Richard Stuart Phillips papers
Collection Organization
The Richard "Doc" Stuart Phillips papers consists of 20.51 cubic feet of material including correspondence, subject files, literary productions, scrapbook materials, printed materials and photographic materials ranging from 1899 to 1993. The most important aspect of the collection for naturalists and ornithologists consists of Phillips Journal, field notes and bird observation cards Phillips made in the Findlay, Ohio, area. The journals spanning from 1940 to 1993 contains weekly bird counts, while the observation cards track the bird by species instead of date. These materials will prove invaluable for anyone tracking long term trends in bird species and migratory patterns in northwest Ohio.
The correspondence in the collection are from various individuals discussing article publications, conferences, naturalists projects and programs, reported bird sightings and bird inquiries. There is a series of letters from fellow naturalist and bird watcher Betty Hardesty, also of Findlay, reporting her bird sightings on an almost weekly basis from 1986 to 1990. These reports go in conjunction with bird count reports in the subject files that list bird sightings on an almost weekly basis also from 1989 to 1993. Other subject files relate to the life and activities of R.S. Phillips including his long time teaching career.
The literary productions apart from those already mentioned - i.e. Phillips Journal, field notes and bird observation cards - contain other bird related research notes along with the many articles and publications R.S. Phillips authored including several of his newspaper articles for The (Findlay) Courier. The diary of Phillips mother, Icie M. Sowards Phillips from 1899 to 1920 (dates not inclusive) is also in this part of the collection giving weather observation and writing down family and neighborhood related news. The scrapbook materials possess numerous newspaper articles about the life and activities of Phillips, while there is also a scrapbook about the history of the Findlay area naturalist from 1974 to 1992.
Printed material includes numerous small books and periodicals collected by Phillips throughout his life relating to plant, animal and insect topics. Phillips personal book collection of science related books are also included in the collection and are kept at the end of the manuscript collection. Photographic material includes pictures of animals and birds, while on a more personal note contains photographs of family, friends and school groups. The R.S. Phillips collection is an excellent resource for any naturalist or anyone studying ornithology in northwest Ohio.
Correspondence, 1943-1993
CORRESPONDENCE - BETTY HARDESTY TO R.S. PHILLIPS;
1986-1990;
arranged chronologically.
Letters to R.S. Phillips from fellow birdwatcher and naturalist Betty Hardesty reporting bird sightings in the Findlay, Ohio, area.
CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE TO R.S. PHILLIPS;
1943-1993;
arranged chronologically.
Letters to R.S. Phillips from various individuals discussing article publications, conferences, his attempted naval enlistment, naturalists projects and programs, congratulatory letters and cards for awards received, reported bird sightings and bird inquiries.
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- Creation: 1943-1993
Correspondence from R.S. Phillips, 1987-1993
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- Creation: 1987-1993
Correspondence - Betty Hardesty to R.S. Phillips, 1986-1990
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- Creation: 1986-1990
Correspondence to R.S. Phillips, 1943-1990
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- Creation: 1943-1990
Correspondence to R.S. Phillips, 1991-1993
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- Creation: 1991-1993
Correspondence to R.S. Phillips, n.d.
Subject Files, 1931-1993
BIRD COUNTS;
1974, 1989-1993;
arranged chronologically.
Weekly bird sightings and observations made in the Findlay area by an assorted group of bird watchers.
MISCELLANEOUS;
1930-1993;
arranged alphabetically.
Variety of files related to the life and activities of birdwatcher and naturalist R.S. Phillips.
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- Creation: 1931-1993
Subject File - Animal & Plant Identification, 1931-1964
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- Creation: 1931-1964
Subject File - Bird Banding Notebooks, 1965-1989
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- Creation: 1965-1989
Subject File - Bird Counts, 1974
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- Creation: 1974
Subject File - Bird Counts, 1989-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1989-1993
Subject File - Bird Laboratory Exercises, n.d.
