As a whole, the Byrd Archives document the career of Admiral Richard Byrd (1888-1957) and his family from 1839 to 1980. They consist of fourteen series of materials that include correspondence, publications and printed material, expeditionary records, newspaper clippings, photographs, maps and charts, artifacts, audio recordings and motion picture films. The Admiral Richard E. Byrd Archives have a physical extent of 523 cubic feet.

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