Everett Ruess family papers

Everett Ruess family papers, 1894-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Ruess, Everett, 1914-1934
Title: Everett Ruess family papers
Dates: 1894-2005 (inclusive)
18942005
Quantity: 51.5 linear feet, (91 boxes)
Collection Number: MS 0687
Summary: The Everett Ruess family papers (1894-2005) is a collection containing diaries, correspondence, postcards, school work and original writings, and other documents related to Everett Ruess and his family. Everett Ruess was an artist and writer who explored the deserts of the southwest, invariably alone. He was known for cutting linoleum prints of nature and associated with Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. Click here to view the digitized diaries from the collection.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English, Spanish; Castilian, Chinese

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Everett Ruess was an artist and writer who explored the deserts of the southwest, invariably alone. He was known for cutting linoleum prints of nature and associated with Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. At the age of 20, he went into the Utah desert with two burros and never returned.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Everett Ruess family papers is a collection containing diaries, correspondence, postcards, school work and original writings, and other documents related to Everett Ruess and his family.

Click here to view the digitized diaries from the collection.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donated by Waldo Ruess (boxes 1-79) in 2004.

Donated by Michelle Ruess (boxes 80-96) in 2005.

Processing Note

Processed by Elizabeth Rogers in 2005.

Separated Materials

See also the Everett Ruess Family photograph collection (P1194) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Everett Ruess, Personal Materials, 1919-1934Return to Top

This box contains diaries, correspondence, school work, and original writings.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
1	1	Diaries This folder contains fragments of Everett's diaries. The first is dated 1919-1923, the second, 1928, and one is undated. Click here to view the digitized diaries from the collection.	1919-1928
1	2	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his family.	1926-1927; 1930
1	3	Postcards These are postcards from Everett to his family.	1926-1927
1	4	Correspondence Everett to his family; some of this correspondence uses his alias "Lan Rameau."	1931
1	5-7	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his immediate family.	1931-1933
1	8-9	Correspondence These folder contain correspondence from Everett to Christopher Ruess, his father.	1921-1934
1	10	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his mother, Stella Knight Ruess.	1927-1934
1	11	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his brother, Waldo Ruess.	1922-1934
1	12	Correspondence From Everett to his extended family.	1921-1933
1	13	Correspondence From Everett to Bill Jacobs.	1928-1934
1	14-17	Correspondence This correspondence is from Everett to various others.	1920-1922; 1929-1934
1	18	Correspondence Fragments, Notes, and Ephemera
1	19-20	Correspondence This is miscellaneous correspondence to Everett.	1923-1934
1	21	Names and Addresses These are the names and addresses from friends of Everett.
1	22	Transcripts of Everett's correspondence These typed transcripts were most probably done by Everett's mother, Stella Knight Ruess.

Everett Ruess, School Work and Original Writings, 1923-1933Return to Top

This folder contains poetry, short stories and essays, and a wilderness journal.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
2	1	School Work Also contains a health certificate from 1928.	1928-1931
2	2	Summer and High School Documents	1926; 1932
2	3	Geology Course Work	1933
2	4	Philosophy Course Work	1933
2	5-9	Short Stories and Essays	1923-1927
2	10-11	Short Stories
2	12-16	Poetry and Writings
2	17	Wilderness Journal Most probably, these pages were typed by Stella Knight Ruess.

Manuscripts and Transcripts, 1919-1937Return to Top

The transcripts in this box are most probably typed by Everett's mother, Stella Knight Ruess.

