Bernt Balchen papers, (Record no. 43281)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 81075922 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| Description conventions | dacs |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| -- | nor |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | S |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Balchen, Bernt, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1899-1973. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Bernt Balchen papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1917-1998 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1928-1980). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 2,230 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 11 |
| Type of unit | containers plus |
| Extent | 10 |
| Type of unit | oversize. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 6 |
| Type of unit | linear feet. |
| 351 ## - ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS | |
| Organization | Arranged 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# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Restrictions apply. |
| 506 ## - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Diaries; 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. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Most photographs |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. |
| 544 ## - LOCATION OF OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS NOTE | |
| Materials specified | Sound recordings |
| Provenance | transferred to |
| Custodian | Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Aviator, explorer, and U.S. Air Force officer. Born in Tveit, Norway; granted U.S. citizenship in 1929. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English and Norwegian. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032</a> |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Byrd, Richard Evelyn, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1888-1957. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ellsworth, Lincoln, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1880-1951. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army. |
| -- | Air Corps. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Army Air Forces. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Josephine Ford (Trimotor) |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Norske luftfartselskap. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Air bases |
| Geographic subdivision | Greenland. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Transatlantic flights. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| General subdivision | Aerial operations. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | World War, 1939-1945 |
| General subdivision | Underground movements |
| Geographic subdivision | Norway. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Antarctica |
| General subdivision | Discovery and exploration. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Air Force officers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Aviators. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Explorers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Balchen, Audrey S. |
| Title of a work | Audrey S. Balchen research file. |
| Date of a work | 1926-1996. |
| 700 12 - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Balchen, Bernt, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1899-1973. |
| Title of a work | Come north with me : an autobiography. |
| Date of a work | 1958. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kocivar, Ben. |
| Title of a work | Ben Kocivar interview with Bernt Balchen. |
| Date of a work | 1972. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032</a> |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Finding aid (PDF) |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032.3">http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032.3</a> |
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