Subject File - Blanchard River Archaeology Club, 1987-1993
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- Creation: 1987-1993
Subject File - Chemistry Test, 1961
- Dates
- Creation: 1961
Subject File - Edwin Lincoln Moseley, 1936-1947
- Dates
- Creation: 1936-1947
Subject File - Findlay College, 1935-1987
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- Creation: 1935-1987
Subject File - Hancock County Naturalists, 1970-1993
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- Creation: 1970-1993
Subject File - Hancock County Park System, 1986
- Dates
- Creation: 1986
Subject File - Harold Mayfield, 1972-1976
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- Creation: 1972-1976
Subject File - Lawrence E. Hicks, 1930-1946
- Dates
- Creation: 1930-1946
Subject File - Monterrey, Mexico, n.d.
Subject File - Nature Projects, 1978-1990
- Dates
- Creation: 1978-1990
Subject File - Nest Counts, 1989-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1989-1993
Subject File - Permits/Licenses, 1968-1982
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-1982
Subject File - Pits & Rod Gun Club, 1991-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1991-1993
Subject File - Retirement, 1975-1992
- Dates
- Creation: 1975-1992
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, December 1982, January-June 1983, 1988, January-November 1989
- Dates
- Creation: December 1982
- Creation: January-June 1983
- Creation: 1988
- Creation: January-November 1989
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty (Ecuador and Hawaii separate), 1991
- Dates
- Creation: 1991
Birding Records of Betty Hardesty: Hancock County, Texas, and Arizona, 1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1993
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, December 1989-December 1990
- Dates
- Creation: December 1989-December 1990
Bird Sighting Records of Betty Hardesty, 1992
- Dates
- Creation: 1992
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, Hancock County, 1994
- Dates
- Creation: 1994
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty for Hancock County, Ohio, Dry Tortugas, Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, 1995
- Dates
- Creation: 1995
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, Hancock County, 1996
- Dates
- Creation: 1996
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, Hancock County, 1997
- Dates
- Creation: 1997
Hancock County Birding by Betty Hardesty, PLUS 30 years of First Sightings, 1998
- Dates
- Creation: 1998
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, Hancock County, 1999-2005
- Dates
- Creation: 1999-2005
Bird Records of Betty Hardesty, Hancock County, 2006-2011
- Dates
- Creation: 2006-2011
Literary Productions, 1899-1993
MANUSCRIPTS;
1947-1993;
arranged alphabetically.
Articles and manuscripts authored by birdwatcher and naturalist R.S. Phillips for publications as books or in scholarly journals and newspapers
MEMOIRS and DIARIES;
1899-1920.
Diary of Icie M. Sowards Phillips, mother of R.S. Phillips, relating weather and family and neighborhood news; dates not inclusive.
RESEARCH NOTES;
1940-1993;
arranged alphabetically.
Bird sightings and observations made by R.S. Phillips including his Phillips Journal, field notes, memorandum books and bird sightings by species cards.
- Dates
- Creation: 1899-1993
Literary - Annotated Check-List of the Woody Plant of Hancock County, Ohio, 1964, 1985
- Dates
- Creation: 1964
- Creation: 1985
Literary - Article Manuscripts, 1963-1990
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- Creation: 1963-1990
Literary - Article Manuscripts, 1991-1993
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- Creation: 1991-1993
Literary - Article Manuscripts, n.d.
Literary - Articles Indexes, 1947-1993
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- Creation: 1947-1993
Literary - Articles, 1935-1993
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- Creation: 1935-1993
Literary - Articles, n.d.
Literary - Audubon Magazine, 1948-1952
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- Creation: 1948-1952
Literary - Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 1951-1968
- Dates
- Creation: 1951-1968
Literary - Birds of Hancock County, Ohio, 1951
- Dates
- Creation: 1951
Literary - Birds of the Hancock County, Ohio Area, 1980
- Dates
- Creation: 1980
Literary - Birds of the Hancock County, Ohio Area Manuscript, 1980
- Dates
- Creation: 1980
Literary - Bird Sightings by Species - Baldpate-Egret, Cattle, 1940s-1970s
- Dates
- Creation: 1940s-1970s
Literary - Bird Sightings by Species - Field Trips-Knot, 1940s-1970s
- Dates
- Creation: 1940s-1970s
Literary - Bird Sightings by Species - Lark, Northern Horned- Ruddy Duck, 1940s-1970s
- Dates
- Creation: 1940s-1970s
Literary - Bird Sightings by Species - Sanderling-Vulture, Turkey, 1940s-1970s
- Dates
- Creation: 1940s-1970s
Literary - Checklist of the Birds of Hancock County, Ohio, 1968s
- Dates
- Creation: 1968s
Literary - Bird Sightings by Species - Warbler, Black- Yellowthroat, Northern, 1940s-1970s
- Dates
- Creation: 1940s-1970s
Literary - Daily Field Notes, 1960-1970
- Dates
- Creation: 1960-1970
Literary - "A Fair Deal for Our Birds of Prey?", 1949
- Dates
- Creation: 1949
Literary - Field Notes, n.d.
