Henry Dumont and Nina Webster Dumont papers, 1905-1943

Biographical Notes

Date	Event
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

Date	Event
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