Dumont, Henry, 1878-1942

Dates:
Birth 1878
Death 1942

Biographical notes:

Businessman, author, and poet. Married Nina Webster, statistician for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other federal and state agencies.

From the description of Henry Dumont and Nina Webster Dumont papers, 1905-1943 (bulk 1930-1936). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980076

Biographical Notes

Henry Dumont

1878, Mar. 17 Born, San Francisco, Calif. 1897 1899 Office boy, Pacific Coast Borax Co., San Francisco, Calif. 1899 1901 Clerk, Pacific Coast Borax Co., Alameda, Calif. 1901 1908 Cashier (1901-1902) and secretary (1902-1908), Pacific Coast Borax Co, San Francisco, Calif. 1904 Married Eleanor Margaret Larkin (divorced 1930) 1907 Published The Vision of a City and Other Poems (San Francisco: The Whitaker & Ray Co. 115 pp.) 1908 1926 Manager (1908-1921) and sales promotion manager (1921-1926), Pacific Coast Borax Co., Chicago, Ill. 1910 Published A Golden Fancy and Other Poems (Boston: Chapple Publishing Co. 114 pp.) 1911 Published The Average Man (Chicago: Merle B. Haver. 52 pp.) Published Shined in Chicago (novelette) with Charles M. Weil in Top Notch magazine 1926 1930 Assistant sales manager, Pacific Coast Borax Co., New York, N.Y. 1930 Married Nina Webster Smith circa 1931 Established Dumont-LeVene Advertising Service with Nate Le Vene, San Francisco, Calif. circa 1935 Established Henry Dumont Advertising, San Francisco, Calif. 1942 Died

Nina Webster Dumont

1887, Dec. 29 Born, near Hudson, Wis. 1913 B.A., Beloit College, Beloit, Wis. before 1917 Married Leslie D. Smith (divorced before 1930) 1920 1922 Statistical clerk, occupation data, Bureau of Census, Washington, D.C. 1923 1924 Statistical clerk, influenza investigations, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York, N.Y. 1924 1927 Statistical clerk, influenza investigations, dust studies, and morbidity studies, Public Health Service, Washington, D.C. 1927 1930 Statistician, study of loss of light due to air pollution, Laura A. Cauble, consultant, Public Health Service, New York, N.Y. 1930 Married Henry Dumont 1933 1934 Clerk, Accounting Department, San Francisco Emergency Relief Administration, San Francisco, Calif. 1934 1935 Supervisor, “Study of Medical Care and Costs in California Families in Relation to Economic Status,” Federal Emergency Relief Administration, San Francisco, Calif. 1935 Technical director, “Cost of Living Study,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sacramento, Calif. 1935 1936 Area supervisor, “Occupational Morbidity and Mortality Study,” Public Health Service, San Francisco, Calif. 1936 1937 Assistant and later acting director, “Consumer Purchases Study,” Bureau of Home Economics, Seattle, Wash. 1937 Assistant director, “Consumer Purchases Study,” Bureau of Home Economics, Minneapolis, Minn. 1953 Died

From the guide to the Henry Dumont and Nina Webster Dumont Papers, 1905-1943, (bulk 1930-1936), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Air
  • Cost and standard of living
  • Diseases
  • Medical care, Cost of
  • Medical statistics
  • Occupational mortality
  • Purchasing power

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  • Businessmen
  • Poets
  • Statisticians

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