The Elgen Long Oral History, dated 2001-2003, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Elgen Long and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on May 8, 2001. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics discussed include Elgen's naval career as a pilot during World War Two, his civilian pilot career with Flying Tiger Airlines, his record-setting flight around the world via the North and South Poles in 1971, and his research into Amelia Earhart's disappearance.

The Ronald K. McGregor Oral History, dated 2001-2003, contains notes, correspondence, and transcripts of the interview between McGregor and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 27, 2001. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics of the interview include McGregor’s pilot training, his time prepping for and traveling to Antarctica as a part of Operation Deep Freeze (1961-1962), and his work in the Office of Naval Research.