- A letter from Catherine Pringle to her uncle, which includes a retelling of events regarding the Whitman Massacre.
- 4 Pages
Pringle, Catherine Sager – Letter 1854
Pulsipher, John – Pioneer Journal 1848
- One page is a letter from Rob S. Campbell to John Pulsipher announcing that Pulsipher will preside over branches of the Latter Day Saints.
- The remainder of the journal details his travels west.
- 20 Pages
R. L. M. – Letter September 12, 1849
- Written for the American Citizen, Jackson, MI, September 12, 1849
- An extract from a letter received from one of the Jackson company on the road to California
- 3 Pages
Recollections by Ellison Orr
- 54 Pages
Rees, William H. – Ancestry and Journal
- Genealogy of William H. Rees, along with descendants
- Photos on pages 21, 22, and 24
- 1850 Census p. 34
- 1860 Census p. 28
- 1870 Census p. 29
- 1880 Census p. 30
- Transcribed letter from William Rees to his mother p. 35, 36
- Transcribed letter p. 37
- Pages 38-44 consist of copies of original letters.
- 44 Pages
Reeve Jr., Robert Warne – An Early Journal and Diaries
- Excerpt from Chronicles of Courage: An Early Journal and Diaries
- Photo of Robert Warne Reeve, Jr. pg. 2
- Photo and diary entry of John Reeve, pg. 8
- Photo of Emma Hamon Reeve, pg. 16
- Photo of Mary Lyman Reeve, pg. 21
- 23 Pages
Reynolds, Edgar – Journal of Travels from Iowa to California, 1852
- Left Iowa on April 18, 1852, headed for the gold fields.
- 30 Pages
Richards, Silas – Pioneer 1849
- 5 Pages
Richey, James H. – A Trip Across the Plains in 1854
- 5 Pages
Ririe, James and McFarland, Archibald – Our Pioneer Heritage
- Excerpt from Our Pioneer Heritage, compiled by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers
- Photos p. 3, 13, 15, 22, 25
- 28 Pages
Rockwood, Albert Perry – Compiled and Assembled History
- This file contains a newspaper clipping, A Hundred Years Ago Today, retelling events at Winter Quarters on February 8, 1847.
- Page 3 begins a list of emigrants traveling to Zion.
- Page 5 shows the number of emigrants and their names, 148 in total.
- “Editor’s Note: This is a series of articles about the Latter-day Saints and their westward migration.”
- Page 10 begins the Journal of Albert P. Rockwood
- 43 Pages
Rodolf, Jacob Caspar Frederick – Diary 1850
- Partial diary
- 20 Pages
Rollins, James Henry – 1816-1899
- 5 Pages
Roper, Henry – Two Letters
- 5 Pages