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| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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