Darrell C. Richardson is a minister, writer, and archaeologist. He is widely known in science fiction circles for his collection in this genre. It is considered to be one of the world's largest and most comprehensive. Included is one of the top holdings of Tarzan and other works and materials related to Edgar Rice Burroughs. All the major science fiction and fantasy writers are represented, mostly in first editions. The collection contains over 30,000 books, 20,000 pulp magazines and many hundreds of related items, in over twenty languages.

Almost every major artist in the history of science fiction is represented in the author's collection of original art. One of his special interests over the years has been the artist J. Allen St. John.

Though born in Kansas, he lived most of his early life in Missouri. He studied journalism and later archaeology, but then entered the seminary and prepared for the ministry. He spent over twenty years as a pastor in Kentucky and also served as an army chaplain during the Korean War. He retired as Editor of the Brotherhood Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention in Memphis, Tennessee where he now resides.

Since college days at Furman University in Greenville, S.C. (where he once had athletic scholarships for football, basketball and track) he has been a writer. He has written or edited books, magazine stories, articles, and newspaper columns. His travels and expeditions, archaeological digs, research and adventures have carried him into over forty countries of the globe.

• 1918, May 17: Born in Kansas but moved to Flat River, Missouri
• 1926: Discovers ERB - The Beasts of Tarzan with its wonderful J. Allen St. John illustrations
• 1926: Discovers his second Tarzan book: Tarzan the Untamed ... and soon buys the whole series with saved lunch money
• Junior High: Starts a correspondence with ERB
• 1938: Studies journalism
• 1940: Dubbed "Deacon of the Football Field" after leading the Furman University (Greenville, SC) team to victory
• 1942: Marries Sarah Sanders of South Carolina
• 1943: Seriously starts collecting ERB
• 1943: Having earned a degree at Furman College and three years of graduate school, DCR accepts a job as Minister and Athletic Director of Ormsby Village, a home for dependent and delinquent children at Anchorage, KY.
• 1944, April: Famous "Million Dollar Letter" to ERB fans appears in FANTASTIC ADVENTURES MAGAZINE
• 1945: Birth of son, Coleman
• 1947, March 1: Accepts position as pastor at  Fort Mitchell Baptist Church
• 1947:  bought his first J. Allen St. John painting -- for $7.50
• 1949: Birth of son, Donald aka Sandy
• 1950: Serves as president of the Kenton County Ministerial Association
• 1953: applies unsuccessfully for an Air Force chaplain's commision
• 1954, Jan. 30: Resigns as pastor of Ft. Mitchell Baptist Church and Boy Scouts of America director to become an overseas Army Chaplain
• 1954: Receives a first lieutenant's commission at chaplain's school at Ft. Slocum, N.Y. He later moves his family AND collection to Germany while serving with the U.S. Army.
• 1973: Diagnosed with acute leukemia and given only a few months to live!
• 1982, November 1: Leaves for West Africa on a Special Mission Tour for Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board.
• 1982-83: Motors 1000 miles in Kenya with son, Sandy, and photographs lions, elephants, cape buffalo, leopards, rhinos, hippos, etc.
• 1984: Charter member of the ERB Amateur Press Association. 10 years later inducted as an Honourary Member.
• 1990s: Despite failing health, he travels to India with son, Coleman, to visit historical sites and natural wonders ~ photographs tigers, elephants, buffalo, snakes, monkeys and birds.
• 1991: J. Allen St. John: An Illustrated Biography by Darrell C. Richardson is published by Mid-America Publishers
• 1995, August: Presented with the Southern Baptist Good Shepherd award for his many years church service and his 60 years of Scouting dedication.
• 1996: Moves into a condo ~ Parkway House ~ overlooking the Memphis Zoo but still maintains the Stonewall home to house his library until it is distributed among university libraries and collectors.
• 1997, October 28: Two thieves are apprehended stealing priceless pulps from "Barsoom Manor." Hundreds of issues, worth many thousands of dollars, have not yet been recovered.
• 1998: Speaker at the Burroughs Bibliophile Dum-Dum at Baltimore, Maryland
• 2006 September 19:Darrell C. Richardson passes on