Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1912, Nov. 26 | Born, Velva, North Dakota |
1930 | Canoe trip to Hudson Bay, Canada |
1931 | Copyboy and reporter, Minneapolis Journal |
1935 | A.B., University of Minnesota Married Lois Finger (divorced 1962) Published Canoeing with the Cree (New York: Macmillan. 201 pp.) |
1936-1937 | Reporter, Minneapolis Star |
1937 | Student, Alliance Française, Paris, France |
1938-1939 | Reporter and city editor, Paris edition of New York Herald Tribune |
1939 | Night editor, United Press, Paris, France |
1939-1977 | Radio and television correspondent, Columbia Broadcasting System |
1943 | War correspondent, China |
1944-1945 | War correspondent, western Europe |
1946 | Published Not So Wild a Dream (New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 516 pp.) |
1952 | Published In One Ear (New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 258 pp.) |
1956 | Published Small Sounds in the Night (New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 305 pp.) |
1963 | Married Belén Marshall (divorced 1974) |
1964 | Published This is Eric Sevareid (New York: McGraw-Hill. 306 pp.) |
1977 | Retired as commentator and began consultancy, CBS Television Network news |
1979 | Married Suzanne St. Pierre |
1992, July 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |