The photographs consist of four separate groups: color slides (approx. 8,000), separate prints made largely from slides (approx. 1,000), scrapbooks with mainly color prints (18 volumes), and miscellaneous photographs of family and friends (appox. 500 images). The slides are a comprehensive record of the wildlife he saw primarily during extended trips to Africa and India. He also made extended trips to Antarctica, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, the Galapagos Islands, Greenland, Guatemala, Mexico, Nepal, Canada, New Guinea, Panama, and Trinidad. In addition, he took hundreds of photographs on trips throughout the United States, including numerous trips to Florida, lengthy visits to the Southwest, annual bird counts on Bull's Island, and annual fishing trips to Maine and adjacent areas. and annual fishing trips to Maine and adjacent areas. Eighteen volumes of scrapbooks consist primarily of color photographs taken on trips from 1953-1970: Two volumes document his travels to Europe and elsewhere and include photographs of water birds seen at the Severn Wildlife Trust in England. Two volumes are devoted to his first trip to the Galapagos. One volume is on Alaska, four volumes on East Africa, one on Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) and Antarctica, and one on island in the Indian Ocean. Seven scrapbooks are devoted exclusivley to birds. The personal photographs include pictures of Dick as a child, two photo albums of a family trip to France and Italy c. 1927; the Dick family estate at Islip, Long Island; portrait photographs of Dick in a complete set of passports from 1937-1986; photos of his parents and siblings; classmates at Yale Art School; early photos of Dixie Plantation (Meggett, SC); and of travelling companions.
