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Bernt Balchen papers, 1913-2005

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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
National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, 1969-1982, 1992-1998, 2005
Norwegian Aviation Museum, Bodo, Norway, 1913, 1926, 1999-2005
Notes for autobiography, 1975 Available on negative microfilm only. Shelf no. 23,139
Polar aviation, 1945-1946, 1954, 1964-1979, 1989, 2000
Scandinavian Airlines Systems, 1952-1955, 1970-1973, 1999-2001
United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1975-1976, 2000
World War II
Greenland
Air bases, 1941-1956, 1962, 1972-1978, 1989-2001
Bolero movement, 2001
BOX 15 Greenland Patrol, 1942-1943, 1965, 1983, 1992-2001
Rescue operations, 1941-1950, 1958-1964, 1972-1973, 1984-2001
(2 folders)
Scandinavia
General, 1944-1948, 1975-1978, 1994-2005
Operations, 1944-1946, 1954, 1972, 1978-1982, 1989-2001
(2 folders)
Writings about Balchen, 1961-1964, 1980, 1991, 1998-2004
BOX OV 1-OV 10 Oversize, circa 1920-1975
Scrapbooks.
Arranged and described according to the series and containers from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Scrapbooks
circa 1920-circa 1929
BOX OV 2 circa 1930-1947
BOX OV 3 1947-1948
BOX OV 4 1948-1951
BOX OV 5 1951-1953
BOX OV 6 1954-1957
BOX OV 7 1956-1959
BOX OV 8 1959-1964
BOX OV 9 1965-1970
BOX OV 10 1971-1975

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