The Erwin H. Bramhall Papers contain a silver medal, correspondence with other members of expeditionary parties and scientists, a scrapbook, and photographs and writings by Bramhall, including a field notebook documenting his work on Byrd's Second Expedition to Antarctica from 1933-1935. The collection dates from 1926-1979 and primarily chronicles Byrd's Antarctic Expedition II and its legacy through photographs, correspondence and the medal Bramhall received for the expedition.