The Syun-Ichi Akasofu Oral History, dated 2001-2002, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Dr. Akasofu and Karen Nichols Brewster of the American Polar Society conducted on June 11, 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 Akasofu's career studying Arctic auroras, his work and studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), his time as the Director of the Geophysical Institute at UAF, and how he worked to establish and serve as Director of the International Arctic Research Center at UAF.

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.

The Richard L. Cameron Oral History, dated 2002-2009, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Cameron and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 8, 2003. The notes are dated before, during, and after the interview, and the interview transcript was completed in 2009. 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 discussed include what led to Dr. Cameron to pursue a career in glaciology, his experiences in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958), his research studying the properties of glaciers, ice, and snow in Antarctica, earning his Doctorate at The Ohio State University and the different positions he had there, his experiences during the South Pole-Queen Maud Land Traverse (1964-1965) in Antarctica, and the different roles he had at the National Science Foundation.

The Max Brewer Oral History, dated 2001, contains notes, audio recordings, and transcripts of the interview between Brewer and Karen Brewster of the American Polar Society conducted in two sessions on May 5 and May 30 of 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 Brewer's formative experiences as a youth in British Columbia, Canada and Spokane, Washington, his memories of floating ice stations in the Arctic Ocean, his time as the director of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL), and other memories of his extensive career with the United States Geological Survey (USGS.)

The Joseph O. Fletcher Oral History, dated 1997 and 2001, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Fletcher and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on January 23, 1997, as well as correspondence from 2001. Major topics discussed include Fletcher's time in the United States Air Force (USAF) as part of the 58th Weather Squadron, the T-3 field station on an iceberg that he helped establish (this iceberg was later renamed Fletcher's Ice Island, though it is thought to have melted sometime after 1983), and his meteorological research and studies involving the Arctic. Also discussed are numerous organizations and projects that Fletcher was involved in over the course of his career, including the U.S. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, his time as the Director of the Office of Polar Programs of National Science Foundation, and his involvement in the creation of the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX.) Arlis II (Drifting ice station)

The John E. Sater Oral History contains audio recordings, note, correspondence, and transcripts of the interview between Sater and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 25, 2001; collection materials primarily date from 2001, with correspondence about the interview transcript dating from 2009. 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 Sater's career with the Arctic Institute of North America, experiences in polar regions with photogrammetry, and his experiences working in the field of Arctic research.

The Harley D. Nygren Oral History, dated 2001 and 2009, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Harley D. Nygren and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on November 1, 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 Nygren's career as an officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps, surveying expeditions in the polar regions, experiences in Antarctica as a part of the United States Antarctic Treaty Inspection team, and his role in the creation and administration of the Environmental Science Services Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The Charles A. Burroughs Oral History, dated 2001-2002 and 2009, contains notes, correspondence, and transcripts of the interview between Burroughs and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 31, 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 of the oral history include Burroughs' work on triangulation fieldwork in the Arctic regions, his field and administrative work for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and his continued involvement in mapping societies following his retirement in 1985.

The Alfred George Oral History, dated 2001-2002, contains audio recordings, notes, and transcripts of the interview between George and Karen Brewster of the American Polar Society conducted on June 26, 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 George's several roles as an administrator at the University of Alaska, qualifications for a good science administrator, and different memories of working in Alaska.

The Alan Shapley Oral History, dated 1997 and 2001, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Shapley and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on January 31, 1997, as well as correspondence from 2001. Major topics discussed include Shapley's involvement in the planning and execution of the International Geophysical Year of 1957-1958, his research trips to the various polar regions around the globe, his career as a geophysicist, and how his work led to the development of the World Data Centers to allow for the sharing of scientific data between countries on topics relating to the Earth.