Town Historian

Duties of the Town Historian

To be a knowledgeable source concerning local historical sources and facts, to be available to any interested person or persons and to gather, preserve, and disseminate such information for public use with proper regards to its origin.

The position involves answering letters and phone calls for specific historical information, assisting writers, researchers and students engaged in historical studies, recording local history items of lasting interest, maintaining files on historical subjects and photographic files of historical interest, leading celebrations, doing research and giving lectures about Berlin.

She/he must be regularly available to the government, schools, community, community organization, the press and the general public.