The Stephen Riley Oral History, dated 2000 to 2001, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Riley and former Ohio State University Polar Archivist Raimund Goerler conducted on May 15, 2000. 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 Riley's time in the United States Navy, his work as an aerial photographer and photograph navigator in Antarctica, and his memories of life in Antarctica.

The Paul Robert Streich Oral History, dated 1997 and 2001, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Streich and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on January 30, 1997, and administrative information from 2001 created after the interview. Major topics discussed include Streich's experiences flying airplanes in the polar regions for the United States Navy, photograph mapping expeditions in polar regions, and his memories of life and work in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze I.

The John David Reimer Oral History, dated after 1974 and 2000-circa 2002, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Reimer and former Ohio State University Polar Archivist Raimund Goerler conducted on May 16, 2000. 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 Reimer's time in the United States Navy, helping build Ellsworth Station in Antarctica, how he became involved in aerial photography of Antarctica, and his experiences on several Operation Deep Freeze trips to Antarctica.

The Morton P. Beebe Oral History, dated 2002-2003, contains audio recordings and administrative information of the interview between Beebe and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on September 15, 2002. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics that Beebe discussed include how he attended and took photographs at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California, without permission; his experiences serving in the United States Navy in Antarctica, including hosting two women flight attendants from the first commercial aircraft flight to Antarctica, visiting Mirny Station (a Russian research station), traveling to the South Pole, and his involvement with the coverage of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; how he met Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother; and how he organized a reception in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the completion of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).

The Calvin Larsen Papers, dated 1956-1958 and 2000, contain materials related to Calvin Larsen's time as a United States Navy photographer assigned to cover Operation Deep Freeze II begining in 1956, and the International Geophysical Year in Antarctica from 1957-1958. These materials include a set of 172 numbered and labeled 35mm Kodachrome slides taken by Larsen while in Antarctica in 1956-1957, and several magazines where his photographs of Antarctica were published. Also included is an audio recording of an oral history interview with Larsen from 2000. This oral history is from a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program. A transcript of the interview is included in addition to the audio recording.

The Lloyd Beebe Oral History, dated 2000 August 21, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Beebe and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on August 21, 2000. 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 Beebe's remembrances of training and photographing wild animals, stories of his upbringing, and memories of his trip to Antarctica in 1955 with Admiral Byrd as the official Disney photographer for Operation Deep Freeze I.