Box 3: No reproductions.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
3	1	Kewane Alan, "Vacation Song" This is an illustrated book written in 1919, by Kewane Alan starring the Ruess family. It follows their adventures as they vacation in the forest, in London, and in New York.	1919
3	2	"All Boy, Age 11, Secret Diary" This is the transcript of a diary Everett wrote at age eleven. The title "All Boy, Age 11, Secret Diary" is his.	1925
3	3-6	Youth Is for Adventure These transcripts are from the book , an homage of Everett's life published by his family in 1937.	1937
3	7-8	Poems, Essays and Correspondence Transcripts
4		Everett Ruess, Journal Transcripts These transcripts were typed by Everett's mother, Stella Knight Ruess.	1933

The Search for Everett, 1935-1985Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
5	1	Utah Trips These trips were part of the Ruess family's attempts to discover the whereabouts of their son.	1935; 1948
5	2	Correspondence This folder includes Everett's dental records.	1935-1960
5	3-5	Search Correspondence Folder 5 contains correspondence to and from Christopher Ruess from Neal Johnson, the guide the Ruess family hired to find Everett.	1935; 1939
5	6	Search Correspondence The search correspondence in this folder contains appeals and two signed letters from J. Edgar Hoover concerning FBI involvement in the case.	1935-1953
5	7	Search Correspondence Includes a letter from Barry Goldwater.	1952-1985
5	8	Psychics and Sightings Correspondence	1937-1951
5	9	Correspondence Condolences and inquiries to the Ruess family about Everett.	1936-1951
5	10	Articles Correspondence	1936-1963
5	11-12	Deseret Magazine Documents Concerning the articles published in the magazine about Everett.	1937-1960
5	13-14	Hugh Lacy Articles Contains "The Search for Everett," "Nocturne of the Sands," and "To the Sunlit Cliffs."
5	15	Poems and Sonnets Written for Everett, after his disappearance.

Celebrating Everett, 1925-1999Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
6	1	Correspondence and Book Reviews To Waldo Ruess, about Everett's writings.	1933-1951
6	2	Correspondence To Waldo Ruess concerning various articles about Everett.	1953-1991
6	3	Wonderland Expeditions Newsletter and Correspondence Between Waldo Ruess and Ken Sleight.	1963-1983
6	4	Correspondence Between Waldo and Stephan Fisher.	1925-1985
6	5	Correspondence Between Waldo and Diane Orr.	1985-1988
6	6	Prospective Movie Documents	1984-1990
6	7	Correspondence Between Waldo and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.	1985-1994
6	8	Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Blockprints Documents	1988-1999
6	9	Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Newsletters	1985-1993
6	10	Articles about, and Celebrations for, Everett	1945-1984
6	11	Book Documents	1985
6	12	Articles

Vagabond Days Celebration in Kanab, a Movie and a Thesis, 1965-1989Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
7	1	Correspondence This folder contains material pertaining to the Vagabond Days Celebration in Kanab, Utah, and correspondence about the attempts to film Everett's life.	1965-1989
7	2	Published Material This folder contains articles about Everett.	1984-1987
7	3	Judy L. Perkins, "John Van Dyke and Everett Ruess: A Comparison with Spirit of Place Tradition"	1988

Christopher Ruess, Personal Papers, 1877-1954Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
8	1	"Important Events in History" Composition Book	1877
8	2	School Correspondence and Documents	1897
8	3	University Documents	1897-1948
8	4	Class Work and Certificates	1901-1954
8	5	Living Expenses	1905-1937
8	6	Class Papers	1946
8	7	"The Strangers Child, and Other Poems" By Christopher Ruess.
8	8	"The Ashes of Life" By Christopher Ruess.
8	9-10	Poetry By Christopher Ruess.	1934
8	11-12	Published Articles	1906-1943
8	13	William and Katherine Ruess Documents	1897-1934

Christopher Ruess, Unitarian Church Documents, 1885-1955Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
9	1	Certificates	1885-1948
9	2-3	Unitarian Church Documents	1946-1955
9	4	Sermons and Addresses	1933-1950
9	5-6	Sermons	1904-1905; 1915-1917
9	7	Sermons and Essays California Department of Probation booklets are included.	1916-1953
9	8	Tests, Certificates and Surveys	1945
9	9	Speech Notes
9	10	Notes and Quotations	1943
9	11	Notes, Outlines, and Undated Documents

Christopher Ruess, Probabtion Department Documents, 1913-1953Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
10	1	"The Better Way, Talks with Christopher Ruess"	1913
10	2-3	Probation Department Documents	1913-1953
10	4	Children's Court Documents	1928-1942
10	5	Pamphlets
10	6	"Life Anew"	1935; 1940

