The Stephen L. DenHartog Oral History, dated 1981-2009, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between DenHartog and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 22, 2002. The collection also contains personal notes by DenHartog about his life, which were created starting in 1981, and correspondence from 2009 about the transcripts of the interview. 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 DenHartog discussed include going to Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958), his experiences during the Ross Ice Shelf Traverse and the Victoria Land Traverse, the story of how Albert (Bert) Crary needed to be rescued after the piece of ice that he was working on split off into the water, spending the winter at Little America V, working at the second Arctic Research Laboratory Ice Station (ARLIS II), which was a station installed on a floating ice island off the coast of Point Barrow, Alaska, working for the University of Wisconsin Geophysical and Polar Research Center in Alaska and Antarctica, and working aboard the SS Manhattan in the Northwest Passage.

The Richard A. Bowers Papers, dated 1945-2013, contain materials created or collected by Richard A. Bowers that relate to his service with the United States Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (Special) in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze I and II. Materials include reports, press clippings, notes, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, maps, and clothing. Also included are compact discs, DVDs, VHS videocassettes, and 8mm films. In addition, the collection contains audio recordings and transcripts from the Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project interview with Richard A. Bowers conducted by Dian O. Belanger on October 11, 1998. In the interview, Bowers discusses the planning and construction of South Pole Station and the air operations facility at McMurdo Sound.

The Operation Highjump Collection contains collected materials both from and about Operation Highjump; materials date from 1947-1948 and the 1990s-2010. Items from Operation Highjump and immediately after include a souvenir edition of the "Bergy Bits" newsletter, and a 1948 United States Navy report on observations from Operation Highjump. Items about Operation Highjump consist of a newsletter and menu from the 1996 Fiftieth Anniversary gathering of people who were a part of Operation Highjump, photocopies made in the 1990s of 1946-1947 newspaper articles and clippings about Operation Highjump, a VHS videocassette with recordings of several television shows about Operation Highjump, and a 2010 DVD of crewmember Wendell Summers narrating his experiences on Operation Highjump.

The Operation Deep Freeze Collection contains a digital art printout of USS Arneb created by George E. Bieda and dated 2001.

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).

Mary Boland Collection of Clippings on Admiral Richard E. Byrd includes clippings files collected by Byrd family friend Mary Boland on Admiral Richard E. Byrd's expeditions, and photocopies of documents from other repositories concerning Richard E. Byrd. Also included are photocopies of writings by Byrd and Thomas Poulter about several of Byrd's expeditions in the polar regions of the globe, as well as materials related to the dedication of several memorials to Byrd. Materials in this collection date from the 1920s-1997.

The John A. Svensson Oral History, dated 2002-2010, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between John A. Svensson and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 15, 2002, and correspondence from 2010 about the transcripts of the interview. 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 Svensson discussed include his experiences serving with the U.S. Naval Construction Battalions, also known as the Seabees, at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, his experiences and the living conditions on the floating ice island T-3, also known as Fletcher’s Ice Island (named after U.S. Air Force Colonel Joseph O. Fletcher), working aboard the USCGC (United States Coast Guard Cutter) Staten Island and the University of Washington’s R/V (Research Vessel) Thomas G. Thompson in the Bering Sea, the work he did measuring currents and water chemistry on T-3 and during his voyages in the Bering Sea, teaching in Seattle and Alaska, and working as a commercial fisherman in southeast Alaska.

The Herbert T. Ueda Oral History, dated 2002-2010, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Ueda and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 23, 2002, and correspondence from 2010 about the transcripts of the interview. 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 Ueda discussed include being incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during World War II, working for the Snow, Ice and Permafrost Research Establishment (SIPRE), which became the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), working on ice drilling projects at Camp TUTO (Thule Take-Off) and Camp Century in Greenland and the conditions there, developing and working with thermal and electromechanical drills, and working on ice drilling projects at Byrd Station in Antarctica.

The Donald Walk Papers contain materials Walk collected while serving in the United States Navy in Antarctica during the United States' Operation Deep Freeze 61. These materials include 35mm slides, photographs, magnetic audio tapes of recordings Walk sent to his family while on assignment, 8mm film, administrative reports, clippings, medical research, correspondence, and Antarctic clothing and equipment documenting Walk's experience as a psychiatrist and administrator. The collection also contains clippings and other publications that Walk collected after his assignment was completed, and digitized copies of most of the collection materials on DVDs and compact discs. The collection is dated 1945-1969 and circa 2006-2008.

The Clifford D. Hathaway Oral History, dated 2002, contains notes, audio recordings, and transcripts of the interview between Hathaway and Brian Shoemaker conducted on May 3, 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 discussed include the role of the icebreaker ship Glacier in getting to Antarctica, using Caterpillar tractors to transport supplies over snow and ice, establishing the Little America V base camp, ground controlled approach for aircraft, and rescue operations for pilots and aircraft.

The Carl Hoffmeyer Scrapbook on Operation Deep Freeze I, dated 1955-1957, contains newspaper clippings about the United States’ exploration and research progress during Operation Deep Freeze I. Newspaper clippings about the exploration of Antarctica by the United Kingdom, Russia, New Zealand, and Japan are also included in the scrapbook. Hoffmeyer divided the scrapbook into several sections; the sections are divided by articles that define the purpose of Operation Deep Freeze, the equipment used during the expedition, and the operation’s progress. The last part of the scrapbook has newspaper clippings related to the International Geophysical Year and the death of Admiral Richard E. Byrd.