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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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