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Carl Ben Eielson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 391

Scope and Contents

Pamphlets and newspaper clippings documenting his life, aviation career carrying mail, machinery, passengers, and doctors to remote parts of Alaska, exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic by air, death in a plane crash, and monuments established in his memory.

Dates

  • 1924-1986

Creator

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.

Biography

Arctic aviator from Hatton, N.D. Died in Siberia, Soviet Union.

Extent

38 Items (38 items.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Pamphlets and newspaper clippings documenting his life, aviation career carrying mail, machinery, passengers, and doctors to remote parts of Alaska, exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic by air, death in a plane crash, and monuments established in his memory.

Provenance

Unknown

Property rights

The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Title
Finding Aid to the Carl Ben Eielson Papers
Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository

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