The Collection of Books
When the Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung was established in 2007 the books of Jung's private library also became property of the foundation. According to its objectives, the foundation is responsible to preserve these materials and to make them accessible for scientific researches. Jung's library grew during his life and became a mirror of his research interests. When he died in 1961, the library contained about 4'000 books.
The main content of Jungs private library was contemporary literature of the 19th and 20th century, mainly about medicine, psychiatry, psychology and philosophy. Additionally there are a great number of books on antique cultures, gnosis, christian symbols, eastern religion, ethnology and occultism. The library also contains a collection of about 300 rare books (printed before 1800) on alchemy, theurgy and kabbala, as well as antique literature on dreams, writings of church fathers and of the latin and greek classic.

Library Project
In order to maintain the library a project concerned with the deacidification and restoration of the works has started. Furthermore, a project on the digitalization of the collection and old rare items is currently implemented together with the Library of the ETH in Zurich and with the financial support of the Dr Donald C. Cooper Fund, which aims to facilitate the psychology at the ETH in Zurich. The results of this project are published under e-rara.ch:
http://www.e-rara.ch/cgj/nav/classification

T.Fischer „The Alchemical Rare Book Collection of C.G. Jung“, International Journal of Jungian Studies, special issue, vol. 3, issue 2, 2011