The Jack B. Long Oral History, dated 2002-2009, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Long and Brian Shoemaker conducted on September 19, 2002. There are also notes that were created before, during, and after the interview and are dated 2002-2009. 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 discussed include Long’s relationship with his older brother (William E. “Bill” Long), Tucker Sno-Cats, living and working conditions in Antarctica, Dr. Charles Bentley, the Sentinel Mountains Traverse (1957-1958), the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-1959), and the McMurdo-South Pole Traverse (1960-1961).

The Joe Hill Papers date from 1927 to 1999, with most of the collection dated between 1933 and 1936, and document Hill's time in Antarctica as a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition II, as well as materials gathered following this time related to Antarctica. The papers include a scrapbook documenting Hill's work to join the expedition as well as newspaper clippings about the expedition itself. Approximately 140 glass slides with black and white images of Hill's time in Antarctica are also included, as well as correspondence received by his parents while he was in Antarctica both from and about Hill. Correspondence received by Hill from other members of the expedition is also included in the collection, as well as reunion planning information, clippings about Antarctica, and scienctific reports from Antarctica.