Dumont, Nina Webster, 1887-1953

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)