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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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