Arrangement
The collection is divided into 4 series:
- Series 1. Émile Zola letters to Henry Céard
- Series 2. Other Émile Zola correspondence
- Series 3. Émile Zola manuscripts
- Series 4. Henry Céard letters to Madame Céard
Series 1, 4, and "Titre général de l'ouvrage, 1761 and Titre particulier de la plaquette, 1770" (from Series 3), were originally represented by a summary catalog card record as well as a printed item-level inventory listing place, date, document type, pages, and accession number.
Series 2 and 3 were cataloged at the item level on catalog cards. Records include salutation or title, date, place, document type, pages, size in centimeters, accession number and a summary in English of the item's content.
The series are interfiled in one chronological sequence and are housed in three document boxes. Folders are not numbered.