The Antarctic Deep Freeze Oral History Project, dated 1998-2005 June, contains recordings and transcripts of the interviews between Dian Belanger and veterans of Operations Deep Freeze I and Deep Freeze II. The Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and supported by the Antarctic Deep Freeze Association. It consists of recordings and typed transcripts of oral history interviews with members of Operation Deep Freeze to capture individual memory and personal perspective on United States involvement in Antarctica during the 1950s. Topics during the interviews include daily life on the bases and various jobs and workloads amongst team members. Abstracts providing brief summaries about each individual interview are included at the series levels in the collection.

The majority of formats in the collection include audio-only interviews, along with two video recordings on VHS videocassettes, one of which is a video recording of the oral history interview of Charles R. Wilson from this project. The other video recording is a VHS videocassette copy of a recording made prior to Dick Slagle's death in 1971.

For all series other than Dick Slagle's, the original recording of the interview on audiocassette is included, followed by a copy of the same recording and then a transcript of the interview. Transcripts of the audiocassette interviews are available online.

The Jack C. Zahn Equipment and Artifacts Used During McMurdo-South Pole Traverse collection includes clothing Zahn wore during the traverse including outwear, boots, and mittens, several bags used to carry items, a pair of sunglasses, photographs, and other ephemera. Material is dated 1960 to 1963 January.

The Morton P. Beebe Oral History, dated 2002-2003, contains audio recordings and administrative information of the interview between Beebe and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on September 15, 2002. 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 that Beebe discussed include how he attended and took photographs at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference in San Francisco, California, without permission; his experiences serving in the United States Navy in Antarctica, including hosting two women flight attendants from the first commercial aircraft flight to Antarctica, visiting Mirny Station (a Russian research station), traveling to the South Pole, and his involvement with the coverage of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; how he met Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother; and how he organized a reception in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the completion of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).

The South Pole Traverse Project Records consist of materials related to the development of the South Pole Traverse by the National Science Foundation. Materials date from 1956 to 2007; materials from before 2002-2005 (the dates of the actual project) were gathered as background research in support of the project. These project records include manuals, annual reports detailing the progress of the project, and additional background research gathered in support of the project, including how it would increase availability of LC-130H aircraft for scientific research since they would no longer be tied up in supply runs.

The Stanislaus A. Antos Papers consist of both original items and photocopies of items Antos created or collected during Operation Deep Freeze I (1956-1958). These items include both photocopies of photographs and original photographs, a piece of seal skin, a photocopy of his diary from that time, telegrams to his wife Rhoda, and copies of newspaper clippings recording "Operation Babyface," a project to fax an image of Antos's new daughter to him in Antarctica; materials date from 1956-1958, and 2000-2007. The papers also contain an audio recording and transcript of an oral history interview of Antos from a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program. In this oral history interview from May 26, 2000, Antos discusses his time in Antarctica as a part of Operation Deep Freeze I, especially flying airplanes and how helpful he found the Catholic priest at McMurdo Station.

The Stephen Riley Oral History, dated 2000 to 2001, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Riley and former Ohio State University Polar Archivist Raimund Goerler conducted on May 15, 2000. 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 Riley's time in the United States Navy, his work as an aerial photographer and photograph navigator in Antarctica, and his memories of life in Antarctica.