The Ian M. Whillans Papers, dated 1955-2001, contains datasheets, maps, reports, articles, aerial photographs, negatives, notes, equipment lists, calculations and field books regarding Whillans' glaciological research in Antarctica and Arctic regions.

The Map of the Region Between New Zealand and the Antarctic is a color map, measuring 12.75 x 20 inches, captioned, "Showing the routes of the "City of New York" and, so far as available, the soundings made on these voyages." The map indicates that the soundings were made with a sonic depth finder as communicated to the American Geographical Society by Rear Admiral Byrd, and that the map as a whole was made to demonstrate the lack of available soundings between New Zealand and Little America. The map is copyrighted 1930, by the American Geographical Society of New York.

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.