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Ryan Hitt Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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The Ryan Hitt Collection (800 C.E. - 1600 C.E.; 2 linear feet) is a collection of pottery shards, points, and plumbs found by the donor hunting for artifacts in fields and woods.

Presbyterian Church, Vernon, Louisiana Records, 1891- 1899, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Session minutes

Raymond Clary Louisiana Industrial Institute Collection, 1913, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Set of picture postcards featuring buildings at Louisiana Industrial Institute

Ralph Bills Louisiana Polytechnic Institute Collection, 1950-1955., University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Photographs of Louisiana Tech campus taken during donor's Air Force training period

Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Records, 1881-1969, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church records

Reggie Mccleroy,, "Living Legacies Of Lincoln Parish", University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Drawings by area artist of local NAACP leaders in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: Clara Carr, E.D. Smith, C.C. McClain, Thalia Williams, J.K. Haynes

Ringgold, Louisiana General Store Business Ledgers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Business ledger of a general store in Ringgold, Louisian

Rita M. Krouse Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Correspondence concerning the building of a military road between Fort Smith on the Arkansas River to Natchitoches, Louisiana

Riley Joe Wilson Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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"Crimefighters: Centennial History of the Ruston Police Department"

Robert J. Pfister Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Prints from the collection of Bob J. Pfister of photographic negatives from the inventories of the Ruston, Louisiana photographic studios of John Green Davis (1890's-?) and John Green Davis Jr. (?-1943), of the amateur photographers William Marbury (1930's-1940's) and J.E. Woodward (mid-1940's-1971), and of Louisiana Tech University photographer Bob J. Pfister (1950's), including index prepared by Pamela Pfister, who made the prints. Woodward accumulated the collection, which was given at his death to Pfister (some are photocopies). Prints funded by Ruston Building and Loan Association, President Benjamin Denny, in honor of the centennial of Louisiana Tech University, 1894-1994

Robert Edwin Russ Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Correspondence and his other writings reflecting Russ's life (1830-1902) as planter, community leader, and founder of Ruston, Louisiana; legal records and notes on the history of Ruston compiled by his descendants for the Diamond Jubilee in Ruston

Rita Krouse Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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The collection contains research material pertaining to Germantown, Louisiana

"Rocky Mount Presbyterian Cemetery", Tanya L. Arant

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History, records, map of cemetery

Rodney Ruby Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Civil War records and diary of members of the Ruby family of Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana

Roland H. Ebel Latin American Political Structure Publications, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Books and articles relating to the politics of Latin America

Roland Jones Family Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Papers of prominent attorney, U.S. Congressman, district judge of Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and a pioneer resident of Shreveport; include mainly correspondence of Roland Jones (1813-1869) and his wife, Anne Neville Stokes, and that of their descendants in Louisiana. Letters cover political, professional, social and family matters.

Rosa Colvin Barksdale Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Sketch based on records kept by Ainsley H. Colvin, the reminiscences of S.P. Colvin, C.C. Colvin, G.A. Colvin, and genealogical research conducted by Rosa Colvin Barksdale.

Ross Hale Camp Ruston Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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CAMP RUSTON DOCUMENTATION PROJECT

Various photographs from Camp Ruston of buildings, U.S. soldiers, staff, and their wives. Also included is the donor's letter to Vince Spione, October 1995

Roland Oliver Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Confederate letters of Oliver from Louisiana and Mississippi (including one from Vicksburg) during the Civil War.

Rufus M. Smith Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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CAMP RUSTON DOCUMENTATION PROJECT

List of former prisoners interned in U.S. World War II prisoner of war camps who returned for reunion in 1984, including four from Camp Ruston

Ruston Church Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Church records, bulletins, minutes, brochures, newsletters, correspondence, and scrapbooks of a number of Ruston, Louisiana churches, including Church of the Redeemer Episcopal, Trinity Methodist Church, First Baptist Church, Ruston Presbyterian Church, Vienna Presbyterian Church, and the Vernon Church.

Ruston Business And Professional Women's Club, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Minutes, scrapbooks, and publications of the Ruston Business and Professional Women's Club organized in 1919.

Ruston Civic Symphony Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Programs of the Ruston (Louisiana) Civic Symphony, 1981-1995, including list of charter Board of Directors and past presidents

Ruston Civic Symphony Financial Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of the Ruston (Louisiana) Civic Symphony, including the bulk of financial records

Ruston College Records, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Records of Ruston College

Ruston Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials related to the history and development of Ruston, Louisiana

Ruston High Bearcat Soccer Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Materials relating to the establishment of the first soccer team in Ruston High School history

Ruston Fire Department Photograph Collection, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Photographs of "Old Main" after fire, Ruston Volunteer Fire Department, and fire stations

Ruston Presbyterian Church Papers, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Papers given by members at a historical meeting of the Ruston Presbyterian Church, October 1963, honoring Kathleen and Helen Graham, active long-time members of the church; highlights of the history of the church and tributes to the Graham sisters

Ruston Presbyterian Church Records, Tanya L. Arant, University Archives And Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University

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Minutes of the Session, 1884-1920; register of pastors, elders, deacons, communicants, and baptism