The Robert H. Rutford Oral History, dated 1984 and 1999-2001, contains audio recordings, administrative information, and transcripts of the interview between Rutford and former Ohio State University Polar Archivist Raimund Goerler conducted on February 15-16, 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 Rutford's 25 trips to Antarctica in various capacities as a geologist and geographer, his work on the Ross Ice Shelf project, and his time as an administrator in Antarctic related offices such as the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and the National Science Foundation (NSF).