Scope & content
Letters and manuscripts in the collection span the years 1864 to 1921. Over half of the letters are to Zola's friend and fellow-writer, Henry Céard. These letters have been published by Albert J. Salvan. See Émile Zola. Lettres inédites à Henry Céard, publiée et annotées par Albert J. Salvan, Providence: Brown University Press, 1959.
Other correspondents include:
- Paul Adam
- Jean Aicard
- Georges Charpentier
- François Coppée
- Alphonse Daudet
- Théodore Duret
- Edmond de Goncourt
- François Hébrard
- Léon Hennique
- Joris Karl Huysmans
- Wilhelm Lilienthal
- Georges Ricouard
- Paul Robiquet
- Jules Simon
- Édouard Toulouse
- Louis Ulbach
- Ernest Vizetelly
- Raoul Vast
- Ernst Ziegler