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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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