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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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