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BOX 1-5 Notebooks, 1917-1970
Diaries, logbooks, notes, address books, and technical data.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 1 Address books, 1931-1932, 1944, undated
Autobiographical notes, 1925-1956, undated
Diaries
1922, 1932-1934
(4 folders)
BOX 2 1935-1942
(7 folders)
BOX 3 1944-1948
(4 folders)
Forestry notes, 1917-1923, undated
(1 folder)
BOX 4 (1 folder)
Logbooks
City of New York (bark), 1930
Josephine Ford (airplane), 1926
Various airplanes, 1935-1936
Miscellany, 1917-1937, undated
(2 folders)
Passports, 1933-1970
BOX 5 Technical data, supply lists, and diagrams, 1928-1942, undated
World War II notes, operations in Scandinavia, undated
BOX 5-11 Research File, 1926-1996
Correspondence, notes, writings, clippings, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 5 Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1969-1981
Albert F. Simpson Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 1974-1979
Apogee Intercept Defense System, 1965
Artwork by Balchen, 1952-1987, undated
Awards and memorials, 1953-1993, undated
(2 folders)
"Bernt Balchen: An Outline of His Life" by Audrey S. Balchen, 1977 See also Container 11, Corrections and addenda by Bess Balchen Urbahn
BOX 6 Biographical material, 1949-1973, undated
Byrd, Richard Evelyn
Antarctic Expedition I, 1930-1986, undated
North Pole flight
Clippings, 1926, 1960, 1971-1996, undated
(3 folders)
Correspondence and reports, 1926-1972, undated
(2 folders)
Printed matter, 1935-1969, undated
Transatlantic flight, 1927-1991, undated
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, Calgary, Alberta, 1973-1977
Center for Polar Archives, National Archives and Records Service, Washington, D.C.
1972-1975
BOX 7 1976-1981, undated
Clippings, 1931-1991, undated
(3 folders)
Death
Correspondence, 1971-1980, undated
Encomiums, 1973-1975, undated
Funeral guests, 1973
Obituaries and tributes, 1973-1976, undated
BOX 8 Disposition of Balchen's papers, 1974-1993, undated
Ellsworth, Lincoln, 1927-1990
General correspondence
Balchen, Audrey S., 1973-1993, undated
(4 folders)
Balchen, Bernt, 1930-1973
BOX 9 Innes-Taylor, Alan, 1972-1975, undated
Isakson, Evelyn Moore, 1972-1976, undated
(2 folders)
Knight, Clayton and Katharine, regarding biography of Balchen, 1949-1954, undated
Maps, 1932, 1963, undated
Memorabilia, 1954-1972, undated
Military file, 1927-1979, undated
(2 folders)
Miscellany, 1931-1980, undated
BOX 10 Montague, Richard, regarding his book Oceans, Poles and Airmen (1971), 1967-1981
Portrait, 1966, 1979, undated
Reynolds, George A., regarding "Carpetbaggers" mission, 1978-1982
Scandinavian Airline System, 1956, 1969-1975, undated
(2 folders)
Sled and tent designs, 1970-1971, undated
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1974-1979
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1973-1981, undated
Victoria Films, Reston, Va., 1977-1983
Writings
Articles and speeches, 1946-1976, undated
Autobiography, Come North with Me (1958)
Corrections, undated
Correspondence and notes, 1954-1990, undated
BOX 11 Reviews, 1958-1980
Uncorrected galleys, 1958
Unpublished memoirs, 1926-1949
(4 folders)
BOX 11 Scrapbooks, circa 1920-1975
Oversize scrapbooks containing clippings, telegrams, correspondence, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 11 See Oversize
BOX 11 Addition I, 1931-1998
An interview, clippings, photographs, and biographical material.
Arranged alphabetically by topic and type of material and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 11 Corrections and addenda by Bess Balchen Urbahn for “Bernt Balchen: An Outline of His Life,” 1998 See also Container 5, “Bernt Balchen: An Outline of His Life” by Audrey S. Balchen
Kocivar, Ben, interview file
Biographical material, clippings, and wire service reports, 1931-1971
Interview with Balchen, 1972
Photographs and printed matter, 1972, undated
BOX 12-15 Addition II, 1913-2005
Correspondence, notes, writings, clippings, photographs, and printed matter. A file of notes for an autobiography is available on negative microfilm. Shelf no. 23,139.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
BOX 12 Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 1974-1978, 1999-2003
(2 folders)
Alaska, 1950, 1966-1973, 1980, 1994-2000
America (airplane), 1930, 1950-1954, 1968-1972, 1987-2000, undated
Antarctica, 1934, 1962, 1971-1974, 1986, 1996
Artwork and exhibits, 1947-1955, 1972-1987, 1997-2000, undated
Awards, honors, and memorials, 1927-1931, 1942-1958, 1968-2003
(3 folders)
BOX 13 (1 folder)
Biographical material, 1945, 1951, 1992-2002, undated
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, North Pole flight, 1926-1930, 1950, 1958-1960, 1971-1982, 1990-2002
(3 folders)
Canada, 1931-1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1973-1978, 1988-2005, undated
Climate change, 1968-1973, 1991, 2000-2001
Death, 1973, 1997-1998, 2001
Donations and holdings at various institutions, 2005
(2 folders)
BOX 14 Earhart, Amelia, 1932, 1970, 1998-2000, undated
General correspondence, 1950-1958, 1968-1979, 1987, 1996-2005
Library of Congress file, 1977-2006
Military file, 1949-1957, 1973
Miscellany, 1927, 1950, 1968-1970, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2004
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