The Richard A. Bowers Papers, dated 1945-2013, contain materials created or collected by Richard A. Bowers that relate to his service with the United States Navy Mobile Construction Battalion (Special) in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze I and II. Materials include reports, press clippings, notes, photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, maps, and clothing. Also included are compact discs, DVDs, VHS videocassettes, and 8mm films. In addition, the collection contains audio recordings and transcripts from the Antarctic Deep Freeze oral history project interview with Richard A. Bowers conducted by Dian O. Belanger on October 11, 1998. In the interview, Bowers discusses the planning and construction of South Pole Station and the air operations facility at McMurdo Sound.

The Carl Hoffmeyer Scrapbook on Operation Deep Freeze I, dated 1955-1957, contains newspaper clippings about the United States’ exploration and research progress during Operation Deep Freeze I. Newspaper clippings about the exploration of Antarctica by the United Kingdom, Russia, New Zealand, and Japan are also included in the scrapbook. Hoffmeyer divided the scrapbook into several sections; the sections are divided by articles that define the purpose of Operation Deep Freeze, the equipment used during the expedition, and the operation’s progress. The last part of the scrapbook has newspaper clippings related to the International Geophysical Year and the death of Admiral Richard E. Byrd.