Everett Ruess family papers, 1894-2005

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.

This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his family.

These are postcards from Everett to his family.

Everett to his family; some of this correspondence uses his alias "Lan Rameau."

This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his immediate family.

These folder contain correspondence from Everett to Christopher Ruess, his father.

This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his mother, Stella Knight Ruess.

This folder contains correspondence from Everett to his brother, Waldo Ruess.

From Everett to his extended family.

From Everett to Bill Jacobs.

This correspondence is from Everett to various others.

This is miscellaneous correspondence to Everett.

These are the names and addresses from friends of Everett.

These typed transcripts were most probably done by Everett's mother, Stella Knight Ruess.

Also contains a health certificate from 1928.

Most probably, these pages were typed by Stella Knight Ruess.

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.

This is the transcript of a diary Everett wrote at age eleven. The title "All Boy, Age 11, Secret Diary" is his.

These transcripts are from the book , an homage of Everett's life published by his family in 1937.

These transcripts were typed by Everett's mother, Stella Knight Ruess.

These trips were part of the Ruess family's attempts to discover the whereabouts of their son.

This folder includes Everett's dental records.

Folder 5 contains correspondence to and from Christopher Ruess from Neal Johnson, the guide the Ruess family hired to find Everett.

The search correspondence in this folder contains appeals and two signed letters from J. Edgar Hoover concerning FBI involvement in the case.

Includes a letter from Barry Goldwater.

Condolences and inquiries to the Ruess family about Everett.

Concerning the articles published in the magazine about Everett.

Contains "The Search for Everett," "Nocturne of the Sands," and "To the Sunlit Cliffs."

Written for Everett, after his disappearance.

To Waldo Ruess, about Everett's writings.

To Waldo Ruess concerning various articles about Everett.

Between Waldo Ruess and Ken Sleight.

Between Waldo and Stephan Fisher.

Between Waldo and Diane Orr.

Between Waldo and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.

This folder contains material pertaining to the Vagabond Days Celebration in Kanab, Utah, and correspondence about the attempts to film Everett's life.

This folder contains articles about Everett.

By Christopher Ruess.

By Christopher Ruess.

By Christopher Ruess.

California Department of Probation booklets are included.

From various peoples to Christopher Ruess.

To Christopher Ruess from others.

From Christopher Ruess to various others.

From Christopher Ruess to his grandmother and parents.

Christopher to Stella Knight Ruess.

From Christopher to Stella.

Written to benefit Christopher Ruess.

With brochures.

Christopher Ruess to his son Everett, and also one to his sons Waldo and Everett.

To Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

To Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

Contains the script to "When I Go, I Leave No Trace," a radio show Christopher and Stella were involved in after Everett's disappearance.

An interview with Christopher Ruess.

This folder contains two versions of the manuscript. The first manuscript is titled "Fifty Golden Years with Christopher Ruess."

This log is the record of the first trip Christopher and Stella took to Utah, in an attempt to find Everett.

These are the drafts and notes a manuscript Stella wrote about Christopher and Stella's trip to Utah.

The inscription refered to in the title is the "Nemo" moniker carved in rock in Southern Utah by Everett.

Poetry collected by Stella and pasted in a volume.

These folders contains poetry written and collected by Stella Knight Ruess.

These folders contain the original book and loose pages.

Original watercolors by Stella.

Pencil studies.

Many of the drawings in these folders are initial studies for block prints.

These notebooks are a series of exercises.

These templates are studies for a large tableau project.

This folder contains love letters and cards between Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

From Stella to Christopher.

This is correspondence and poetry to and from Edwin Markham and Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

This correspondence is from the Eleanor Reynolds family to the Ruess family.

This correspondence is to Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

None of these documents contain the information to whom it was addressed or from.

From Stella to her parents.

From Stella to Waldo.

From Stella to Christopher.

From Irving and Hazel Knight to Stella.

From various others to Stella.

From Stella to others.

The famous Indian Poet who had a long literary relationship with Stella.

Contains awards information.

From Jean Baker to Stella.

From Stella to others.

Others to Stella.

Concerning Christopher Ruess's death.

Condolences to Stella.

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.

Stella Knight Ruess.

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.

This box also contains correspondence between Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess and their son, Waldo Ruess.

Correspondence from Stella Knight Ruess to Waldo.

Antioch College correspondence.

This folder contains correspondence to and from Waldo Ruess during his stay at the Berdoo Camp in California.

Waldo and H. L. Mencken

Between Waldo and Wallace Stegner.

Edward Abbey to Waldo.

About Christopher Ruess.

Miscellaneous to Waldo and Stella.

This folder contains partial 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.

"The Magic Carpet over Europe."

"World Trip: California to Mallorca"

This box contains correspondence from Waldo to his parents, Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

These folders contain correspondence between Waldo and his parents, Christopher and Stella Knight Ruess.

This folder contains correspondence from Waldo to Stella.

To and from Waldo and his extended family.

Includes employment references and tests.

To and from Waldo while in China.

From Al Li to Waldo.

Please pick up this folder with both hands, one on either side of the top.

These documents are in Russian.

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.

About the incident.

Between Waldo and Paul Wilhelm.

From Waldo to Mrs. Craig.

Between Waldo and Larry Kelner.

Between Waldo and Lee Silliman.

Written in Spanish.

By and about Waldo.

This correspondence is undated or partial.

Includes a postcard to Everett.

About Everett, and written to both Waldo and Stella Knight Ruess.

Mostly about Everett.

Between Waldo and Tom Wright.

Between Waldo and Ken Sanders.

Between Waldo and Jim Ure.

To Waldo, concerning various articles about Everett.

Gibb Smith to Waldo Ruess.

These articles mention Everett.

This folder contains correspondence to Waldo Ruess.

To and from Waldo, during his stay in China.

Between Stella and Alfred Knight.

Alfred and Peggy Knight to Waldo Ruess.

Waldo to Alfred and Peggy Knight.

Alfred Knight.

Alfred Knight, concerning a memorial tree for William Knight.

Family members to Waldo.

These are itinerary diaries from Christopher, Stella Knight and Waldo Ruess.

These are itinerary diaries from Christopher, Stella Knight, and Waldo Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Everett Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Waldo Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Kngiht Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

To Waldo, concerning Everett's legacy.

From Waldo to his family.

Between Waldo and Charles Boynton.

From various others to Waldo Ruess.

Business correspondence from Waldo Ruess to others.

Contains some of Waldo Ruess's columns and notes.

Includes correspondence concerning .

From Stella to Waldo.

Christopher Ruess.

From various others to Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess developed the practice of having guests from parties or weekend soiries sign handmade guestbooks describing their experiences.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Stella Knight Ruess.

Also contains several day books.

This box also contains a scrapbook of tree pictures.