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- Racing Section
- Racing — the speedway line, cross-referenced Sports
- The radio roster: FM's two starts, the school station, and the campus air Newspapers & Media
- The rail-served plant Industrial Revolution
- The railroad century opens The Story of South Bend
- Railroads Section
- The rain flood · August 2016 Major Events
- Ralph McInerny — a hundred books, thirty of them mysteries Authors & Books
- The ranked table: South Bend's documented major gifts Major Donations
- REAL Services Charities
- Receivership: March 1933 to March 1935 Studebaker
- Recent Consolidations and Boundary Lines Churches & Religion
- The record now: what stands where Wildlife
- The Red Cross Chapter Charities
- Redlining in writing · covenants, the HOLC survey, and A. C. Colpaert Black History
- The reform era: the branch the 2005 fight used as its measure License Branch
- The refounding of 1895 — a museum written into the charter Museums
- The regime as it stands: November 2026 Historic Preservation
- The regime at work: the county department's own tables Epidemics & Public Health
- The regulated era: four carriers on the April 1957 timetable Airports
- Rehabilitation: the Mary Free Bed affiliation, 2020 Hospitals
- The Remaining Arrivals: Reformed, Evangelical, Brethren, and the Later Churches Churches & Religion
- The remains, and the river put back to work Industrial Revolution
- The remaking The Story of South Bend
- Removal The Story of South Bend
- The removal of the rest: 1838 and 1840 Before the City
- The repositories: archive.org, HathiTrust, Google Books, Indiana Memory Sources
- The reserves at Kemble · Army Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve Military
- The rest of the champions — soccer, lacrosse, golf Sports
- The rest of the documented roll Lottery & Crypto
- The rest of the line, tested one by one Halls of Fame
- The retail map as it stands Malls & Shopping
- The Rev. Buford Gordon · the community writes its own study Black History
- The Rhinos: Masamba, Then Frankie Zoo
- The Rhodes Scholarship: Pete Buttigieg, who came home National Honors
- The Ricketts Automobile Works: a unit power plant and a crankshaft cut from solid steel Automobiles
- The Ridenour Garment Company — aprons from Logansport Businesses
- Riders and fares, as the record states them Public Transit
- Riley High School Schools & Colleges
- Ring Lardner — the Times years Authors & Books
- Ring Lardner: the humorist's apprenticeship Comedy
- The river and its south bend Before the City
- The river as sewer: the combined system and the federal case The St. Joseph River
- The river as the city's cup — and the giving of it up The St. Joseph River
- The River Bend Film Festival (2002–2016 here) — the festival the city founded and lost Film
- The river in use: the race reborn, the lights, and the front yard The St. Joseph River
- The river itself: two hundred miles of water, two rivers of one name The St. Joseph River
- The river on French maps: the imperial sheets, 1679–1763 Historic Maps
- The River Park Theater Theaters
- River Park: the town that chose its city Neighborhoods
- The River's First Names: Sheggwe and the Man Who Appeared Like a Mushroom Folklore
- The river's fish in 1880: Chapman's list Wildlife
- The river's names The St. Joseph River
- The river's record · February 2018 Major Events
- The river's record before the record · 1982 and 1993 Major Events
- The river's record, and February 2018 · the crest that broke it Wars, Unrest & Disasters
- The river's strangest numbers: 10.90, twice — then 12.70 Strange but True
- The riverfront bet: Century Center, 1977 Culture
- The Riverfront Plans Parks & City Planning
- The Riverside Trail Trails
- The Rivieras — "California Sun," a South Bend Central band Famous People
- The Rivieras: five Central High boys at the hinge of the chart Music
- The road through South Bend: Michigan Street and Michigan Avenue Main Roads & Corridors
- The road to a building: Rutgers, the unbuilt years, and Kings Mills Halls of Fame
- Roads, mail and highways: the county for travelers Historic Maps
- The robbery the Bureau believed in · South Bend, 1994 Bank Robberies
- Robert Bosch in South Bend — the brake works' second successor line Businesses
- Robert E. Hannan Jr.: a Silver Star carried as a synopsis War Heroes
- Robert Kennedy's two South Bend days, 1968 Events Calendar
- Robert Lowell Miller Jr.: the federal judge from South Bend Notable People
- Robertson's — the big store at 211 South Michigan Businesses
- Robertson's — the Department Store Building (1923) Architecture
- Robotic surgery: the area's first da Vinci program, 2007 Medical Advancements
- Rocco's: twelve seats, 1951, and a seventy-fifth year Food & Restaurants
- Rockne's grave — the famous grave that moved Famous Landmarks
- The Rockne: built in both of the company's cities Automobiles
- Ronald Kahlenbeck's sentence — settled from the appellate opinion Crime History
- Rooms of their own: the library's children's services Kids & Family Entertainment
- The Rose Street nameplate: a real name, on the wrong building Military
- The roster at survey size Neighborhoods
- The roster: thirty-three mayors Government
- The Rotary Club of South Bend Private Clubs
- The Round Table Private Clubs
- The route map as verified, November 2026 Airports
- Rudy (1993) — the second production, fifty-two years later Film
- Rum Village Park: The Woodland Purchase and Its New Plan Parks & City Planning
- Rum Village: a chief's name on a neighborhood Communities
- Rum Village: The City's Woodland Trails Trails
- Rum Village: The Drink That Never Named It Folklore
- Rum Village: the name that outlived the village Neighborhoods
- The Rumpus Over the Name: How South Bend Stayed South Bend Folklore
- The Russian order of 1930 Exports
- Ryan Newman — the Daytona 500 winner, cross-referenced Famous People
- Ryan Newman: the speedway builder's grandson Racing