- Ramsay Family Papers Collection (MS012), 1742/19601
- Randolph H. Lytton historical Virginia collection5
- Record Book Listing of Enslaved People of the Massie Family, 1823/18631
- Restoration Files for the Historic Structures Report, 1750/200520
- Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection, 1731/1992, bulk 1860/19802
- Reverend Isaac Morris Family History, 1700/19281
- Reverend Paul A. Menzel collection, 1755/17662
- Richard A. Rutyna Papers, 1763/20111
- Richard Billups Papers, 1705/1857, bulk 1774/18225
- Richard G. Joynt Collection of British Manuscripts, 1593/20152
- Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/17994
- Richard J. DeMartino papers, 1910/19651
- Richard Lee Morton papers, 1756/2006, bulk 1930/19693
- Robb-Bernard Papers, 1665/1980, bulk 1850/19509
- Robert Alexander Legal Papers, 1747/17661