Guide to the Earland E. Hedblom Papers, 1939-1975
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The collection was donated by Earland Hedblom Jr. in 2018.
Earland E. Hedblom papers, George J. Mitchell Dept. of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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In 1914, Earland Everett Hedblom was born into the family of Swedish immigrants in Loveland, Colorado. His father, Edward Emanuel Hedblom, worked in the railroad industry. He graduated from Colorado College in 1935 and the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1939. He married Ruby Kysar Hedblom and had two children.
Hedblom joined the United States Naval Station at Tongue Point, Oregon during the second world war. The family moved to Whiting Field Naval Air Station in Santa Rosa, Florida, in 1950. In 1955, Captain Hedblom became the staff surgeon for Commander of the US Navy Support Force in Antarctica. He would help coordinate operation "Deep Freeze," which maneuvered Navy service members to fly to the Antarctic continent to support civilian scientists doing research. He lectured to the Para-Rescue Team assigned to the Navy's VX-6 Air Development Squadron that provided air support for studies in Antarctica. He served as the Medical Officer of Task Force 43 in the Ross Sea area for Operation Deep Freeze I from 1955 to 1956. In 1961, Hedblom authored the "Polar Manual" for the Department of Cold Weather Medicine of the US Naval Medical School as a guide those working in the most frigid of temperatures. This work situated him as an expert on Arctic medicine and the physiological effect of cold. He assisted in the 1965 revisions of his work as the medical consultant to the Arctic Institute of North America and the Cold Weather Medical Consultant to Surgeon, Alaska Naval Command.
Earland E. Hedblom died in 1982 in Brunswick, Maine. The Hedblom Glacier between Mount Creak and Tito Peak in Victoria Land, Antarctica is named after Captain E.E. Hedblom.
The Earland E Hedblom papers date from 1939 to 1975 and measure 2.5 linear feet in 2 boxes. The papers are arranged in five series: Correspondence, Artic Research & Writings, Resource Files, Operation Reports, and Photographs.
The Correspondence series (1951-1971) consists of a small collection of professional correspondence related to Hedblom's work in the Navy.
The Artic Research and Writings series (1950-1971) encompasses Hedblom's own research notes and published writings about polar medicine.
The Resource Files series (1939-1973) contain published materials related to Hedblom's own research interests, namely survival in cold temperatures, physiological effects of the cold, and how to prepare for Artic weather.
Operational reports from Operation Deep Freeze I through IV along with journal entries and reports from other expeditions into Antarctica can be found in the Operation Reports series (1955-1965).
Photographs from Hedblom's operations in the Artic, portraits of the captain, and other images are in the Photographs series (1947-1965).
The Correspondence series (1951-1971) consists of a small collection of professional correspondence related to Hedblom's work in the Navy.
Correspondence, Artic Institute of North America1960
Correspondence, cold weather clothing and naval uniforms1974
Correspondence, endorsement of captain EE Hedblom1971
Correspondence, memo, alcoholic beverage control board1955
Correspondence, Navy, 19601956
Correspondence, on eyeware in the Arctic1957-1960
The Artic Research and Writings series (1950-1971) encompasses Hedblom's own research notes and published writings about polar medicine.
Cold medical epidemiology1961
Cool notes on how to keep warm and warm notes on how to keep cooln.d.
Disturbances due to cold1971
Medical problems encountered in Antarctica1961
Newspaper clipping, proper dress, gear essential for cold weather survivaln.d.
Polar manuel, notes and drafts1960
Snowscapes eye protection1961
Sunglasses and visual sensitivity1950
A dark glass for visual protection in polar operation1950
The Resource Files series (1939-1973) contain published materials related to Hedblom's own research interests, namely survival in cold temperatures, physiological effects of the cold, and how to prepare for Artic weather.
Antarctic Journal of the US1968
Antarctic research series, volume 221974
Arctic Aeromedical laboratory1961
Arctic Aeromedical laboratory, technical documentary reports1962-1965
Arctic aeromedical laboratory, technical note1962-1966
Arctic Aeromedical laboratory, studies and publications1962-1967
Arctic Aeromedical laboratory, indigenous populations use of environment1966
Arctic Summer, medical and dental reportsn.d.
Arctic institute of North America1960
Atmosphere Radioactivity in South America and Antarctica1960
Alaskan Command Aircrew, Artic Survival Training School1960
Arctic operation, infantry school1949
Blood pressure and subarctic climate in the soviet union1959
Complete eye protection, Bausch and Lomb safety eyewear1954
Cold weather medicine1978
Cold acclimation, symposium1959
Deaths in the Anarctic1960-1969
Disturbances due to cold, US Navy medical news letter1965
Emergency, temporary, and semipermanent housing for polar areas1956
Encyclopedia arctica, volume III1951
Food and food habits in Alaska and norhtern Canada1961
Guide to polar diving, office of naval research1974
Introduction to Antarctic, US naval support force1967
Meteorology of the Artic1956
Monograph on Frostbite1940
PM-3A Nuclear power plant, McMardo station1960
Professional services, learning lessons the hard way1965
Rations, US navy, task force1955-1956
Reports on scientific results of the US Antarctic service expedition1939-1945
Special Antarctic edition, stars and stripes1963
US antarctic projects officer, data sheets on foreign antarctic organizations1961
US antarctic research program, status report1959
US army medical reseach laboratory, cold experiments1960
US antarctic projects officer, Bulletin1962
Operational reports from Operation Deep Freeze I through IV along with journal entries and reports from other expeditions into Antarctica can be found in the Operation Reports series (1955-1965).
Air intelligence information report, north pole drifting stations1946-1955
Deep freeze I, medical report, part seven1955-1956
Deep freeze I, medical report, part three1955-1956
Deep freeze, operational pamphlet1955
Deep freeze, operation plan, no. 1-551955
Deep freeze II, trail party report1956
Deep freeze II, task force forty-three1956
Deep freeze I & II, final report, vol V1955-1957
Deep freeze II, medical report1958
Deep freeze II, staff organization1956
Deep freeze III, operation plan no. 1-571957
Deep freeze III, operation order no. 1-57, change no.21957
Deep freeze IV, report1958-1959
Deep freeze IV, ice safety and environmental hygiene for personnel1958
Deep freeze IV, medical summary1958
Deep freeze, 1-58, narrative report1958
Deep freeze 60, operation plan no. 1-591959
Deep freeze 61, operation plan no. 1-601960
Deep freeze, operational welcome aboard manual1975
Deep freeze, little america v naval base, antarctica1955-1957
Deep freeze, chronology of events1954-1958
Deep freeze, press releases and articles1955-1959
Journal entries1958
Journal entries1959
McMurdo sound, US aval facility report1956-1957
Operation high jump, task force1946-1947
Photographs from Hedblom's operations in the Artic, portraits of the captain, and other images are in the Photographs series (1947-1965).
Captain Jensen cutting cake to celebrate nurse anniversary1965
Deep freeze, airplane transport1950
Deep freeze, men building igloos in arctic1956
Deep freeze, military personnel1957
Deep freeze, operational photographs1955-1957
Deep freeze, TF43 personnel photographs1955-1957
EE Hedblom, photographs and portraits1950
John Paul Jones, portrait1947
Medical layout at "las," official US navy photo release1957
Medical photographs, hands and feet1950