The Cedomir Marangunic Papers for “Effects of a Landslide on Sherman Glacier, Alaska” Dissertation date from 1964 October to circa 1971, and consist of data, photographs, and black and white negatives created by Marangunic for use while writing his dissertation at the Ohio State University. Also included in the collection are minimal amounts of correspondence planning Marangunic's trips to Alaska, as well as a circa 1971 paper on a similar topic to Marangunic's dissertation.

The Colin Bull Papers, dated 1933-2002, contains correspondence, reports, articles, manuscripts, publications, maps, negatives, an oral history, and notebooks created or collected by Bull in his professional activities, organizations, expeditions, and research. Considerable portions of the collection focus on Bull's role as a participant in the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Working Group on Glaciology, SCAR and the Council on Polar Research and National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Polar Programs. The collection also contains negatives of the British North Greenland Expedition of 1952-1954. Later material in this collection concern the transcripts and audio recordings of an oral history interview between Colin Bull and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society on August 20, 2000, where Bull provided details about his career.

The Herwil M. Bryant Papers, dated circa 1930s-circa 2000s, contain materials that Herwil M. Bryant created or collected while serving on the United States Antarctic Service Expedition from 1939-1941. This includes his journals, both the handwritten originals and photocopies and typed transcriptions of the originals. Also included are photographs, negatives, and photographic slides that he created during the expedition as well as correspondence, notes, press clippings, objects, and ephemera. In addition, the papers contain notes and other materials related to lectures Bryant gave about Antarctica and his experiences during the U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition, including lectures he gave aboard Antarctic cruises. Photographs he took during Antarctic cruises are also included. There are two USB flash drives that contain digital files of Bryant’s U.S. Antarctic Service Expedition journals and photographs as well as narrations he recorded after the expedition. Also included is an unidentified reel of 16mm film.

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 Jere H. Lipps Papers date from 1971 to 1992, and consist of correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and negatives related to Lipps' multiple trips to Antarctica between 1971 and 1982. Materials dated after these trips are writings and publications by Lipps about his time in Antarctica and his research findings.

The John Campbell Craddock Papers, dated circa 1959-1985, contains research proposals, data, correspondence, field notes and reports, photographs, negatives, lists, summaries, forms, and information about SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) related to Craddock's work as a polar geologist. The collection contains numerous files regarding Craddock's interactions with the National Science Foundation, especially in regard to grants and funding and with the SCAR WGG (Working Group on Geology).

The Peter Webb Papers, which dates from 1970-circa 2018, contains reports, photographs, negatives, project files, correspondence, and other research files produced by Peter Webb or otherwise related to his career. The majority of the collection centers on his analysis of fossils and minerals in Antarctic ice cores for the Ross Ice Shelf Project and the Dry Valley Drilling Project, which Webb participated in as a faculty member of Northern Illinois University, before coming to the Ohio State University. His project focused on drilling. A few files relate to his position and publications at Ohio State University as a faculty member at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center.