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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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