The Thomas D’Amico Papers contain materials collected by D’Amico before, during, and after his time aboard the U.S.S. Bear of Oakland for Richard Byrd's second Antarctic expedition. The collection contains one coat, four pairs of googles, one pocket knife, one knife in a sheath, one pair of gloves, a three piece set of Fraunfelter commemorative china (a mug, small bowl, and a soup bowl), one United States Navy medal, one American Guernsey Cattle Club medal, one Havalite pencil and lighter combination, and several documents pertaining to D’Amico’s time before, during and after the expedition. Documents include correspondence, a scrapbook, clippings and photographs. Materials are dated circa 1926 to 1957, with the bulk of material being dated circa 1933 to 1935.

The Operation Deep Freeze Collection contains a digital art printout of USS Arneb created by George E. Bieda and dated 2001.

The Charles Swithinbank Correspondence Received During Service on Ninth Soviet Antarctic Expedition and Report of Expedition Activities is dated 1962-1966. The correspondence was written by members of the Sixth and Seventh Soviet Antarctic Expedition to Dr. Thomas O. Jones, the director of the National Science Foundation. The correspondence expresses gratitude to American scientists that visited the Soviet Novolazarevskaya ice shelf station. The correspondence, dated 1962-1963, was sent to Charles Swithinbank as reference materials for his visit to Novolazarevskaya. This collection also includes a report written by Charles Swithinbank, Technical Notes on the Ninth Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1963-1965. The report provides an introduction on Swithinbank’s purpose for writing the report and how he is the first scientist from the United Kingdom to visit Novolazarevskaya. The report includes details about the supplies and equipment available at the station, the research being conducted, and photographs of the Ninth Soviet Antarctic Expedition members. A letter from Charles Swithinbank to Dr. Thomas Jones about the report is also included.

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 Jack C. Zahn Equipment and Artifacts Used During McMurdo-South Pole Traverse collection includes clothing Zahn wore during the traverse including outwear, boots, and mittens, several bags used to carry items, a pair of sunglasses, photographs, and other ephemera. Material is dated 1960 to 1963 January.

The Sledge Possibly Used to Haul Equipment on an Antarctic Expedition Led By Admiral Richard. E. Byrd is a 10-foot long wooden sledge designed to be used for pulling heavy equipment and supplies through snow. A metal label is affixed to the sledge that reads "Extra Strong Sledge Used to transport extra heavy equipment" and a paper tag is attached with wire that reads "Admiral Byrd." The sledge consists of a combination of wooden and iron slats, with two iron rings on each end, two ropes tied to the stanchions on one end, and an additional 6-foot long unattached rope. The origin and use of this sledge is unknown, but it may have been used on one of Admiral Byrd's Antarctic expeditions between 1928-1956, and may have been constructed around the same time, though the definitive date of construction is unknown.

The Edward Goodale Papers date from 1956 to 1988, and contains materials collected by Goodale that relate to his multiple trips to Antarctica, as well as general interest materials on Antarctica. These materials include a memory book created for those who served on the U.S.S. Glacier in 1955-1956, four portraits of United States Navy admirals, group photographs of Goodale and unknown others, several issues of a newsletter for participants of Byrd Antarctic Expedition I, Ike's Travels (which discusses notable historic trips to Antarctica), and newspaper clippings about both Goodale's trips to Antarctica and trips made by other scientists.

The Jack B. Long Oral History, dated 2002-2009, contains audio recordings and transcripts of the interview between Long and Brian Shoemaker conducted on September 19, 2002. There are also notes that were created before, during, and after the interview and are dated 2002-2009. This interview was a part of a series of polar oral histories sponsored by 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 Long’s relationship with his older brother (William E. “Bill” Long), Tucker Sno-Cats, living and working conditions in Antarctica, Dr. Charles Bentley, the Sentinel Mountains Traverse (1957-1958), the Horlick Mountains Traverse (1958-1959), and the McMurdo-South Pole Traverse (1960-1961).

The Cliff Dickey Papers, dated 2007, contain a compact disc with photographs Cliff Dickey took while he served as an electronics technician at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station during Operation Deep Freeze II (1956-1957). The images feature the equipment and supplies used during the operation, the Antarctic landscape, interior rooms at the station, and Dickey and other expedition members socializing and playing games. The photographs were originally taken in 1957. This collection also includes a paper copy of the images that are on the compact disc, and Dickey wrote captions under each image in order to identify the names of people, equipment, and buildings. Weather data sheets are also included amongst the images.