Christopher Ruess, The American Institute of Family Relations Documents, 1941-1954Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
11	1	Essays and Documents	1941-1951
11	2	"Treatment of the Aged Among American Indians"	1945
11	3-4	"Life Lessons"	1949
11	5	Original Manuscripts
11	6	The American Institute of Family Relations Documents	1950-1952
11	7	Recipes for Health	1943
11	8	Tests and Charts	1948
11	9	Dr. Lillien J. Martin Articles	1942-1944
11	10	Contents and Quotes
11	11	Autobiography
11	12	Memorial Documents	1954

The American Institute of Family Relations, 1899-1957Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
12	1	Paul and Betty Popenoe	1936-1949
12	2	Frederick W. Roman Documents	1942-1944
12	3	Rae Roberts Documents	1945-1954
12	4	Bertha Brady Documents	1940-1947
12	5	Albert Schweitzer Articles	1947-1957
12	6	Receipts and Ephemera	1899-1902
12	7	Articles and Magazines of Interest to Christoper Ruess	1926-1949
12	8	Booklets of Interest to Christopher Ruess
12	9	Copyright Documents	1931-1948

Chrisopher Ruess, Correspondence, 1895-1954Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
13	1-2	Correspondence From various peoples to Christopher Ruess.	1897-1953
13	3	Postcards and Notes To Christopher Ruess from others.	1915-1954
13	4	Correspondence From Christopher Ruess to various others.	1898-1944
13	5	Correspondence From Christopher Ruess to his grandmother and parents.	1895-1924
13	6	Correspondence Christopher to Stella Knight Ruess.	1917
13	7	Postcards and Cards From Christopher to Stella.	1912-1948
13	8	Correspondence and Church Documents	1903-1952
13	9	Edward Howard Griggs Documents	1935-1941
13	10	Letters of Recommendation Written to benefit Christopher Ruess.	1928-1949
13	11	Endorsement Correspondence With brochures.	1917-1923
13	12	Correspondence Christopher Ruess to his son Everett, and also one to his sons Waldo and Everett.	1924-1928
13	13	Correspondence To Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1905-1945
13	14	Postcards To Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1918-1950
13	15	Articles and Notes Contains the script to "When I Go, I Leave No Trace," a radio show Christopher and Stella were involved in after Everett's disappearance.	1947
13	16	Radio Show Interview An interview with Christopher Ruess.	1950
13	17	Sunset Hall Documents	1953
13	18	Retirement Documents and Correspondence	1949-1952
13	19	Newspaper Clippings

Stella Knight Ruess Documents, 1894-1964Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
14	1-2	School Records	1894-1939
14	3-4	Astrological Charts and Documents	1900
14	5	Fingerprint Clerk Documents	1943
14	6-8	Insurance Policies	1937-1964
14	9	Will and Bank Documents	1964
14	10	Guest Book	1935
14	11	Notes

Original Writings, 1897-1948Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
15	1	"An Ideal Husband"
15	2	"Fifty Golden Aprils with Christopher Ruess" This folder contains two versions of the manuscript. The first manuscript is titled "Fifty Golden Years with Christopher Ruess."
15	3	"Log of the Pilgrimage in Search of Everett" This log is the record of the first trip Christopher and Stella took to Utah, in an attempt to find Everett.	1935
15	4	"Pilgrimage in Utah" These are the drafts and notes a manuscript Stella wrote about Christopher and Stella's trip to Utah.	1948
15	5	"In Search of an Inscription" The inscription refered to in the title is the "Nemo" moniker carved in rock in Southern Utah by Everett.
15	6-7	Essays, Poetry, Class Lists, and Correspondence	1897-1924
15	8	"Mountain Psalm"	1933
15	9	Philosophical Writings
15	10	"Gleanings" Poetry collected by Stella and pasted in a volume.
15	11	Essays and Notes	1939
15	12-14	Poetry

