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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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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
- Historic Sites Registrar
- Historic Interpreter
- Historian
- 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
- Historical Interpreter
- Genealogist
- Film Historian
- Field Court Researcher
- Dramatic Arts Historian
- Dance Historian
Tasks for “Historical Interpreter”
- Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
- Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
- Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
- Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
- Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
- Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
- 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.
- Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
- Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
- Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
- Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as use in CD-ROMs or Internet sites.
- Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
- Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
- Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
- Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
- Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
- Edit historical society publications.
- 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.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
Related Technology & Tools
- Digital audio recorders
- Computer inkjet printers
- Digital still cameras
- Microfiche readers
- Personal computers
- Data input scanners
- Microphones
- Photocopying equipment
- Microfilm readers
- Laptop computers
- Analog-to-digital converters
- Computer laser printers
- QuarkXPress
- Email software
- Scanning software
- ArchiveGrid
- Page markers
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Searchable online catalogs
- Gutenberg-e
- SPSS
- National Archives online databases
- Audio editing software
- Microsoft Office
- Extensible markup language XML
- Digital image collections
- Structured query language SQL
- Google Books NGram Viewer
- Archival databases
- Statistical analysis software
- Smithsonian Institution digital archives
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Digital mapping software
- Library of Congress digital collections
- Archives Wiki
- TokenX
- ProQuest Archive Finder
- Database management systems
- Corel WordPerfect
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Reference management software
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Text mining software
- Microsoft Excel
- Web Scrapbook
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