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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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