Dumont, Henry, 1878-1942

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)