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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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