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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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