Steve -
        I looked through the International Index to Periodicals, finding
the first entry for William James Durant in volume 5 covering Jan. 1928
- June 1931p.566 (that being a review of his Story of philosophy.)
International Index to Periodicals in 1965 turned into Social
Sciences and Humanities Index which Wilson ultimately split into two
parts in 1974 and continued.  Quite possibly Humanities Index has
something by/about the Durants.
        Another possibility might be Philosopher's Index. Didn't look
extensively into this, but there is an entry in the Restrospective Index
vol. 3 (authors) covering 1940-1966.  As I recall it merely announces
publication of one or two volumes of the set.
        Books in Print lists three books by/about Durant. Maybe
something in one of them would help you.

                                        -  David Brautigam
                                           Periodicals/Science Libn.
                                           Westminster College
                                           New Wilmington, PA

>>> steverossiter@SBCGLOBAL.NET 3/31/2005 6:38:38 PM >>>
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.