Literary - Field Notes, n.d.
Literary - "Food of the Barn Owl", 1951
- Dates
- Creation: 1951
Literary - Icie M. Sowards Phillips Diary, 1899-1920
- Dates
- Creation: 1899-1920
Literary - Inland Bird Banding Newsletter, 1983
- Dates
- Creation: 1983
Literary - John Burroughs Speech, n.d.
Literary - Journal of Mammalogy, 1949-1956
- Dates
- Creation: 1949-1956
Literary - "Laboratory Manual of the Fetal Pig", n.d.
Literary - Master's Thesis - Alimentary Canal and Female Reproductive System of a Collembolan, Podura aquatuca, 1940
- Dates
- Creation: 1940
Literary - Memorandum Books, 1968-1983
- Dates
- Creation: 1968-1983
Literary - Memorandum Books, 1977-1992
- Dates
- Creation: 1977-1992
Literary - Miscellaneous Research Notes, 1970s
- Dates
- Creation: 1970s
Literary - Nature Magazine, 1947-1955
- Dates
- Creation: 1947-1955
Literary - Ohio Schools, 1945
- Dates
- Creation: 1945
Literary - Phillips Journals, 1940-1972
- Dates
- Creation: 1940-1972
Literary - Phillips Journals, 1973-1980
- Dates
- Creation: 1973-1980
Literary - Phillips Journals, 1981-1986
- Dates
- Creation: 1981-1986
Literary - Phillips Journals, 1987-1992
- Dates
- Creation: 1987-1992
Literary - Phillips Journals, 1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1993
Literary - Phillips Montana Journal, 1959
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
Literary - Putman County Heritage Newsletter, 1986
- Dates
- Creation: 1986
Literary - Wilson Bulletin, 1945-1966
- Dates
- Creation: 1945-1966
History of the Hancock County Naturalists, 1974-1986
- Dates
- Creation: 1974-1986
History of the Hancock County Naturalists, 1987-1992
- Dates
- Creation: 1987-1992
Clippings, Scrapbooks, and Photographs, 1937-1993
NEWSCLIPPINGS;
1937-1993.
Newsclippings related to and about R.S. Phillips.
SCRAPBOOKS;
1974-1992.
Scrapbook documenting the history and activities of Hancock County, Ohio, naturalists; items are wrapped.
POSITIVE PRINTS;
1930s-1990s;
arranged alphabetically.
Animal, bird, insect, group, class, family and friend photographs related to the life and activities of R.S. Phillips.
NEGATIVES;
1970s-1980s.
Negatives and glass plate negatives related to the family and activities of R.S. Phillips.
- Dates
- Creation: 1937-1993
Scrapbook - R.S. Phillips Newsclippings, 1937-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1937-1993
Glass Plate Negative - James and Icie Phillips n.d.
Glass Plate Negative - R.S. and Violet Phillips n.d.
Glass Plate Negative - Tom Phillips n.d.
Glass Plate Negative - Tom Phillips n.d.
Various Negatives, 1970s-1980s
- Dates
- Creation: 1970s-1980s
Photographs - Animals, 1960s-1990s
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- Creation: 1960s-1990s
Photographs - Birds, 1960s-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1960s-1993
Photographs - Family, 1960s-1980s
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- Creation: 1960s-1980s
Photographs - Friends, 1960s-1980s
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- Creation: 1960s-1980s
Photographs - Groups/Classes, 1930s-1970s
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- Creation: 1930s-1970s
Photographs - Insects, n.d.
