Servant of Savants: James Gant's Long Career in Employ of Scientists
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PrintPopular anecdotal piece about the first African-American to work for the United States National Museum, James Thomas Gant. Explores Gant's relationships with the first three Secretaries.
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From Record Unit 7081, Box 44, Folder 35 in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Please note that this piece reflects the sentiment of the period and paints a rather derogatory portrait of James T. Gant and African- American workers in general.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 10, 1900