The Nathaniel C. Gerson Oral History, dated 1998 and 2001-2002, contains notes, correspondence, and transcripts of the interview between Gerson and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on October 24, 2001. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the American Polar Society and Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Major topics of the interview include the development of radiosonde balloons, Gershon’s time in the Arctic Circle with Operation MUSCALF, Gerson’s thesis about particle ionization on ice caps, and proceedings of the meetings for the first two Antarctic committees for the International Geophysical Year.

The Martin A. Pomerantz Oral History, dated 2000-2002, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Dr. Pomerantz and Brian Shoemaker of the American Polar Society conducted on May 10, 2000. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by the 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 Pomerantz's career as a physicist, his time looking for cosmic rays in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe, involvement in the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958), the cosmic ray detector he built in Antarctica, the field of helio-seismology, and his experiences wintering-over in Antarctica.