There is actually a Readers Guide Retrospective that covers 1890 to 1982
through 1 search.  I imagine it is available at many large libraries.

John O. Christensen
Physical Sciences Librarian and Popular Reading Librarian
2323 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah   84602
phone: 801-422-2928; fax: 801-422-0466
email: john_christensen@byu.edu

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[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Soriano, JoAnn C HQ02
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:15 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Indexes to the major publications of 1925-1985

Steve,

This may sound too simplistic but I would try find a library that has
managed
to hang onto it's Readers Guide.  I sometimes seem to be the last of a
dying
breed of RG fans even though the RG is not comprehensive.

Jo Ann

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU]On Behalf Of Steve Rossiter
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:39 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Indexes to the major publications of 1925-1985

Hello,

I have been reading through Will and Ariel Durant's eleven volume
historical
series "The Story of Civilization" and would like to track down any
articles
published by or about the authors between the years 1915 - 1985. To date
I
have had some success with the ProQuest Historical Newspapers database
but
unfortunately only have access to the New York Times and Los Angeles
Times
archives. In the Durant's autobiography they frequently mention literary
critics who assessed their books as they came out, one about every six
years
during the period 1935 - 1975.

What indexes, print or online, would anyone recommend to find some of
these
reviews or additionally articles by the authors published in newspapers
or
magazines during the period 1925 - 1985? I have extended the period to
either
side of the dates of the volumes within the series to catch any
ancillary
material.

As an example, on September 11, 1963 John Barkham an author working for
World-Telegram in New York wrote a review of the recently published "The
Age
of Louis XIV."

Thank you one and all, Steve.