After his death , Husserl 's manuscripts , amounting to approximately 40,000 pages of `` Gabelsberger '' stenography and his complete research library , were smuggled to Belgium by Herman Van Breda in 1939 and deposited at Leuven to form the Husserl-Archives of the Higher Institute of Philosophy . After his death , Husserl 's manuscripts , amounting to approximately 40,000 pages of `` Gabelsberger '' stenography and his complete research library , were in 1939 smuggled to Belgium by the Franciscan priest Herman Van Breda . There they were deposited at Leuven to form the Husserl-Archives of the Higher Institute of Philosophy .