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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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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”
- 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.
- Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
- Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
- Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
- 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.
- Advise or consult with individuals and institutions regarding issues such as the historical authenticity of materials or the customs of a specific historical period.
- Edit historical society publications.
- 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.
- Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
- Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing materials.
- Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
- Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
- 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.
- Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
- Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
- Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.
Related Technology & Tools
- Microfiche readers
- Digital still cameras
- Microphones
- Digital audio recorders
- Analog-to-digital converters
- Microfilm readers
- Computer laser printers
- Data input scanners
- Computer inkjet printers
- Photocopying equipment
- Laptop computers
- Personal computers
- Searchable online catalogs
- Web browser software
- Statistical analysis software
- Text mining software
- SPSS
- Reference management software
- QuarkXPress
- Database management systems
- Page markers
- Corel WordPerfect
- Digital image collections
- Extensible markup language XML
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- ArchiveGrid
- Gutenberg-e
- Audio editing software
- Google Books NGram Viewer
- Archives Wiki
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Library of Congress digital collections
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Email software
- Structured query language SQL
- ProQuest Archive Finder
- Web Scrapbook
- Digital mapping software
- Smithsonian Institution digital archives
- Scanning software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- TokenX
- Archival databases
- Microsoft Word
- National Archives online databases
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop