MARC Record from Library of Congress

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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC$edacs
041 $aeng$anor
072 7 $aS$2lcmd
100 1 $aBalchen, Bernt,$d1899-1973.
245 00 $aBernt Balchen papers,$f1917-1998$g(bulk 1928-1980).
300 $a2,230$fitems.
300 $a11$fcontainers plus$a10$foversize.
300 $a6$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: Notebooks, 1917-1970; Series 2: Research File, 1926-1996; Series 3: Scrapbooks, circa 1920-1975; Series 4: Addition, 1931-1998; and Series 5: Oversize, circa 1920-1975.
506 1 $aRestrictions apply.
506 $aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520 8 $aDiaries; logbooks; autobiographical notes; research file of Balchen's wife, Audrey S. Balchen; scrapbooks; photographs; and other papers relating to Balchen's career in aviation and exploration. Documents his service as pilot on Richard Evelyn Byrd's 1927 transatlantic flight and on Antarctic expeditions with Byrd (1928-1930) and Lincoln Ellsworth (1933-1935); his World War II service with the U.S. Army Air Corps (later the Army Air Forces) including construction of an air base on Greenland and support for the Norwegian underground resistance movement; and his work with Norske luftfartselskap (Norwegian Airlines) in the 1930s and 1940s. Includes Balchen's log (1926) for the trimotor Josephine Ford; drafts of his autobiography, Come North with Me : An Autobiography (1958); and an interview with Balchen by Ben Kocivar.
541 $cGift,$aAudrey S. Balchen,$d1979-1996.
541 $cGift,$aIrene Laune,$d1987.
541 $cGift,$aBess Balchen Urbahn,$d1998.
541 $cGift,$aBen Kocivar,$d1998.
544 $3Most photographs$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
544 $3Sound recordings$etransferred to$aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
545 0 $aAviator, explorer, and U.S. Air Force officer. Born in Tveit, Norway; granted U.S. citizenship in 1929.
546 $aCollection material in English and Norwegian.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032
600 10 $aByrd, Richard Evelyn,$d1888-1957.
600 10 $aEllsworth, Lincoln,$d1880-1951.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bAir Corps.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy Air Forces.
610 20 $aJosephine Ford (Trimotor)
610 20 $aNorske luftfartselskap.
650 0 $aAir bases$zGreenland.
650 0 $aTransatlantic flights.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xUnderground movements$zNorway.
651 0 $aAntarctica$xDiscovery and exploration.
656 7 $aAir Force officers.$2itoamc
656 7 $aAviators.$2itoamc
656 7 $aExplorers.$2itoamc
700 1 $aBalchen, Audrey S.$tAudrey S. Balchen research file.$f1926-1996.
700 12 $aBalchen, Bernt,$d1899-1973.$tCome north with me : an autobiography.$f1958.
700 1 $aKocivar, Ben.$tBen Kocivar interview with Bernt Balchen.$f1972.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032.3