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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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