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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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