How do they match: Historians

  • Film Historian
  • Historic Preservationist

  • 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and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

  • 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.
  • Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
  • Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
  • Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.

  • Prepare materials for preservation, storage, or display.
  • Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.