Poetry and Campfire Girls Documents, 1903-1949Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
16	1-7	Poems, a Diary, and Essays These folders contains poetry written and collected by Stella Knight Ruess.	1903-1949
16	8-9	Short Stories and Essays
16	10-12	Campfire Girls Documents and Correspondence	1927-1940
16	13	Bookplate Association Correspondence	1921-1937
16	14	Los Angeles City College Radio Productions Script	1941
16	15	The "Much Ado a bout Shakespeare" Club Notes
16	16	Play Notes

Original Art and Manuscripts, 1931-1978Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
17	1	The Fine Art of Lettering
17	2-3	Los Angeles in BlockPrint These folders contain the original book and loose pages.
17	4	California Trees Documents
17	5	Tree Clippings Examples
17	6	In the Red Flame	1931
17	7-11	Block Print Originals and Examples
17	12-13	Original Art
17	14	Watercolors Original watercolors by Stella.
17	15	Memorial Books	1944; 1978

Art Studies and Drawings, 1899-1921Return to Top

Other examples of Stella's original art can be found in oversize box ***

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
18	1-3	Orignal Art Pencil studies.	1899
18	4-5	Pencil and Color Studies
18	6	Figure Studies
18	7	Nature Studies
18	8	Drawing Notebook
18	9-13	Line Drawings Many of the drawings in these folders are initial studies for block prints.
18	14	Drawings for Paper Sloyd These notebooks are a series of exercises.
18	15	Templates These templates are studies for a large tableau project.
18	16	Chinese Paper art
18	17	Hand-Made Scrapbooks	1921

Correspondence, 1896-1955Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
19	1	Correspondence This folder contains love letters and cards between Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1896-1953
19	2	Handmade Cards From Stella to Christopher.	1904-1931
19	3	Correspondence This is correspondence and poetry to and from Edwin Markham and Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1920-1933; 1948
19	4	Correspondence This correspondence is from the Eleanor Reynolds family to the Ruess family.	1932-1936
19	5-10	Correspondence This correspondence is to Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1915-1955
19	11	Unidentified Cards and Notices None of these documents contain the information to whom it was addressed or from.

Correspondence, 1895-1963Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
20	1	Correspondence From Stella to her parents.	1916-1930
20	2	Correspondence From Stella to Waldo.	1940-1954
20	3	Correspondence From Stella to Christopher.	1932-1945
20	4	Correspondence From Irving and Hazel Knight to Stella.	1895-1923
20	5-6	Correspondence From various others to Stella.	1900-1963
20	7	Correspondence From Stella to others.	1931-1959
20	8	Rabindranath Tagore Documents The famous Indian Poet who had a long literary relationship with Stella.	1916-1948
20	9	Correspondence Contains awards information.	1924-1952
20	10	Correspondence and Poetry From Jean Baker to Stella.	1944
20	11	Postcards From Stella to others.	1935-1963
20	12	Postcards Others to Stella.	1906-1958
20	13	Emerson Knight Postcards	1914-1957
20	14	Non-Addressed Cards

Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess Memorial Documents, 1954-1965Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
21	1	Correspondence Concerning Christopher Ruess's death.	1954-1955
21	2	Correspondence Condolences to Stella.	1954
21	3	Stella Knight Ruess Memorial Documents	1964-1965

Sheet Music and Printed Art Examples, 1897-1957Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
22	1	Masters in Music
22	2-3	Sheet Music and Appreciation Notebook	1957
22	4	Songbooks and Scores
22	5-7	Art and Sculpture Documents
22	8	Brochures and Notices
22	9-10	Magazines and Articles of Interest to Stella Knight Ruess	1897-1954

Printed Art Examples, 1917Return to Top

Stella Knight Ruess.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
23	1	Idea Notebooks.
23	2	Ideas Envelopes Stella Knight Ruess collected bits of paper, printed materials, and other things that caught her artistic fancy, and then kept them in envelopes. This folder contains several of those envelopes, left in their orignal state, in order to give an idea of the workings of the artist's mind.	1917
23	3	Booklets of Interest to Stella Knight Ruess.
23	4-6	Brochures and Printed Art Examples.
24		Printed Art Examples Stella Knight Ruess.

