Balchen, Bernt 1899-1973 creator mixed material monographic eng nor 2,230 11 10 6 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. Restrictions apply. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Most photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Aviator, explorer, and U.S. Air Force officer. Born in Tveit, Norway; granted U.S. citizenship in 1929. Collection material in English and Norwegian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032 Byrd, Richard Evelyn 1888-1957 Ellsworth, Lincoln 1880-1951 United States. Army. Air Corps. United States. Army Air Forces. Josephine Ford (Trimotor) Norske luftfartselskap. Air bases Greenland Transatlantic flights World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Norway Antarctica Discovery and exploration Air Force officers Aviators Explorers Balchen, Audrey S. Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 Kocivar, Ben. mm 81075922 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009032.3 Restrictions apply. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 820107 20260227111710.0 mm 81075922