Carl T. Solberg papers, 1884-1999

Carl T. Solberg papers, 1884-1999

P1655

1884-1999

Son of a prominent Lutheran pastor, Carl K. Solberg, Solberg grew up mainly in Minneapolis and graduated from St. Olaf College in 1935. He and a friend briefly published a newspaper in Pierce County, North Dakota. He received a Rhodes Scholarship and studied at Oxford 1936-1939. He joined the staff of Time Magazine, but when war broke out he joined the Navy, ending up as an air intelligence officer on the staff of Admiral Halsey, Commander of the Third Fleet. At the end of the war Solberg rejoined Time and covered international affairs, writing several cover stories. In 1967 he left Time to become a free lance writer. He published five books, including a biography of Hubert H. Humphrey which the Minnesota Historical society issued in paperback in 2003. His last book, on the China Lobby, did not find a publisher. See also the papers of his brother Richard, P1656.

6.0 cubic feet (15 archives boxes)

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