Photographs - Plants, 1940s-1980s
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- Creation: 1940s-1980s
Photographs - R.S. Phillips, 1950s-1980s
- Dates
- Creation: 1950s-1980s
Slides - Woodrow Phillips, 1975
- Dates
- Creation: 1975
Printed Materials and Publications
BOOKS;
1859-1991.
The personal book collection of R.S. Phillips, most of which deals with plant, bird and insect related topics; some book have been transferred out of the collection; all books are located at the end of the collection.
MISCELLANEOUS;
1937-1993;
arranged alphabetically.
Awards, certificates, brochures and programs related to the life and activities of R.S. Phillips.
PUBLICATIONS;
1899-1993;
arranged alphabetically.
Periodicals and small books related to bird and nature topics that were of interest to R.S. Phillips.
Printed - Annotated List of the Birds of Ohio, 1968
- Dates
- Creation: 1968
Printed - Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 1947, 1968
- Dates
- Creation: 1947
- Creation: 1968
Printed - Awards/Certificates, 1937-1978
- Dates
- Creation: 1937-1978
Printed - Birds and All Nature, 1899-1901
- Dates
- Creation: 1899-1901
Printed - Birds of Dayton and the Central Miami Valley, Ohio, 1961
- Dates
- Creation: 1961
Printed - Birds of the Lake St. Marys Area, circa 1967
- Dates
- Creation: circa 1967
Printed - Brochures, 1980s-1990s
- Dates
- Creation: 1980s-1990s
Printed - Field Data Cards, 1986-1987
- Dates
- Creation: 1986-1987
Flock, 1988-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1988-1993
Printed - Guide to the Birds of Toledo and Lucas County, 1963
- Dates
- Creation: 1963
Printed - Insect Collecting, n.d.
Printed - Invitations, 1984-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1984-1993
Printed - Methods for the Study of the Internal Anatomy of Insects, 1932
- Dates
- Creation: 1932
Printed - Mentor, 1924
- Dates
- Creation: 1924
Printed - Miscellaneous, n.d.
Printed - Montana State University Biological Station, 1959
- Dates
- Creation: 1959
Printed - Natural History of the King Rail, 1969
- Dates
- Creation: 1969
Printed - Nongame Quarterly, 1987-1990
- Dates
- Creation: 1987-1990
Printed - Northern Mockingbird, 1992
- Dates
- Creation: 1992
Printed - Ohio Biological Survey, 1914, 1935
- Dates
- Creation: 1914
- Creation: 1935
Printed - Ohio Bird Migration, 1950
- Dates
- Creation: 1950
Printed - Ohio Cardinal, 1990
- Dates
- Creation: 1990
Printed - Ohio Woodlands: Conservation in Action, 1972-1973
- Dates
- Creation: 1972-1973
Printed - Ohio DAR News, 1978
- Dates
- Creation: 1978
Printed - Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Newsletter, 1990-1991
- Dates
- Creation: 1990-1991
Printed - Ornithological Newsletter, 1991-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1991-1993
Printed - Prairie Horned Lark, 1931
- Dates
- Creation: 1931
Printed - Programs, 1960-1986
- Dates
- Creation: 1960-1986
Printed - Raccoon Tales, 1992-1993
- Dates
- Creation: 1992-1993
Printed - Screech Owl, 1975
- Dates
- Creation: 1975
Printed - Sialia, 1989-1990
- Dates
- Creation: 1989-1990
Printed - Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer, 1918
- Dates
- Creation: 1918
Printed - Toledo Naturalists' Association Bulletin, 1986
- Dates
- Creation: 1986
Printed - U.S. National Museum Bulletin 170: Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey (Part 2), 1938
- Dates
- Creation: 1938
Printed - U.S. National Museum Bulletin 195: Life Histories of North American Nuthatches, Wrens, Thrashers and Their Allies, 1948
- Dates
- Creation: 1948
Printed - U.S. National Museum Bulletin 196: Life Histories of North American Thrushes, Kinglets, and Their Allies, 1949
- Dates
- Creation: 1949
Printed - U.S. National Museum Bulletin 197: Life Histories of North American Wagtails, Shrikes, Vireos, and Their Allies, 1950
- Dates
- Creation: 1950
Printed - U.S. National Museum Bulletin 203: Life Histories of North American Wood Warblers, 1953
- Dates
- Creation: 1953