Durant
Durant names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Durant E(DWARD) DANA
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
E(DWARD) DANA, an American statistician and public official, born in Romeo, Mich., in 1871. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1893, and took post-graduate courses at Cornell University. From 1895 to 1897 he was legislative librarian of the New York State Library, and in 1898-1899 was assistant professor of administration and finance at Leland Stanford, Jr., University. From 1900 to 1902 he was secretary of the United States Industrial Commission. After filling several posts in the government service he was deputy commissioner of corporations from 1907 to 1909. From the latter year to 1913 he was director of the United States Census. He was professor of statistics and agricultural economics at the University of Minnesota from 1913. He wrote extensively on financial matters, and his published writings include "Finances of New York City" (1898); and "The Trust Problem" (1915). He also contributed many articles on economical and political subjects to economic journals. From 1917 he was assistant head of the Meat Division of the United States Food Administration, at Chicago.
Durant HENRY FOWLE, an American philanthropist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HENRY FOWLE, an American philanthropist; born in Hanover, N. H., Feb. 20, 1822. He was graduated from Harvard in 1842 and became a lawyer, changing his name from Henry Welles Smith to H. F. Durant. He practiced with great success at the bar, but on the death of his only son abandoned his profession and devoted his energies to philanthropy. He founded Wellesley College (opened in 1875), and was successful as a lay preacher. He died in Wellesley, Mass., Oct. 3, 1881.
Durant a city of Oklahoma
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Oklahoma, the of Bryan co. It is on the county-seat county-seat , Missouri Oklahoma, and Gulf, the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, and the St. Louis and San Francisco railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural industry. There are flour and oil mills. The city is the seat of a Presbyterian college, and the Southeastern State Normal School. Pop. (1910) 5,330; (1920) 7,340.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the three Durants Collier's described in 1921, the Oklahoma town has moved furthest. Its Southeastern State Normal School is now Southeastern Oklahoma State University, the Presbyterian girls' college closed long ago, and the population has grown from the 7,340 counted in 1920 to roughly 18,600 in the 2020 census; the town is today best known as the seat of government of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, whose headquarters and casino resort dominate the local economy. Henry Fowle Durant's Wellesley College, "opened in 1875", is still a women's college and remains one of the most selective in the United States, with alumnae including Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright. E. Dana Durant, described as a serving Minnesota professor, had directed the 1910 census, the first tabulated with the Census Bureau's own machines rather than leased Hollerith equipment; he lived on into the mid-20th century and is now a footnote in the history of American statistics.
Written for this edition, 2026.