friend (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2000).
George R. Knight, Reading Ellen White: How to Understand and Apply Her Writings (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2001).
George R. Knight, Ellen White's World: A Fascinating Look at the Times in Which She Lived (Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald, 2001).
Richard W. Schwarz and Floyd Greenleaf, Light Bearers: A History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (Nampa, ID: Pacific Press, 2000).
The following films are recommended:
Keepers of the Flame (CrossView Media, 2005).
Meet Hiram Edson (Adventist Heritage Ministries, 2012).
Meet Joseph Bates (Adventist Heritage Ministries, 2014).
Meet William Miller (Adventist Heritage Ministries, 2014).
War in Heaven, War on Earth (The Lincoln Project, 2014).