Additional Special Collections
The Library of the E. F. Schumacher Society has received
generous donations of materials belonging to individuals
who have made significant contributions to decentralism.
In addition to Fritz Schumacher,
those whose collections are featured include Robyn Van
En, Ralph Borsodi, George Benello, Dick Bliss, and Robert
Swann.
Those featured:
Robyn Van En: The personal library of Robyn
Van En, co-founder of the first community supported farm
in the United States and founder of Community Supported
Agriculture of North America (CSANA) is shelved together
as a collection (marked with RVE) and as with Fritz Schumacher’s
library, records can be sorted and viewed as a distinct
collection, allowing researchers to discover what books
influenced the birth of a movement.
Ralph Borsodi: Articles, research files,
and previously unpublished manuscripts significant to the
collection of Ralph Borsodi, economist, author and founder
of the School of Living, are included in the Library's archives.
These materials were acquired from the files of Borsodi’s
former editor Lydia Ratcliff. Although not yet fully cataloged,
the archival collection may be viewed at the Library.
George Benello: The personal library of
George Benello, former professor of sociology at Cornell
University and University of Massachussets, tireless advocate
of worker ownership and one of the founding members of the
Industrial Cooperatives Association (ICA), which provides
technical assistance on worker-ownership. Benello's books
are cataloged and shelved together as a collection (marked
with BENE). Journals and archival materials from this collection
have not yet been cataloged but may be viewed at the Library.
Richard Bliss: The personal library of
educator Dick Bliss, founder and director of East Hill School
in Andover, VT is catalogued and shelved
together as a collection (marked with BLISS). This diverse
collection includes many titles from the catholic workers'
movement and the distributionist tradition.
William Ellis: The personal library of Bob Ellis, publisher of the newsletter Transnational Network for Appropriate Technology, is catalogued and shelved together as a collection (marked with TRANET). There is a strong emphasis on appropriate technology and international development issues in this collection.
Peter Gillingham: The library archives include articles, research files, and unpublished manuscripts of Peter Gillingham, who was the director of Intermediate Techonology in Melno Park, CA, and a partner of E. F. Schumacher in work on appropriate technology. These archival materials have not yet been catalogued.
Robert Swann: Archival materials as well
as books from the collection of the founder of the Community
Land Trust movement in the United States can be found in
the Library collection.
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the catalogued special collections
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