The Katharine Byrd and Robert G. Breyer Family Papers on Richard E. Byrd contain correspondence, plaques, a scrapbook, clippings, photographs, programs, digital media and other documents related to Katharine Byrd Breyer and her husband Robert G. Breyer's participation in programs honoring Katharine's father, Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The materials mainly relate to posthumous building, ship, and monument dedications, and other ceremonies honoring Richard E. Byrd from locations around the world, including a significant dedication in Wellington, New Zealand, on the fifth anniversary of Byrd's death in 1962. The collection also has a few items dated before Richard E. Byrd's death, including some correspondence sent from Byrd to Katharine and Robert, and one 2007 clipping on Richard E. Byrd collected by Robert G. and Katharine's son, Robert Byrd Breyer. The materials are dated 1938-circa 2000s.

The Press Photograph of Aviation Pioneers Taken at the Biltmore Hotel (New York) During “Famous Fliers Luncheon” was taken on July 6, 1928 by an unknown photographer. It depicts a group of aviation pioneers at a "Famous Fliers Luncheon" that was hosted by Admiral Richard E. Byrd at the Biltmore Hotel in New York City. The luncheon was held in honor of Amelia Earhart, Louis Gordon, and Wilmer Stultz; their June 1928 flight made Earhart the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The photograph depicts aviation pioneers; the back row from left to right shows Carl Ben Eielson, Hubert Wilkins, Richard E. Byrd, Clarence D. Chamberlin, and Bernt Balchen. The front row from left to right depicts Wilmer Stultz, Amelia Earhart, and Louis Gordon. The photograph had a press caption identifying the imgae pasted to its back; it has detached due to age.