Collections
Railroad Stock Certificate Collection
Contains 51 stock certificates dating from 1857 to 1970 documenting the history of railroads in western Pennsylvania, including various items such as correspondence, bills of lading, telegrams, valuation of baggage tickets, dividend check, a lease, and employee transit passes for the Pennsylvania Railroad Lines West of Pittsburgh.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Ramón Gómez de la Serna Papers
Consists of approximately 60,000 handwritten notes and manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and annotated first editions from his library from 1906-1967.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Rare Books and Imprints
Consists of works particularly in the areas of the humanities and the social sciences, including the history of science and technology. These multidisciplinary collections contain many unusual or unique items, such as first editions, early imprints, fine bindings, and beautifully illustrated books.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Richard C. Jeffrey Papers
Contains biographical material, correspondence, research and lecture notes, teaching documents, and drafts of published and unpublished writings by Jeffrey and others.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Robert G. Pflaum Photograph Collection
Visual images focus on streetcars and their routes through downtown Pittsburgh, its neighborhoods, and surrounding areas, including the South Hills, Dormont, and Castle Shannon between 1958-1971.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Robert J. Walker Papers
Contains a letter book presumably created by Walker of copies of correspondence with several prominent 19th Century political figures.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Robert McKnight Diaries
Consists of two volumes of bound personal diaries that contain details of McKnight's social and business life in Pittsburgh (1842-1843, 1846-1847).
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Robert Stobo Papers
Contains an original French and Indian War era letter written by Robert Stobo to Colonel Innes, who were officers in the British Army.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Rolling Rock Training Camp Ledger
Contains information from July 9 to August 4, 1917 of guard duty in the military training camp near Ligonier, Pa.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Rose Rand Papers
Comprises Rose Rand's personal and professional records, a significant amount of correspondence and working papers, as well as notebooks, research notes, manuscript fragments, and transcriptions from Vienna Circle discussions (1922-1938).
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Rudolf Carnap Papers
Contains extensive correspondence covering his entire life and career, lecture outlines for courses that he taught in Vienna, Prague, and the U.S.; and manuscript drafts and typescripts both for his published works and for many unpublished writings.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Russell H. Heffley Photographs
Visual images document downtown Johnstown (Cambria County, Pa.), local businesses, advertising, parks, and daily life in this city from 1924 through the 1950s.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Rust Engineering Company Records
Visual images from the 1900s-1960s depict views of the construction of equipment and facilities for heavy industry, including furnaces, boiler settings, industrial chimneys, and entire manufacturing and processing plants in Pittsburgh and Holt, Alabama, as well as promotional books featuring Rust Engineering's projects.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh
Ruth and Thomas Martin Archive
Photographs, correspondence, and other materials documenting the life and work of opera translators and librettists Ruth and Thomas Martin.
Contributor: University of Pittsburgh