Scope and Contents

Contains letters written by G. Robert Ruff to his family during his time in the United States Army in 1943, first at Fort Douglas and then at Maxwell Field to train as a pilot in the Army Air Force. His letters discuss matters of home, personal philosophies, demanding army life, and make particular mention of his younger brother Jean and his girlfriend Betty. Dated March 8, 1943 to August 7, 1943.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, photographs, negatives, printed ephemera, and planning documents produced by G. Robert Ruff. Materials document his work as editor of the Banyan and time as a student athlete at Brigham Young University, his service in the United States Army Air Corps, his career with David W. Evans Inc., his work to establish a school of communications at BYU, and his participation in the BYU Alumni Association. Also includes a collection of digitized family history materials about...