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Job Description
Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3093.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 60,990.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 29.00
- Currently, there are 2,950 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Historians”.
Also Known As…
- Historians
- Researcher
- Research Associate
- Programs Director
- Historical Interpreter
- Historic Sites Registrar
- Historic Interpreter
- County Records Management Officer (County RMO)
- County Historian
- Administrative Volunteer
- Supervisory Historian
- State Historical Society Director
- Research Director
- Reference Data Expert
- Protohistorian
- Music Historian
- Medical Historian
- Historiographer
- Historical Society Director
- Historian
- Genealogist
- Film Historian
- Field Court Researcher
- Dramatic Arts Historian
- Dance Historian
Tasks for “Historian”
- Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
- Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
- Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
- Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as collect data sources such as books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
- Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as use in CD-ROMs or Internet sites.
- Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
- Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.
- Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
- Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
- Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
- Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
- Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
- Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
- Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
- Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
- Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
- Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
- Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
- Edit historical society publications.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
Related Technology & Tools
- Photocopying equipment
- Data input scanners
- Microfilm readers
- Digital still cameras
- Personal computers
- Analog-to-digital converters
- Laptop computers
- Microfiche readers
- Digital audio recorders
- Microphones
- Computer laser printers
- Computer inkjet printers
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Text mining software
- Web Scrapbook
- ArchiveGrid
- Archival databases
- Searchable online catalogs
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Structured query language SQL
- Corel WordPerfect
- Statistical analysis software
- Google Books NGram Viewer
- Web browser software
- Gutenberg-e
- Database management systems
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Reference management software
- Microsoft Excel
- Scanning software
- Page markers
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- Smithsonian Institution digital archives
- Email software
- Library of Congress digital collections
- ProQuest Archive Finder
- Microsoft Office
- Digital mapping software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Digital image collections
- Archives Wiki
- Audio editing software
- Microsoft Word
- TokenX
- QuarkXPress
- SPSS
- National Archives online databases
- Extensible markup language XML