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Carl Ben Eielson Papers, 1927-1931

Collection Overview

Title: Carl Ben Eielson Papers, 1927-1931

ID: OGLMC/258

Creator: Eielson, Carl Ben (1897-1929)

Extent: 0.25 Linear Feet

Languages: English [eng]

Abstract

1897-1929; UND alum and pioneer aviator in Alaska and the North Pole

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Carl Ben Eielson Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, a painting, documents related to the Carl Ben Eielson Memorial Association in Hatton, North Dakota, and biographical materials.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Additional materials were transferred from the UND Administration Records Collection in April 1985 (85-1376).

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Unknown

Acquisition Method: Donation

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Carl Ben Eielson Papers. OGLMC 258, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in September 2018.

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Personal Correspondence, 1927, 1929Add to your cart.
Item 1: Eielson to "Mickey" (Harold McCue, Beverly Hills, California), July 1, 1927Add to your cart.
Item 2: UND President Thomas Kane to Eielson (Telegram), March 13, 1929Add to your cart.
Item 3: Eielson to "Doc" (Rear Admiral C.B. Jones), October 8, 1929Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, Carl Ben Eielson Memorial Association, Hatton, North Dakota, 1930-1931Add to your cart.
Folder 3: PhotographsAdd to your cart.
Photograph 1: Color portrait photograph, undatedAdd to your cart.
Photograph 2: Black and white photograph of Eielson outdoors dressed in a heavy coat, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: MiscellaneousAdd to your cart.
Item 1: "Carl Ben Eielson: Speeches of Hon. O.B. Burtness of North Dakota and Hon. Dan A. Sutherland of Alaska in the House of Representatives, March 26, 1930"Add to your cart.
Item 2: "Naming of Prominent Mountain or Peak in Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska, in Honor of Carl Ben Eielson," U.S. House of Representatives, Report No. 1387, May 6, 1930Add to your cart.
Item 3: "Captain Carl Ben Eielson" (Pamphlet), Hatton High SchoolAdd to your cart.
Contains two essays by students at Hatton High School: "The Arctic Trail Blazer" by Ruth Olsen and "Ben Eielson, the Boy" by Leo Froke
Item 4: Poem: "Rough-Rider" by UND Professor Gottfried Hult, Department of Classical Languages (typed)Add to your cart.
Item 5: "Carl Ben Eielson" (Outline of His Life)Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Plaque: "Eielson Homecoming Celebration Hatton, N.D. July 21, 1928"Add to your cart.
Program for the event is within a "Perma Plaque" wall hanging
Oversize Folder 1: Painting of Eielson, 1929Add to your cart.
Gift of the Class of 1929; Presented by the Blue Key Society
Item 1: Painting of Eielson by Lee's Art Gallery, 1929Add to your cart.
Item 2: Poem: "Rough-Rider" by UND Professor Gottfried Hult, Department of Classical Languages (handwritten), February 22, 1930Add to your cart.
This poem was framed along with the painting
Item 3: Plaque from the frame of the paintingAdd to your cart.

Text on the plaque reads:

Carl Ben Eielson, B.A. 1921

1898-1929

Aviator

Arctic and Antarctic Explorer. Pilot Sir Hubert Wilkins' plane on eventful flight from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen. He lost his life off North Cape, Siberia, while attempting to rescue passengers from an ice locked boat.

Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends