Dumont, Henry, 1878-1942

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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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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Dumont, Henry, 1878-1942. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1936. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Henry Dumont and Nina Webster Dumont Papers, 1905-1943, (bulk 1930-1936) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Bender, Albert M. (Albert Maurice), 1866-1941 person
associatedWith Business Men's Art Club of Chicago. corporateBody
associatedWith Business Men's Art Club of New York. corporateBody
associatedWith Business Men's Art Club of San Francisco. corporateBody
correspondedWith Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 person
associatedWith Dumont, Nina Webster, 1887-1953. person
correspondedWith Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942 person
correspondedWith Gregory, Alice Chrystal Sterling person
correspondedWith London, Charmian person
correspondedWith London, Charmian person
correspondedWith Markham, Virgil, 1899- person
correspondedWith McDevitt, William person
correspondedWith Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 person
associatedWith Pacific Coast Borax Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Routhwaite, Mary Isabelle Sterling person
correspondedWith Seymour, George Steele person
correspondedWith Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 person
associatedWith Sterling, George, 1869-1926. person
associatedWith United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics. corporateBody
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Air
Cost and standard of living
Diseases
Medical care, Cost of
Medical statistics
Occupational mortality
Purchasing power
Occupation
Authors
Businessmen
Poets
Statisticians
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Birth 1878

Death 1942

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