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
25	Correspondence This box contains correspondence from Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess to their son, Waldo Ruess. The correspondence from 1935 to 1939 is especially concerned with the search for Everett, and many of those passages have been marked by Waldo Ruess. There is also a family tradition of keeping a diary and mailing it along with the correspondence.	1913-1942
26	Correspondence This box also contains correspondence between Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess and their son, Waldo Ruess.	1943-1953
27	Correspondence Correspondence from Stella Knight Ruess to Waldo.	1922-1936

Waldo Ruess Documents, 1918-1934Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
28	1	School Certificates	1920, 1925
28	2	Composition Book	1918
28	3-8	School Papers	1919-1929
28	9	Correspondence Antioch College correspondence.	1925-1928
28	10	College Essays	1951
28	11	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence to and from Waldo Ruess during his stay at the Berdoo Camp in California.	1933-1934

Correspondence and Dreams, 1937-1983Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
29	1	Correspondence Waldo and H. L. Mencken	1937
29	2	Correspondence Between Waldo and Wallace Stegner.	1937-1983
29	3	Correspondence Edward Abbey to Waldo.	1970
29	4	Correspondence About Christopher Ruess.	1952-1954
29	5	Correspondence Miscellaneous to Waldo and Stella.	1956-1975
29	6	Dream Records

DiariesReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
30		Diaries This folder contains partial diaries.	1923; 1925; 1927; 1931; 1934-1935
31		Diaries This folder contains typewritten diary pages. The Ruess family had a tradition of daily excerpt writing, which was included in correspondence. Folder six also contains Waldo's last letter to Everett, written after Everett's disappearance.	1930; 1936-1939
	Folder
32	1-3	China Diaries	1940-1941
32	4-7	Diaries	1942-1943
32	8	Diary "The Magic Carpet over Europe."	1944-1945
32	9-10	Diaries	1947-1948
33	1-3	Diaries	1951; 1954
33	4	Diary "World Trip: California to Mallorca"	1956-1957

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
34		Correspondence This box contains correspondence from Waldo to his parents, Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1923-1929; 1933-1936; 1938-1942; 1944; 1945
	Folder
35	1-9	Correspondence These folders contain correspondence between Waldo and his parents, Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.	1946-1954
35	10	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence from Waldo to Stella.	1954-1955
35	11	Correspondence To and from Waldo and his extended family.	1918-1927
35	12	Correspondence	Undated

Business and Employment Correspondence, 1930-1984Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
36	1	Correspondence Includes employment references and tests.	1930-1961
36	2	Employment and Personal History	1937-1984
36	3	E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company Correspondence	1936-1938
36	4-5	Business Correspondence	1938-1955
36	6	Foreign Service Correspondence	1942-1945
36	7	Import Export Correspondence	1943-1947
36	8	Trade Winds Company Correspondence	1946-1947
36	9	Water Project Documents	1935-1936

Foreign Service Documents and Correspondence, 1930-1970Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
37	1	China Diary and Documents	1936
37	2	Correspondence To and from Waldo while in China.	1936
37	3	Correspondence From Al Li to Waldo.	1940-1941
37	4	Chinese Journal and Directory	1935
37	5	Mt. Omei Guidebook
37	6	"Information for American Officials going to China"
37	7	China Documents	1953
37	8	Chinese Vocabulary Cards Please pick up this folder with both hands, one on either side of the top.
37	9	Wendell Phillips Documents	1957-1970
37	10	South Seas Trip Documents	1953
37	11	Ship Lists and Itineraries	1930

Foreign Service and Russian Incident Documents, 1945-1947Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
38	1	Foreign Service Documents These documents are in Russian.
38	2	Russian Service Documents	1945
38	3	Foreign Service "Incident" Documents and Correspondence Waldo Ruess was involved in an incident in 1946, which compromised his standing in the Foreign Service in Russia, at the beginning of the Cold War.	1946-1961
38	4-5	Russian Trip and Incident Documents
38	6	Correspondence About the incident.	1946-1947

