This series consists of trip logs, notes, maps, and ephemera relating to journeys that Burg undertook throughout his life. Of particular note are several folders of travel log entries and notes regarding Burg's expedition to Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego from 1933 to 1934 on an assignment from the National Geographic Society. The series also includes materials relating to multiple river journeys in the United States and Canada, multiple expeditions to Alaska, a 1924 trip to East Asia, and a post-World War II trip to Norway. Some notes include patronizing or derogatory statements about Indigenous peoples. The collection also includes typescript and photocopied versions of the logs that Burg's colleagues Haldane "Buzz" Halstrom and Willis Johnson kept when all three were traveling on the Green and Colorado rivers.

Due to their condition, papers relating to Burg's expedition to Alaska from 1950 to 1951 in Box 9, Folders 1-3, may require assistance to view; contact library staff.