The Byrd Arctic Expedition North Pole Flight Collection contains materials both from and about Byrd's North Pole Flight on May 9, 1926, some of which date before or after the flight. The collection contains black and white photographs by an unknown photographer of Admiral Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and unidentified expedition members preparing for the flight, as well as a painting of the airplane used for the flight, and programs for events honoring Byrd and celebrating the flight; these materials date from circa 1926 May to after 1926 June. Also included are two 1995 photocopies of essays regarding the validity of the flight. One is by Epaminondas "Pete" Demas, one of Byrd's expedition members who remained on the ground in Spitsbergen, Norway, and was written in 1975. The other essay is by Bernt Balchen and written circa 1960s; while he was not a member of Byrd's expedition, Balchen was also on the ground in Spitsbergen, Norway at the time as a part of the ground crew for Roald Amundsen's May 12, 1926 flight over the North Pole in the dirigible Norge.

The James Roy Hopkins Oil Portrait of OSU Athletic Director Lynn St. John contains an oil portrait of Lynn St. John painted by James Roy Hopkins.

The Paul and Ruth Siple Family Artwork Collections contains two pieces of artwork, one oil painting and one elongated photograph. The oil painting depicts an Antarctic landscape and was painted by Nel Law, the wife of a family friend of the Siples that resided in Canberra, Australia. Siple was a scientific attaché in Canberra, along with the family friend that was also an Antarctic researcher. The photograph is of the Scott Memorial Cross located on Ross Island, shot by American photographer Stuart Klipper. The painting is dated 1966 and the photograph is dated 1984.