Consultants work freelance or in established firms on projects ranging from National Register nominations, to court cases and corporate histories, to advising neighborhood associations, local government, and museums.  With the help of the NCPH Consultants Committee we have compiled several resources for those seeking consultant or proposal information:

  - NCPH Consultants List -The individuals listed here are members of NCPH who present themselves as historical consultants. Potential clients/employers are invited to contact them directly to request work proposals, resumes, samples of work, or references.
  

 - See also the Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations, Inc.

 - Consulting Comments now appears as a regular column in Public History News.  NCPH is committed to promoting the interests of its members who provide historical services as consultants. This column seeks to highlight new developments and achievements in historical consulting and contact work.  Please send news of events and accomplishments to Heather Lee Miller, Consultants Committee, at hmiller@hrassoc.com.  Be sure to include your full name and address.  
        Consulting Comments June 2008 Public History News (pg. 12)
        Consulting Comments March 2008 Public History News (pg. 9)

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Contract Opportunities and Calls for Proposals

 - Articles of Interest 
The following articles have appeared in The Public Historian
Vol. 28, No. 1: 107-110 Winter 2006

Personal and Professional Issues in Private Consulting - Alan S. Newell

Vol. 9, No. 2:  Winter 1989
On Historical Consulting- "Earn Big Money! Become a Historian," the matchbook said - Philip L. Cantelon

On Historical Consulting- "This is history, but history with a difference" - Lorne McWatters

Vol. 20, No. 1: 49-57, Winter 1998

Can the Web Really Do It All? Perceptions of Historical Research on the Internet - Julie A. Corley

Vol. 6, No. 3:  Spring 1986
The Consultant's Dilemma - Shelley Bookspan

 

Vol. 14, No. 4:  Summer 1994
Historians in Consulting - Lisa Mighetto, Historical Research Associates Inc., Seattle

Vol. 3, No 3:  Summer 1981

Historians and Corporate Consulting - Ernest C. Swiger, Jr.

 

Vol. 13, No. 2:  Winter 1993
Consulting on Business Archives or Where is the 500-pound Gorilla When you Really Need One? - Paul Soifer
Vol. 1, No. 2:  , Winter 1979
Historians’ Skills and Business Needs - Robert W. Pomeroy

  
In the NCPH newsletter, Public History News
  "Sharing the Findings of History," by Daniel T. Miller, Historical Solutions, LLC
 
And from the joint NCPH, AHA, and the Public History Program of the University of South Carolina publication, Careers for Students of HistoryChapter 7: Historians as Consultants and Contractors 
  
 
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