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100	1		_aBalchen, Bernt, _d1899-1973.
245	0	0	_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.
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	1	0	_aByrd, Richard Evelyn, _d1888-1957.
600	1	0	_aEllsworth, Lincoln, _d1880-1951.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAir Corps.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy Air Forces.
610	2	0	_aJosephine Ford (Trimotor)
610	2	0	_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	1	2	_aBalchen, Bernt, _d1899-1973. _tCome north with me : an autobiography. _f1958.
700	1		_aKocivar, Ben. _tBen Kocivar interview with Bernt Balchen. _f1972.
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
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