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Kent Parsons Dumont (1941-) is a taxonomic mycologist. He was Curator of Fungi at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) and
Assistant Professor of Botany at Lehman College, City University of New York from 1977-1978. He was Associate Curator of
Fungi at NYBG from 1969-1977. His fields of research were the Sclerotiniaceae and his treatment of Lambertella was published by NYBG in 1971.
Dr. Dumont was born July 10, 1941 at Newburyport, Mass. He received his AB from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa. His
advanced education was at Cornell University, from which he earned his MS (1965) and Ph.D. (1970).
At Cornell he studied with Richard P. Korf with whom he maintained a mentor relationship for the duration of his career.
While at Cornell he worked with fungal pathogens of onions. In 1966 as part of his field work in Asia, he advised the University
of the Philippines on the reorganization of their herbarium.
Along with his position in the Cryptogamic Herbarium, Dumont taught Botany and Mycology at Lehman College through the joint
CUNY-NYBG program. He served as Scientific Director for Cryptogams with the Organization for Flora Neotropica. He coordinated
two programs for the Second International Mycological Congress. As a member of the Advisory Committee for the Project Flora
Amazonica, he assisted in the preparation of the original grant proposal, led expeditions, and developed a system for the
handling, sorting and distributing of cryptogamic collections made on the expeditions.
His work was supported by grants from NSF, OAS and Bristol-Myers Corporation.
Dumont understood Spanish and much of the correspondence from his South American colleagues is in that language. He worked
to facilitate the exchange of information and faculty between the NYBG and centers of study in South America.
He had close working relationships with Pablo Buriticá, Gary Samuels and Steven Carpenter.
He was married to Gail Dumont . They had two children, Colette and Marcell.
In 1983 he requested and was granted a leave of absence from NYBG. He did not return and made no further contributions to
the field.
The Kent Parsons Dumont Records, 1962-1982, documents the administrative and research career of Dumont at the New York Botanical
Garden. It's informative value is in its documentation of the academic and financial issues faced by a typical graduate student
in the sciences in the mid-20th century. The bulk of the material consists of correspondence generated in his capacity as
Assistant Curator and Curator of Fungi manuscripts for his taxonomic research in the Sclerotiniaceae and Leotiaceae and
grant applications. The manuscripts offer a rare opportunity to follow a work from first through final drafts. Papers of
Richard Korf , Dumont's mentor are found in the Personal Files, Correspondence, Manuscripts and Cornell series. An autobiography
of A.J.G.H. Kostermans is filed with correspondence from E.H. Walker. A hand-drawn map of land use in Colombia is located
in the Correspondence series in the E (Misc.) folder. Other materials are lists of species related to his expeditions, research
and determinations, legal documents regarding the importation of soil samples and copyrights, postcards, photographs, and
specimens. The collection is arranged into ten series.
This collection is open for research with permission from Mertz
Library staff.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection should
be submitted in writing to the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of the New York
Botanical Garden.
Kent Parsons Dumont (RG4), Archives, The New York
Botanical Garden.
This collection transferred from the NYBG Herbarium. The original accession number is 89-11.
Originally processed by Laura Zelasnic, Project Archivist, September 1999, with grant funding from The National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98). Converted to EAD in December 2005 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) PA-50678-04.
Series 3.
Research Prposals.
