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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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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”

• Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
• Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
• Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
• Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
• Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
• 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 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.
• Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
• Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
• Edit historical society publications.
• Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
• Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
• Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
• Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
• Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
• Translate or request translation of reference materials.
• Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.
• 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.
• Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.

Related Technology & Tools

• Microphones
• Microfiche readers
• Personal computers
• Digital audio recorders
• Photocopying equipment
• Analog-to-digital converters
• Computer inkjet printers
• Data input scanners
• Computer laser printers
• Digital still cameras
• Microfilm readers
• Laptop computers

• Extensible markup language XML
• ArchiveGrid
• Text mining software
• Geographic information system GIS software
• Digital mapping software
• QuarkXPress
• Archival databases
• Audio editing software
• Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
• Scanning software
• Structured query language SQL
• Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
• Email software
• Microsoft Excel
• Web browser software
• Digital image collections
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Library of Congress digital collections
• TokenX
• Archives Wiki
• SPSS
• Web Scrapbook
• Gutenberg-e
• Reference management software
• National Archives online databases
• Page markers
• Google Books NGram Viewer
• Smithsonian Institution digital archives
• Database management systems
• Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
• ProQuest Archive Finder
• Searchable online catalogs
• Statistical analysis software
• Corel WordPerfect
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)