The Herb Harvis Collection of Byrd Antarctic II Expedition Glass Slides and Maps of Antarctica, dated 1910s-1934, 1964-1987, contains materials related to Byrd Antarctic Expedition II and the exploration and mapping of Antarctica. The glass lantern slides contain photographs taken during Byrd Antarctic Expedition II. The expedition crew, Little America, the Antarctic landscape, the United States Ship Bear, and Richard E. Byrd’s aircraft are featured in these images. It is not known who took the photographs. A glass lantern slide projector is also included. This collection also includes the Antarctic Map Folio Series published by the American Geographical Society of New York. The map folios are dated 1964-1975. Geological maps of Antarctica prepared by the United States Geological Survey and a map of the Falkland Islands published by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense are also included in this collection.

The Robert E. Donahue Papers date from circa 1909 to the 1920s, and consist of photographs, glass slides, and a diary created by Donahue while he documented the Arctic expedition for Admiral Richard E. Byrd's 1926 North Pole Flight for Pathe News. Also included is a scrapbook documenting the flight, a shipboard satirical newsletter written by Donahue and fellow cameraman Willard Van der Veer during the Arctic expedition called "Seas All - Nose Nothing," and photographs of explorer Robert E. Peary and other unidentified people.

The Mortimer Turner Papers, dated 1945-2004, contains correspondence, maps, an oral history, publications, proposals, reports, photographs, negatives, budgets, oral histories, rosters, forms, lantern slides and a hooded parka that come from his tenure at both the Division of Polar Programs and the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation. The collection also contains a few personal files and files related to other positions that Turner held during his career.