Guide to the Joseph H. Ruetz Diaries
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
Stanford, California
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Call Number: SC0810
Creator:
Ruetz, Joseph H.
Title: Joseph H. Ruetz Diaries
Dates: 1938-1990
Bulk Dates: 1938-1942
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet (1 volume)
Summary: The diaries, compiled and edited by his brother Robert G. Ruetz in 2005, are from his backpacking trip through southeast Utah
and northeast Arizona (including Glen Canyon) with his cousin Louis J. Miller, June and July 1938; and a solo trip in southeast
Utah, Dec. 1941-Jan.1942, tracing in reverse the trip made by Mormon pioneers in 1879/80. Included are a few maps, photographs,
1941-42 and 1988-90, and two letters by Ruetz, 1942 and 1946.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
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Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
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Biographical/Historical Sketch
Joseph H. Ruetz earned his undergraduate degree at Notre Dame in 1938, where he was on the football team. He was on the Stanford
football coaching staff from 1951 to 1955, held several fund-raising positions for the University from 1956 to 1972, and was
then appointed Director of Athletics, a position he held until his retirement in 1979.
The diaries, compiled and edited by his brother Robert G. Ruetz in 2005, are from his backpacking trip through southeast Utah
and northeast Arizona (including Glen Canyon) with his cousin Louis J. Miller, June and July 1938; and a solo trip in southeast
Utah, Dec. 1941-Jan.1942, tracing in reverse the trip made by Mormon pioneers in 1879/80. Included are a few maps, photographs,
1941-42 and 1988-90, and two letters by Ruetz, 1942 and 1946.
Ruetz, Joseph H.
Ruetz, Robert G.
Diaries.
Glen Canyon (Utah and Ariz.).
Hiking--Arizona.
Hiking--Utah.
Box 1
Diaries