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Scope and Content:
Contains proposals written by Dumont and others for NSF funding of field and herbarium research. Also contains information
on NSF International Cooperative Science programs. A proposal for a travel grant for colleagues to attend the 2nd International
Mycological Conference is found in Series 4: Societies, Clubs and Associations.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
2.33 |
Rogerson, Clark |
1979 |
2.34 |
Prance, Ghillean T., Flora Amazonica |
1965 |
2.35 |
Prance, (GB4641) |
1967 |
2.36 |
Prance, Threatened Plants of the Amazon |
1975 |
2.37 |
Mickel, John T. |
1969 |
2.38 |
Smith, Gary |
1972 |
2.39 |
Anderson, William |
1974 |
2.40 |
NSF Cooperative Science Program- Latin America |
1975-1978 |
2.41 |
NSF Cooperative Science Program-Japan |
1978 |
2.42 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, GB28593) |
1969-1977 |
2.43 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, GB28593) |
1969-1977 |
2.44 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, GB28593) |
1969-1977 |
2.45 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, GB28593) |
1969-1977 |
2.46 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, DEB-7724840) |
1977 |
2.47 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, DEB-7811139) |
1978 |
2.48 |
Sclerotiniaceae (NSF, DEB-8110459) |
1981 |
2.49 |
Mycological Flora of Colombia, Funding Sources |
1977 |
2.50 |
Mycological Flora of Colombia, NSF Travel Grant |
1977 |
2.51 |
Mycological Flora of Colombia (INT 78-03059), Colombian Proposals |
1977 |
2.52 |
Mycological Flora of Colombia (INT 78-03059), NSF Proposal |
1978 |
2.53 |
Projeto Flora Amazonica |
1977 |
2.54 |
Projeto Flora Amazonica, Correspondence |
1977 |
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Series 5.
Manuscripts.
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Scope and Content:
Contains the written record of Kent Dumont's research from his student work through his tenure at NYBG. Most of the articles
are presented in multiple drafts with notes and correspondence, showing the development of Dumont's ideas and work. Original
illustrations by Gail Dumont and others are found with the relevant manuscripts.
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Folder |
Title |
Date |
3.1 |
Taxonomic Studies on Botrytis Alli and P. Byssoidea |
1965 |
3.2 |
Case of Lambertella brunneola |
1968 |
3.3 |
New Name, Martininia |
1970 |
3.4 |
Stromatinia, A Valid Generic Name |
1971 |
3.5 |
Sclerotiniaceae I, Correspondence |
1970 |
3.6 |
Sclerotiniaceae II, Drafts |
1970 |
3.7 |
Sclerotiniaceae II, Septotinia |
n.d. |
3.8 |
Sclerotiniaceae II, Lambertella |
1971 |
3.9 |
Sclerotiniaceae II, Lambertella, Correspondence |
1971 |
3.10 |
Whetzelinia, A New Genus |
1972 |
3.11 |
Sclerotiniaceae III |
1971 |
3.12 |
Sclerotiniaceae III, Correspondence |
1971 |
3.13 |
Sclerotiniaceae IV |
1974 |
3.14 |
Sclerotiniaceae IV, Correspondence |
1974 |
3.15 |
Sclerotiniaceae IV, Notes |
1974 |
3.16 |
Sclerotiniaceae IV, Drawings |
1974 |
3.17 |
Sclerotiniaceae IV, Photographs |
1974 |
3.18 |
Sclerotiniaceae V, Drafts |
1974 |
3.19 |
Sclerotiniaceae V, Correspondence |
1974 |
3.20 |
Sclerotiniaceae VI, Drafts |
1974 |
3.21 |
Sclerotiniaceae VI, Correspondence |
1973-1974 |
3.22 |
Sclerotiniaceae VI, Drawings |
1974 |
3.23 |
Sclerotiniaceae VI, Rutstroemia |
n.d. |
3.24 |
Sclerotiniaceae VII, Phialea Microspora & Helotium Atrosubiculum |
1974 |
3.25 |
