R. R. (Rufus Rolla) Lutz

Rufus Rolla Lutz, often listed as R. R. Lutz, was an American author active in the early 1900s. Reliable catalog and book records connect him with works including The Metal Trades and other studies tied to education, employment, and industry.

His writing appears closely linked to the reform-minded survey movement of the period. In particular, The Metal Trades was published in 1916 for the Survey Committee of the Cleveland Foundation, suggesting that his work focused on careful observation of industrial life rather than fiction or personal memoir.

Not much biographical information is readily confirmed from the sources found here, so details about his personal life remain unclear. Even so, the books published under his name show an author interested in how people learned trades, earned wages, and fit into the changing industrial economy of his time.