Pinkett, Harold T., 1914-2001

Harold Thomas Pinkett (April 7, 1914 - March 13, 2001) was born in Salisbury, Maryland. He attended Morgan College (now Morgan State University), where he graduated summa cum laude in 1935. In 1938, he earned his M. A. in history from the University of Pennsylvania.

He started an outstanding career of over 35 years of service at the National Archives in 1942. He was the first African American to hold such a position in any American archival institution. During this time he specialized in agricultural records, and went on to earn his doctoral degree in history from American University. His dissertation focused on the work of Gifford Pinchot, Chief of the Forest Service, in which Pinkett used records from RG 95: Records of the Forest Service.

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