Correspondence and Articles, 1946-1984Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
39	1	Correspondence Between Waldo and Paul Wilhelm.	1948-1984
39	2	Correspondence From Waldo to Mrs. Craig.	1982
39	3	Correspondence Between Waldo and Larry Kelner.	1958-1982
39	4	Correspondence Between Waldo and Lee Silliman.	1983
39	5	Correspondence Written in Spanish.	1953-1963
39	6	Articles and Letters By and about Waldo.	1951-1984
39	7-10	Correspondence This correspondence is undated or partial.
39	11	Claims for Reimbursement	1946-1964
39	12	John Hammond Hays Biography

Postcards and Telegrams, 1909-1980Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
40	1-2	Postcards to Family	1923-1927
40	3	Postcards from Waldo to Family Includes a postcard to Everett.	1927-1930
40	4-5	Postcards from Others to Waldo	1909-1980
40	6	Telegrams to Waldo

Correspondence and Articles After the Fact, 1941-1998Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
41	1	Correspondence About Everett, and written to both Waldo and Stella Knight Ruess.	1959-1988
41	2	Neeta Marquis Correspondence and "Nemo" Material	1941
41	3	Correspondence Mostly about Everett.	1963-1998
41	4	Correspondence Between Waldo and Tom Wright.	1982-1988
41	5	Correspondence Between Waldo and Ken Sanders.	1983-1988
41	6	Correspondence Between Waldo and Jim Ure.	1984
41	7	Correspondence To Waldo, concerning various articles about Everett.	1984-1989
41	8	Utah State Historical Society Correspondence	1988-1994
41	9	Utah State Historical Society Forms and Inventory
41	10	Correspondence Gibb Smith to Waldo Ruess.	1990-1998
41	11	Book Jackets
41	12	Magazine Articles These articles mention Everett.	1941-1954

Columns, Speeches, and Letters to the Editor, 1938-1988Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
42	1-3	"People are Interesting" Column	1949-1950
42	4-5	"Interesting People" Column	1950
42	6-7	Speeches and Notes	1946-1962
42	8-9	Letters to the Editor	1938-1988

CorrespondenceReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
43	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence to Waldo Ruess.	1924-1948
44	Correspondence This folder contains correspondence to Waldo Ruess.	1948-1998

Job Applications and Travel Documents, 1903-1983Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
45	1	Job Applications and Documents	1924-1956, 1938-1966
45	2	Tahiti Correspondence	1952
45	3	Adventurers Club Correspondence	1956
45	4	"The Great Safari" Adventurers Club Newsletter	1951
45	5	Adventurers Club Documents	1955-1956
45	6	Explorers Club Correspondence and Documents	1953-1983
45	7	Correspondence To and from Waldo, during his stay in China.	1935-1943
45	8	Chinese Hieroglyphs and Notes
45	9	China Manuscript
45	10-11	Quotations and Essays

Notes, Receipts and Articles, 1924-1956Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
46	1	Magazines and Articles of Interest to Waldo Ruess	1924-1956
46	2	Wu-Han Telephone Directory	1936
46	3	Cruise Brochures
46	4	Brochures and Notices
46	5-7	Notes
46	8	Lists, Indexes and Notes
46	9	Receipts and Notes
46	10	Receipts	1935-1948
46	11	Articles

Knight Family Documents and Correspondence, 1903-1957Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
47	1	Correspondence Between Stella and Alfred Knight.	1904-1942
47	2	Correspondence Alfred and Peggy Knight to Waldo Ruess.	1903-1957
47	3	Correspondence Waldo to Alfred and Peggy Knight.	1952-1956
47	4	Business Correspondence Alfred Knight.	1926-1954
47	5	Correspondence Alfred Knight, concerning a memorial tree for William Knight.	1926
47	6	Auction Sale of Shakespeare's First Folio	1941
47	7	Correspondence Family members to Waldo.	1923
47	8	Family Correspondence	1925
47	9	William Knight Documents	1918-1923

Newsclippings and MapsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description
Box	Folder
48	1-2	Maps
48	3	Newsclippings

Ruess Family Diaries, 1904-1927Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
49	Diaries These are itinerary diaries from Christopher, Stella Knight and Waldo Ruess.	1904-1927
50	Diaries These are itinerary diaries from Christopher, Stella Knight, and Waldo Ruess.	1900-1951

General Materials and ArtReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
51	Bookplates Stella Knight Ruess.
52	Original Art Everett Ruess.
53	Original Art Stella Knight Ruess.
54	Scrapbooks and Sheet Music
55	Magazines Waldo Ruess.

