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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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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
Also Known As…
- Researcher
- 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
- 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 “Historians”
- 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.
- Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
- Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
- Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
- Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
- Translate or request translation of reference materials.
- Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
- 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.
- 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.
- Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
- Edit historical society publications.
- 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.
- Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
- Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as use in CD-ROMs or Internet sites.
- 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.
- Coordinate activities of workers engaged in cataloging and filing 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Data input scanners
- Microphones
- Microfilm readers
- Computer inkjet printers
- Personal computers
- Microfiche readers
- Digital audio recorders
- Digital still cameras
- Photocopying equipment
- Computer laser printers
- Laptop computers
- Analog-to-digital converters
- Extensible markup language XML
- Web browser software
- Digital mapping software
- Archival databases
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- TokenX
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Database management systems
- Archives Wiki
- Scanning software
- Microsoft Excel
- Smithsonian Institution digital archives
- Corel WordPerfect
- SPSS
- Microsoft Word
- Searchable online catalogs
- Text mining software
- National Archives online databases
- Page markers
- Library of Congress digital collections
- Reference management software
- Digital image collections
- Web Scrapbook
- Structured query language SQL
- Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Gutenberg-e
- Statistical analysis software
- Microsoft Office
- ArchiveGrid
- Email software
- ProQuest Archive Finder
- Audio editing software
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
- Google Books NGram Viewer
- QuarkXPress