Margaret Santiago

Margaret Santiago (1931 - March 17, 2018) was an American museum registrar. Santiago, who worked at the National Museum of Natural History, was the first African-American to work as a registrar for a major scientific museum.

Biography

Santiago was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1931.[1]

Santiago began working at the Smithsonian in 1960 and started as a clerk typist.[2] She was promoted to working as the assistant supervisor in accessions and specimen control at the National Museum of Natural History in 1963.[2] By 1970, she was the supervisor of that unit.[2] In 1977, Santiago became the first African American to work as a registrar for a major scientific museum.[3] Santiago was a co-founder of the African American Museums Association (later the Association of African American Museums).[1] Santiago retired from the Smithsonian in 1991.[4]

Santiago died on March 17, 2018.[1]

References
  1. DeBardelaben, LaNesha. "Remembering Margaret Santiago..." (PDF). Association of African American Museums. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  2. Niekrasz, Emily (2020-06-10). "Wonderful Women Wednesday: Margaret A. Santiago". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  3. Smith, Jessie Carney (2003). Black Firsts : 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events (2nd, revised and expanded ed.). Canton, Michigan: Visible Ink Press. p. 615. ISBN 1-57859-142-2. OCLC 51060259 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "National Headliners". Jet. 79 (18): 10. 18 February 1991.
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