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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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