The National Science Foundation Research Vessel Hero Records consists of operations manuals, ships logs, reports, receipts, contracts, correspondence, deck logs, and engine logs from the Research Vessel Hero's years in service as a field vessel for the National Science Foundation; materials date from 1970 to 1985.

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.