National Science Foundation Research Vessel Hero Photograph and Polar Duke Information Sheet contains an official color photograph of the Research Vessel Hero in Paradise Harbor, Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica published by the National Science Foundation. An accompanying label indicates the photo was taken March 11, 1969. It also includes an information sheet from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on the Polar Duke, the ship that replaced the _Hero _when it was retired in 1984. The sheet is dated December 31, 1985.

The Edwin C. Cotton Photographs and Clippings were compiled by Cotton and contain photographs, mainly of Field Days, and newspaper clippings, especially concerning Dr. Herbert Osborn who was a professor of zoology and entomology at Ohio State University.

The Martin W. Essex Papers contain plaques and awards awarded to Martin W. Essex by various educational and governmental entities, along with photographs of Martin and Blanche Essex; these items span the dates 1933 through 1990.

The Fred Machetanz Photographs and Postcards contain postcards and photographs showing images of Fred Machetanz's paintings. Machetanz sent the postcards to friends and family while living in Alaska over the course of almost fifty years. The paintings depict scenes from the Alaskan wilderness.

The Earthday Society Records contain administrative files, exhibit material, photographs, 16mm films, and a magnetic video recording. The materials were created between 1970 and 1977. The majority of the collection pertains to a research project called "Student-Originated Studies," facilitated by the Ohio State University Research Foundation. The collection contains exhibit materials that the Society used to show the results of the study at the Ohio State Fair. Some materials in this collection were also acquired by the Society in response to the United States' first national Earth Day.

The Ohio State University, Farm Science Review Records contain annual reports, programs, committee minutes, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, and other publications advertising or reporting on Farm Science Review events. The collection materials date from 1926-2021.

The materials in the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection and Records have been grouped into six series: 1) Proofs, prints and posters 2) Merchandise 3) Organizational records 4) Audio, video, film and floppy media 5) Photographs 6) materials created by animator and artist Wes Herschensohn.

The Proofs, prints and posters include newspaper tear sheets, clippings, comic strip pages aswell as adverts and prints. There are numerous Hal Foster Prince Valiant proofs and tearsheets. Many tearsheets in the collection were taken from the Chicago Tribune, New York Herald, Philadelphia Enquirer, South Bend Tribune, and Sun Sentinel. A number of the posters are for Disney movies.

The Merchandise in the collection is an eclectic mix of cartoon and comics themed collectibles. It includes plastic and ceramic figures, plushes, dolls, bobbleheads, mugs, plates, clothing, banners, board games, and various other realia relating to newspaper comic strip and TV/movie cartoon characters. They have been grouped where there was a significant number of items related to a particular character or strip. These include titles and characters such as Peanuts, Popeye, Garfield, Beetle Bailey, Kilban, Betty Boop, Little Orphan Annie, Nancy, Dick Tracy, Disney and various Superheroes. The merchancise also contains some IMCA related realia.

The bulk of the collection consists of the Organizational Records of the museum and includes correspondence, board of trustees records, financial files including bills and fiscal year reports, human resource records, curatorial and exhibition files, loan information, accession records, biographical files and newspaper clippings. There are files from the early 1990s concerning the constrution and building of the Boca Raton, IMCA building and correspondence relating to the closing of the museum including the Guernsey's catalog of materials sold from the collection in 2001.

The Audio, video, film and floppy media in the collection include over thirty reel to reel audio recordings from the 1950s and 1960s of 'The cartoonist's art' a WRVR syndicated radio show hosted by Vernon Greene. Also included from a similiar time period are twenty recordings of Bill Crawford interviewing contemporary cartoonists. Films include over 600 16mm reels of King Features TV cartoon shows from the 1950s, including; Krazy Kat, Cool McCool, Harry McCool, Popeye, Beetle Bailey & Barney Google.

The collection contains many photographs of the museum, mostly of IMCA at the Boca Raton, Florida location but there are also some of the museum at its Greenwich and Ward's castle locations.

Finally the collection contains hundreds of animation cels and drawings created by Wes Herschensohn for the 1969 movie 'The Picasso Summer' aswell as sketchbooks he created for 'Mikromythos' a proposed project on the life of Beethoven'.

The Erwin H. Bramhall Papers contain a silver medal, correspondence with other members of expeditionary parties and scientists, a scrapbook, and photographs and writings by Bramhall, including a field notebook documenting his work on Byrd's Second Expedition to Antarctica from 1933-1935. The collection dates from 1926-1979 and primarily chronicles Byrd's Antarctic Expedition II and its legacy through photographs, correspondence and the medal Bramhall received for the expedition.

The Philip M. Smith Papers, dated circa 1898-1935 and 1954-2013, contains photographs, slides, postal covers, publications, reports, newspaper clippings, treaties, artifacts, certificates and maps, which document Smith's career in administration of research in the Polar Regions, as well as his own fieldwork. Some of the artifacts and framed prints contain materials such as paintings and signs that predate Smith's career and relate to polar explorers, including British explorers, and to landscapes.