Block Print TemplatesReturn to Top

All of Stella Knight Ruess' blocks were cleaned, treated and housed by Preservation Department conservator Linda Fagen and her staff. They are extremely fragile, and are only available for viewing. They cannot be used for prints, and must be handled with white gloves and caution.

Container(s)	Description
Box
56	Block Print Templates
57	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
58	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
59	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
60	Block Print Templates Stella Kngiht Ruess.
61	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
62	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
63	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
64	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
65	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
66	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
67	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
68	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
69	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.
70	Block Print Templates Stella Knight Ruess.

General Materials and Painting by EverettReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
71	Painting by Everett
72	Painting by Everett
73	Painting by Everett
74	Painting by Everett

The Legacy of Everett Ruess, 1927-2004Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
75	1	Writings about Everett	1927-1941
75	2	Correspondence To Waldo, concerning Everett's legacy.	1962-1983
75	3	Everett Ruess in Print and Film	1982-2004
75	4	Calendars and Magazines	1982

Correspondence and General Materials, 1920-2001Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
76	1-3	Correspondence From Waldo to his family.	1933-1957
76	4	Correspondence Between Waldo and Charles Boynton.	1932-1954
76	5-7	Correspondence From various others to Waldo Ruess.	1920-2001
76	8-10	Correspondence Business correspondence from Waldo Ruess to others.	1937-1982
76	11-12	Biographical Material and Notes
77		Notes and Printed Material Contains some of Waldo Ruess's columns and notes.	1934-1951

Correspondence and Legal Documents, 1896-1964Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
78	1	Correspondence	1896-1593
78	2	Poems in Trees Correspondence	1930-1933
78	3	Correspondence Includes correspondence concerning .	1932-1956
78	4	Correspondence From Stella to Waldo.	1956-1957
78	5	Maturity and Happiness Articles Christopher Ruess.
78	6	Aging Gracefully Documents	1948
78	7-9	Legal Documents	1939-1996
78	10	Copyright Applications and Correspondence	1929
78	11-12	Notes and Receipts

Correspondence, 1891-1984Return to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Box
79	Correspondence From various others to Stella Knight Ruess.	1891-1984

Diaries and Notebooks, 1907-1956Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
80	1	High School Autograph Book	1907
80	2-4	Diaries and Notebooks
80	5	Mexico Trip Documents	1956
80	6	Notes
80	7	Printed Material

Guestbooks, Poetry, and Notebooks, 1927-1951Return to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
81		Guestbooks Stella Knight Ruess developed the practice of having guests from parties or weekend soiries sign handmade guestbooks describing their experiences.	1915-1951
	Folder
82	1-2	Guestbooks	1947, 1950-1951
82	3	Poetry	1934
82	4-5	Poetry Notebooks Stella Knight Ruess.	1927-1948
82	6	Poetry
83		Poetry Notebooks	1945-1962

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description
Box
84	Original Writing and Art Stella Knight Ruess.
85	Art Clippings
86	Art Clippings
87	Block Print Examples
88	Block Print Examples Also contains several day books.
89	Original Art
90	"The Record Book of Kewane Alan of the Canwita Campfire" This box also contains a scrapbook of tree pictures.
91	News Clippings

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

Artists--Southwest, New--Biography
Explorers--Southwest, New--Biography
Poets, American--20th century--Biography

Personal Names

Ruess, Everett, 1914-1934--Archives

Family Names

Ruess family

Form or Genre Terms

Diaries

Archives West Finding Aid

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