The E. F. Schumacher Personal Library and Archives
The E. F. Schumacher Library is now home to the bulk
of Dr.
Ernst Friedrich Schumacher's personal library and
archives, donated in 1995 by his widow, Vreni Schumacher.
His library, consisting of 2500 books, has been computer
indexed and its catalogue can be searched over the Internet. Schumacher's archives,
which include books, articles, lecture and background
notes, and memorabilia, can be viewed at the E. F. Schumacher
Library.
The books:
The 2500 volume collection of books, many containing Schumacher’s
research notes, and some inscribed by authors, span a
surprising range of topics. In addition to the expected
criticisms of economics, technology, agriculture, and
development, there are equally considerable collections
of titles exploring western and eastern philosophies,
a variety of religious and political thought, psychology
and mysticism. Seven hundred of the titles are in German,
the remainder in English. The books are fully catalogued,
and the collection may be browsed over the Internet. Schumacher’s
own titles, as well as his contributions to volumes of
collected essays and more than 200 journal articles, can
be separated and searched independently. It is nearly
a complete collection, missing only the approximately
200 books that were removed from the collection by Schumacher’s
children upon his death. A brief record of each of these
absent books has been entered into our catalogue system
to maintain the integrity of the collection. (For details
about conducting specific searches of Fritz Schumacher’s
personal collection, please read about searching special collections).
The archives:
Schumacher’s archives were professionally organized
by his daughter Barbara Wood, author of E. F. Schumacher:
His Life and Thought (NY: Harper & Row, 1984). They
include articles written by Schumacher himself,
including copies of Small Is Beautiful in many languages,
documentary film productions about him, his lecture and
background notes, and awards, medals, and photographs.
The collection is in the process of being computer-indexed, scanned, and made available to scholars on-line. Please contact us if we
can assist you with research specific to the archives. You may access the archives catalogued to-date by clicking here.
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