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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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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
• Dramatic Arts Historian
• Dance Historian

Tasks for “Field Court Researcher”

• Teach and conduct research in colleges, universities, museums, and other research agencies and schools.
• Speak to various groups, organizations, and clubs to promote the aims and activities of historical societies.
• Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
• Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
• 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.
• Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
• 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.
• Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as use in CD-ROMs or Internet sites.
• Trace historical development in a particular field, such as social, cultural, political, or diplomatic history.
• Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
• Translate or request translation of reference materials.
• Collect detailed information on individuals for use in biographies.
• Edit historical society publications.
• Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
• Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
• Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
• Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
• Interview people to gather information about historical events and to record oral histories.
• Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
• 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

• Microphones
• Computer laser printers
• Computer inkjet printers
• Laptop computers
• Digital audio recorders
• Microfilm readers
• Digital still cameras
• Data input scanners
• Microfiche readers
• Photocopying equipment
• Personal computers
• Analog-to-digital converters

• Reference management software
• Statistical analysis software
• Microsoft Office
• Digital mapping software
• Scanning software
• Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
• Page markers
• TokenX
• Audio editing software
• Microsoft Word
• Gutenberg-e
• Structured query language SQL
• Web Scrapbook
• Library of Congress digital collections
• ArchiveGrid
• Microsoft Excel
• Google Books NGram Viewer
• Digital image collections
• Extensible markup language XML
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
• Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
• Smithsonian Institution digital archives
• Archives Wiki
• QuarkXPress
• SPSS
• Text mining software
• ProQuest Archive Finder
• National Archives online databases
• Email software
• Geographic information system GIS software
• Web browser software
• Archival databases
• Database management systems
• Corel WordPerfect
• Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
• Searchable online catalogs