Rendell Rhoades Papers
SPEC.PA.56.0003
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1.2 Cubic feet
1919-1986
Rendell Rhoades (1914-1976) was a biologist, curator and postal consultant, who as curator of collections at Cleveland Museum of Natural History traveled to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in South America near Antarctica as part of expeditions in 1953 and 1968. The Rendell Rhoades Papers, which dates from 1919-1986, contain correspondence, publications, maps, and postal stamps collected and created by Rhoades regarding Tierra del Fuego (in Argentina) and Antarctica.
(1) carton
English
Rhoades, Rendell, 1914-1976
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.
Acquisitions Information
Accession No. PA.1990.0003: Nancy L. Rhoades, 1990 August
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], Rendell Rhoades Papers, SPEC.PA.56.0003, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
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Processing Information
The collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: Devon Boerman and John Hooton, 2018 April
Biographical Note
Rendell Rhoades (1914-1976) was a biologist, curator, and postal consultant. He received a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in education from Wilmington College, and a Master of Science and PhD from the Ohio State University. Over his varied career, Rhodes served as chairman of the Department of Earth Science at Wilmington College, Curator of Collections of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and numerous other positions. In 1953 and again in 1968, Rhoades participated in the Cleveland Museum of National History's expeditions to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in South America. He also served as an observer for the Norwegian Whaling Association.
Scope and Contents
The Rendell Rhoades Papers, which dates from 1919-1986 contains manuscripts; correspondence; publications; photographs of Greenland, the Arctic, and Antarctica; maps, and philately collected and created by Rhoades regarding South America, particularly Tierra del Fuego in Argentina, and Antarctica. The majority of the manuscripts in the collection are typescript and handwritten versions of his book
Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straits and the Horn. The collection also contains correspondence from his wife, Nancy Rhoades, regarding his postal covers and postal stamp collection, and other work dating after his death in 1976.
Rhoades, Rendell, 1914-1976
Biologists--Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)--20th century
Maps (documents)
Natural history museum curators--Ohio--Cleveland--20th century
Patagonia (Argentina and Chile)
Postage stamps
Stamp collectors--Ohio--20th century
Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History: Mail Flyer, Lists of Birds from Tierra Del Fuego, List of Birds Catalogued from Cape Verde Islands
1
1
1952-1953
Correspondents: Australian, Stamp Collectors, Polar Collectors, Embassies of Antarctic Countries, Antarctica Posts
1
2
1951, undated
Correspondence: Antarctica, from Rhoades
1
3
1951
Correspondence: Antarctica, to Rhoades
1
4
1950-1952
Correspondence: Miscellaneous
1
5
1932-1962
Correspondence: Nancy L. Rhoades
1
6
1982-1986
Correspondence: Philately
1
6
1982-1986
Correspondence: Regarding "Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straights and the Horn"
1
8
1954-1957
Correspondence: Whaling
1
9
1954-1957
Fuegan Journey: Calendar and Envelopes with Harberton Seal
1
10
1968
Journal: Tierra Del Fuego Exedition
1
11
1953
Mail Posts: Antarctica and the South Atlantic
1
12
1919-1929, 1951
Maps: Antarctica, World Map
1
13
1946, undated
Maps: South American, Graham Land, Chile Politico, South Atlantic, Southern Ocean Islands
1
14
1942, undated
Newspaper Clipping: "The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
1
15
1953 May 21
Notes: Miscellaneous
1
16
undated
Photos: Miscellaneous
1
17
undated
Post Cards: Collected from Tierra Del Fuego
1
18
undated
Publications: "Covers" Volume 12, number 4 and Volume 13, number 6 "The Postal History of the Antarctic", "The Oceania Collector"
1
19
1950-1953
Publications: "National Geographic Magazine" volume 91, number 4 and other articles
1
20
1947, undated
Publications: "Ocean Times", "The Norwegian Whaling Gazette", "Chile Filatelico"
1
21
1949,1953
Publications: "Seaposter" and correspondence with the publisher
1
22
1949-1951
"Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straits and the Horn": Handwritten Manuscript, Title Page- Chapter 5
1
23
1953
"Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straits and the Horn": Handwritten Manuscript, Chapter 6- Chapter 8
1
24
1953
"Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straits and the Horn": Handwritten Manuscript, Chapter 9- the end
1
25
1953
"Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straits and the Horn": Typed Manuscript, Preface- Chapter 6
1
26
undated
"Tierra Del Fuego: Between the Straits and the Horn": Typed Manuscripts, Chapter 7- end
1
27
undated