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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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