- R. A. Scott Diary, 1877/18822
- R. Doyne Halbritter, Collector, Preston County Material, 1761/19371
- R. E. Lee Memorial Church Collection, 1869/19302
- R.L. Hays, Collector. Papers, 1825/18901
- R.S. Rudd (b.1846) Records, 1839/19121
- RMC Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Files, 1818/20247
- Rabbi Isaac B. Seixas's Hebrew Lexicon, 1860/19002
- Racial and Ethnic Ephemera Collection, 1778/20059
- Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds3
- Railroad Timetables, 1880/1968, bulk 1915/19271
- Railway mortgage certificates, 1880/19371
- Raleigh County Archives, 1850/19161
- Raleigh County Photographs for Pictorial History, 1880/1968, bulk 1890/19601
- Raleigh and Mercer Counties Photographs, 1870/2000, bulk 1910/19601
- Ralph Edwin "Ted" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/19501