A. Personal and family archives
1A. Papers, photographs, and personal effects
1A.1. Public records and administrative documents
1A.1.1. Public records, family documents
1A.1.2. Distinctions (diplomas, certificates, honors)
1A.1.3. Personal network
1A.2. General administrative documents
1A.3. Administrative and personal documents of Marc and Ida Chagall
1A.4. Donated works
1A.5. Documentation gathered by Chagall on poets, painters, etc.
1A.6. Personal papers of Marc Chagall
1A.7. Personal papers of Ida Chagall
1A.8. Family and personal photographs of Marc and Bella Chagall
2A. Correspondence
2A.1. General correspondence
2A.1.1. “Assorted” letters
2A.1.2. Foreign correspondence
2A.1.3. Correspondence to Marc and Valentina Chagall
2A.1.4. Correspondence of Valentina Chagall (1983–1992)
2A.1.5. Correspondence of Ida Chagall (1940–1994)
2A.2. Professional correspondence
2A.2.1 Relations with museums and institutions (1920–1990s)
2A.2.2. Relations with art dealers (galleries, auction houses, etc.) (1920–1983)
2A.2.3. Relations with publishers, authors, and bookstores (1946–2003)
2A.2.4. Relations with collectors and admirers (1916–1983)
2A.3. Personal correspondence
2A.3.1. Family correspondence (1910–2007)
2A.3.2. Friendly relations
3A. Writings of Marc and Bella Chagall
3A.1. Marc Chagall
3A.2. Bella Chagall
4A. Artistic creative work
4.A.1.Organization of work
4.A.2. Preparatory sketches (notes and sketchbooks)
4.A.3 Commissions
5A. Chagall and the Marc Chagall National Biblical Message Museum
5A.1. Donation to the French state
5A.2. Project of the Marc Chagall National Biblical Message Museum (1958–1977)
5A.3. Creation of the Marc Chagall National Biblical Message Museum
6A. Inventory of the works of Marc Chagall
6A.1. Works by Marc Chagall in the Pierre Matisse Gallery
6A.2. Works by Marc Chagall in Saint Paul de Vence (1965–1981)