The Donald L. Jeanroy Papers, which dates from 1954-1958, 2005, 2012, with most of the material dating from 1954-1958, contains scrapbooks, publications, photographs, biographical information, correspondence, a patch, postal covers and postcards. Most of the collection's correspondence is addressed to Marie "Mom" Jeanroy. Also includes a collection of letters sent to Nadine Parkinson. The two were penpals during this time. The 2005 and 2012 materials are journal articles authored by Jeanroy regarding his participation in Operation Highjump.

The Ray D. Gottfried "Photo Story of the Snow Cruiser" Scrapbook was compiled by Gottfried to document the history of the Antarctic Snow Cruiser during construction and demonstration of the vehicle in Chicago in 1939, the transport of the Snow Cruiser from Chicago to Boston, including the crash in Gomer, Ohio, and use of the vehicle in Antarctica. Some content in the scrapbook dates from after the use of the Snow Cruiser in Antarctica, and includes written historical reflections on the vehicle, as well as photographs of historical exhibits and of models or replicas of the Snow Cruiser built at later dates. The scrapbook is composed primarily of scanned photographs, most in color and several taken by Gottfried, as well as newspaper articles reprinted on to copy paper; most are annotated by Gottfried. The content in the scrapbook dates 1939-2004; the scrapbook was assembled by Gottfried in stages, with the first stage completed in 1994, and subsequent materials added at irregular intervals through 2004.

The Cory McClelland Papers contains a engineering, physics, and chemistry course materials, as well as a scrapbook that includes photographs of the 1913 flood, many personal photographs, and the scarlet and gray ribbon that had been tied around the student's diploma. The materials date from 1908 to 1931.

This collection contains a scrapbook created by Anna Seeley while she was a student at Ohio State University, dated 1920-1921. The scrapbook includes programs, photographs, tickets, souveniers from events, and notes from friends.

The Thomas Ewing French Papers contain books, photographs, engineering and other types of drawings, diagrams, book plates, engravings, (including a woodblock engraving), a certificate, and manuscripts.

The Erwin F. Frey Papers contain typescript manuscripts, photographs of Frey's artwork, scrapbooks, publications and a film.

The Mortimer Turner Papers, dated 1945-2004, contains correspondence, maps, an oral history, publications, proposals, reports, photographs, negatives, budgets, oral histories, rosters, forms, lantern slides and a hooded parka that come from his tenure at both the Division of Polar Programs and the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation. The collection also contains a few personal files and files related to other positions that Turner held during his career.

The Robert W. Gerdel Papers, dating 1925-1986, contains 35mm slides, photographs, artifacts, logs, publications, dissertation and reports about Gerdel's research in crop and cold regions science. The collection documents Gerdel's work in and observations of cold region bases and environments in the northern hemisphere including Greenland, Canada, Alaska, the KFS (Keweenaw Field Station) in Michigan, the New York University wind tunnels, and the Central Sierra Snow Laboratory.

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 William M. McCulloch Papers, dated circa 1905-2010, with the bulk of the material dating 1947-1972, document the public service career of McCulloch (R-Piqua) as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th Ohio Congressional District for 26 years, from November 1947 to January 1973. Although a few items date from McCulloch’s terms in the Ohio General Assembly or from his personal life, including his childhood, and his military service in World War II, the vast majority of the collection consists of the records compiled by the Washington, D.C. office of Congressman McCulloch. The collection contains correspondence, invitations, clippings, campaign files, bills, reports, press releases, issue mail (letters from his constituents regarding certain policies or legislation), memoranda, photographs, certificates and artifacts. There are also a few materials from after McCulloch's death in 1980 that commemorate his legacy.

The Florence Eberhard Scrapbook contains photographs, newspaper clippings, programs and other souveniers from events, addresses of her friends, and small memento booklets from dances she attended.

The Frank Erskine Murray Scrapbok contains photographs, clippings, programs, and memorabilia from Ohio State University campus events, such as commencement and Alumni Day. The scrapbook dates from 1890 to 1938.

The Morris Battles Scrapbook contains a student scrapbook of photographs of buildings on campus, clippings, and correspondence, dated 1936-1939.

The Mary Snashall Scrapbook contains a scrapbook Mary created of photographs of events on the Ohio State University campus, dated 1944-1949.

The Herbert Henderson Papers contain photographs, articles, a football program, and a Varsity O award for football and baseball.

This collection contains a scrapbook created by Francis Davis, which includes photographs and magazine articles dated from 1913 to 1915. Some of the photographs are of the Ohio State University campus and buildings, as well as the 1913 flood.

The Ohio State University, Westminster Foundation Records contain biographies, correspondence, publications, reunion materials, an alumni roster and mailing list, photographs, and other administrative materials, dated 1940s-2012.

The Milton B. Trautman Papers contain correspondence, publications, manuscripts, field notes, research materials, photographs, diaries, and inventories of birds and animals, dated 1882-1997.

This collection contains approximately 730 color photographs and 40 sleeves of negatives of construction of the West Campus recreation fields, the parking lot next to the mail facility on Kenny Road, and at the northwest corner of 17th and Neil avenues.