- R. Harvey Chappell, Jr. Papers, 1950/198280
- RMC Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Files, 1818/202431
- Rachel H. Thomas, Student, Memory Book Regarding Student Days at Marshall College, 1931/2011, bulk 1931/19391
- Racial and Ethnic Ephemera Collection, 1778/200510
- Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Alumnae Association Records, 1940/20211
- Raleigh and Mercer Counties Photographs, 1870/2000, bulk 1910/19601
- Ralph Chesse papers, 1935/19752
- Ralph Cohen papers and "New Literary History" records, 1948/201668
- Ralph Cohen papers, 1940/20136
- Ralph E. McCoy Collection, 1919/20015
- Ralph Edwin "Ted" Spears, Jr., Compiler, Battelle-MacLane-Mendel-Spears Family Collection, 1848/2001, bulk 1860/19501
- Randall S. Hawthorne Papers, 1935/2014, bulk 1980/200014
- Randolph Family Papers, 1851/2004, bulk 1851/18651
- Randolph H. Lytton Historical Virginia collection, 1670/200410
- Randolph H. Lytton historical Virginia collection9