20th Century Materials Initiative
Washington Women's History Consortium
Esther Hall Mumford, Independent Researcher and Writer, Seattle

WHC Advisory Board Member

Esther Hall Mumford

Independent Researcher and Writer, Seattle

Ms. Mumford, a resident of Seattle, has a B. A. from the University of Washington and has authored several publications and participated in several projects about Black history in Washington.

Publications

  • Seattle's Black Victorians: 1852-1901. Seattle: Ananse Press (1980)
  • Editor, Seven Stars and Orion, Reflections of the Past Seattle: Ananse Press (1985)
  • "African Americans in Washington," in Peoples of Washington. Pullman: Washington State University Press (1989)
  • The Man Who Founded a Town. Seattle: Ananse Press (1990)
  • Calabash: a Guide to the History, Culture and Art of African Amercians in Seattle and King County. Seattle: (1993)

Port Townsend home, ca.1900. Photograph from the Washington State Historical Society.



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