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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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