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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.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