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Emile Zola and Henry Ceard papers, 1864-1901


Chiefly correspondence. Zola writes about contemporary writers and journalists, literary criticism, the stage, censorship, politics, and personal affairs -- including his own novels and reviews. Seventy-eight letters (1879-1889) are to Henry Ceard.

Other correspondents include: Paul Adam, Jean Aicard, Georges Charpentier, Francois Coppee, Alphonse Daudet, Theodore Duret, Edmond de Goncourt, Francois Hebrard, Leon Hennique, Joris Karl Huysmans, Wilhelm Lilienthal, Georges Ricouard, Paul Robiquet, Jules Simon, Edouard Toulouse, Louis Ullbach, Ernest Vizetelly, Raoul Vost, and Ernst Ziegler.

Format(s): Manuscripts, Letters
Library: John Hay
Contact(s): patricia_figueroa@brown.edu

Access to the collection:

Online Catalog (BruKnow):
Individual records for most printed materials available on BruKnow
General description of the collection available on BruKnow

Other Online Access:
Research Guide: Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century: A Bibliography
Publication: The Emile Zola Holdings in the Brown University Libraries, Books at Brown, vol. XXVII (1979) p. 79-81
RIAMCO: Guide to the Emile Zola and Henry Ceard papers

In-house Access to the Collection:
Card File
Manuscripts are individually cataloged in the manuscripts card catalog.