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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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