Ivard Ritchie Rogers (1915-1988) served in World War II and was an outdoorsman and river runner. He worked for the Utah Bureau of Investigation, including 20 years service as director. This collection includes black-and-white and color slides depicting Rogers' military service and images of his friends and family. Also included are photos of Southern Utah and Utah national parks, river running, and the Green, Colorado, and Yampa rivers.

Daisy Marguerite Rolapp (1895-1986) was a graduate of the University of Utah while her husband David Smellie Romney (1892-1975) served as mayor of Ogden, Utah in 1944 and as managing director of the Utah Symphony beginning in 1948. This collection contains black-and-white photographs of David and Daisy Romney, their families, photographs of performing artists, and photographs of a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints mission.

The Roosevelt CCC Camp photograph collection contains one photograph album documenting the Roosevelt Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1345 at Camp F-29 working on public lands in the 1930s.

Joseph Rosenblatt (1903-1999) was a Jewish American businessman who, with his wife Evelyn Rosenblatt (1910-2004), contributed philanthropically to the University of Utah and to Utah's arts organizations. This collection contains photographs depicting the Rosenblatt family, properties, travel, and philanthropic events and images documenting EIMCO, Joseph Rosenblatt's mining equipment company.

The Galen J. Ross photograph is a promotional image used for Ross' political run for Attorney General.

The James G. Rossiter photograph collection contains a scrapbook and yearbook documenting the Pocatello Ski Association's events and activities in the 1970s. In addition to photographs of members, the books contain newspaper clippings and brochures.

Shirley Pagter Rothstein served in the women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve during World War II at the United States Navy Convalescent Hospital in Sun Valley, Idaho. This collection contains black-and-white photographs and picture postcards depicting the hospital and the ski carnival it held in March 1945.

Rowland Hall-St. Mark’s School, known as Rowland Hall, is an independent private school in Salt Lake City, Utah that has been continuously in operation since 1867. The collection contains photographs of students, faculty, staff, and buildings dating from the 1890s to 2005.

Everett Ruess was an artist and writer who disappeared in the Utah desert in 1934. The Everett Ruess Family photograph collection contains photographs, negatives, postcards, albums, and glass slides of Everett, Stella, Christopher, and Waldo Ruess and their travels between 1900 and 1985.

The Joseph Stanley Russon photograph collection contains several family portraits and negatives, some formal some candid.

The Salt Lake and Utah Railroad, also known as the Orem Line or Orem Interurban, was an electric railroad line that offered freight and passenger services between downtown Salt Lake City and Payson, Utah from 1914 until 1946.

The Salt Lake City Fire Department photograph collection contains photographs of Salt Lake City firefighters, apparatus, and stations. This collection is digitized and available in the Digtial Library.

The Salt Lake Tribune photograph collection contains photographs of ski jumping at Ecker Hill (1940s), as well as photographs of early mining days at Alta.

Saltair Beach Resort Records photograph collection contains three images, likely created for promotion or advertisement, of the Saltair Beach Resort on the Great Salt Lake in Utah.

This collection consists of prints and negatives collected and created by Harold Stanley "Stan" Sanders about Utah history; subjects include resorts, breweries, saloons, the Auerbach's department stores, and early Salt Lake City architecture. It also contains personal photographs taken of and by Sanders during his military service in Korea following World War II and photographs of an 1989 exhibit featuring his collections.

Dorothea Ruth Sauer (1871-1950) was a teacher and principal in Utah between 1900 and 1950. The Dorothea R. Sauer photograph collections loose photographs and a photograph album of portraits, landscapes, and vacation photography.

"Saving the Legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans." is a project of the American West Center at the University of Utah. The Saving the Legacy photograph collection contains images donated by veterans who participated in the project.

James John "Jim" Sawdey (1916-1999) served in the 87th Infantry Regiment and the 10th Mountain Division during World War II. This collection contains two photograph albums documenting his training in the United States Army ski troops. It also documents the 10th Mountain Division's participation in the Italian Campaign circa 1944-19245.

Fayez A. Sayegh (1922-1980) was a scholar, educator, and diplomat who wrote about Palestine, Israel, and Zionism. This collection consists of slides, photographs, and negatives relating to Fayez Sayegh's career and personal life, particularly his family life and travels with wife Arlene Briem Sayegh and daughter, from 1946-1979. Included are photos of Fayez and Arlene Sayegh, their family, their house, and vacations across the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

Frank Emil Schefski (1872-1946) was an athlete and journalist in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Frank E. Schefski photograph collection contains portraits of Schefski, his family, and friends.