Sclerotiniaceae VIII, Pachydisca, Drafts |
1975 |
3.26 |
Sclerotiniaceae VIII, Pachydisca, Correspondence |
1974 |
3.27 |
Sclerotiniaceae VIII, Pachydisca, Drawings |
1975 |
3.28 |
Sclerotiniaceae IX, Coprotinia, Drafts |
1975 |
3.29 |
Sclerotiniaceae IX, Coprotinia,Correspondence |
1974-1975 |
3.30 |
Sclerotiniaceae IX, Coprotinia, Drawings |
DATE |
3.31 |
Sclerotiniaceae X, Ciboriella, Drafts |
1975 |
3.32 |
Sclerotiniaceae X, Ciboriella, Correspondence |
1974 |
3.33 |
Sclerotiniaceae X, Ciboriella, Drawings |
1975 |
3.34 |
Sclerotiniaceae XI, Moellerodiscus, Drafts |
1976 |
3.35 |
Sclerotiniaceae XI, Moellerodiscus, Correspondence |
1976 |
3.36 |
Sclerotiniaceae XI, Moellerodiscus, Drawings |
1976 |
3.37 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII |
1976 |
3.38 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Correspondence |
1976 |
3.39 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Drawings |
1976 |
3.40 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Drawings |
1976 |
3.41 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Lambertella Berberidis |
n.d. |
3.42 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Lambertella Thindii |
n.d. |
3.43 |
Tewari, V.P., The Genus Lambertella in India |
n.d. |
3.44 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Lanzia Viburni |
n.d. |
3.45 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Miellerodiscus beberis |
n.d. |
3.46 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Poculum fructicolum |
n.d. |
3.47 |
Sclerotiniaceae XII, Poculum mahonium |
n.d. |
4.1 |
Sclerotiniaceae XIII, Berberis |
1977 |
4.2 |
Sclerotiniaceae XIV, Asterocalyx, Drafts |
1977 |
4.3 |
Sclerotiniaceae XIV, Asterocalyx, Correspondence |
1977 |
4.4 |
Sclerotiniaceae XIV, Asterocalyx, Drawings |
1977 |
4.5 |
Sclerotiniaceae XV, Drafts |
1977 |
4.6 |
Sclerotiniaceae XV, Correspondence |
1977 |
4.7 |
Sclerotiniaceae XIII-XV, Copyright Assignments |
1977 |
4.8 |
Sclerotiniaceae XVI, H. Rufocorneum and Fraternum, Drafts |
1977 |
4.9 |
Sclerotiniaceae XVI, Notes |
1977 |
4.10 |
Sclerotiniaceae XVI, Notes |
1977 |
4.11 |
Sclerotiniaceae XVI, Drawings |
1977 |
4.12 |
Los Hongos de Colombia I |
1977 |
4.13 |
Los Hongos de Colombia IV |
1977 |
4.14 |
Los Hongos de Colombia V |
1977 |
4.15 |
Generic Name Phialea |
1977 |
4.16 |
Leotiaceae I, Nannfeldt's Phialeoideae |
1977-1978 |
4.17 |
Leotiaceae II, Hymenoscyphus herbicola |
1980 |
4.18 |
Leotiaceae II, Hymenoscyphus lasiopodium |
1980 |
4.19 |
Leotiaceae II, Hymenoscyphus caudata |
1980 |
4.20 |
Leotiaceae II, Hymenoscyphus serotinus |
1980 |
4.21 |
Leotiaceae II, Hymenoscyphus scutula |
1980 |
4.22 |
Leotiaceae II, Notes |
1977 |
4.23 |
Leotiaceae II, Final Draft |
1980 |
4.24 |
Leotiaceae III, Draft |
1980 |
4.25 |
Leotiaceae III, Draft |
1980 |
4.26 |
Leotiaceae III, Draft |
1980 |
4.27 |
Leotiaceae III, Notes on Selected Temperate Species of Heliotium |
1980 |
4.28 |
Leotiaceae III, Notes on Selected Temperate Species of Heliotium |
1980 |
4.29 |
Leotiaceae III, Notes on Selected Temperate Species of Heliotium |
1980 |
4.30 |
Leotiaceae III, Rogerson comments |
1980 |
4.31 |
Leotiaceae IV, Los Hongos de Colombia VII, Drawings and Paste-ups |
1980 |
4.32 |
Leotiaceae IV, Los Hongos de Colombia VII, Drawings and Paste-ups |
1980 |
4.33 |
Genus Nectria (Hypocreaceae) in Panama |
1980 |
4.34 |
Genus Nectria (Hypocreaceae) in Panama |
1980 |
4.35 |
Genus Nectria (Hypocreaceae) in Panama |
1980 |
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