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Émile Zola and Henry Céard Papers (Ms.Zola)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

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