General

AHA Articles on Graduate Student Issues and Concerns
http://www.historians.org/grads/grad_articles_rev.htm
[many of these are also linked below]

Mary Ann Fitzwilson,  "With Their Eyes Wide Open: Guides to Graduate School and Beyond"  (Perspectives,  1999)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1999/9912/9912gra.cfm

John King and Andrew McMichael, "Inscribing Your Future: The Trials and Tribulations of Applying to Graduate School " (Perspectives, 1998)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1998/9809/9809PRO.CFM

Andrew L. Johns and Kenneth A Osgood, "Planning a Graduate Student Conference" (Perspectives, 1999)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1999/9903/9903NOT.CFM

Kevin Mattson and Patrick Kavanagh, "Graduate Student Radicalism"  (Perspectives, 1999)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1999/9911/9911gra1.cfm

Ronald T. Azuma, "So Long, And Thanks for the PhD"
Written by a Computer Scientist, but of general interest.
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~azuma/hitch4.html

 

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Books of Interest

Robert Peters, Getting What You Came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D. (1997)

Joan Bolker, Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
This appears to be largely about writer's block and how to approach writing.  The author cofounded the Harvard Writing Center .

Kjell Erik Rudestam, Rae R. Newton Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process (2^nd edition, 2001)
The Amazon reviews of this book are excellent.

Antje Uhlig, Birgit Zischke, Research-Study-Funding: A German-American Guide for Historians and Social Scientists
This is an invaluable resource.  It is available on line as a series of pdf files.

AHA publications :
Melanie S. Gustafson, Becoming a Historian: A Survival Manual-2003 Edition

Constance Schulz, Page Putnam Miller, Aaron Marrs, and Kevin Allen, Careers for Students of History

The Status of Women in the Historical Profession, 2005

Report on the Status and Hiring of Women and Minority Historians in Academia Fourth Edition

Grants, Fellowships, and Prizes of Interest to Historians (AHA, 2006)
This used to be an annual publication of the AHA, but now it is only available online to AHA members. 

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Theses and Dissertations

Marie DesJardins, "How to Be A Good Graduate Student"
This 1994 document is all over the internet.  Some excellent pointers for students and advisors.
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/how.2b/how.2b.html

The ABD Survival Guide
This is a free monthly email newsletter.   But they might try to sell you things if you subscribe.
http://www.abdsurvivalguide.com/

Here is a long list of back essays, many with provocative titles like "My Advisor Hates Me" and "Desperately Seeking Sleep."  The ones I read are pretty good.
http://www.abdsurvivalguide.com/secret.html

AHA - Dissertations Completed and in Progress
This is a searchable database. 
http://www.historians.org/pubs/dissertations/index.cfm

112 Dissertations completed or in progress at the University of Florida

Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

The Association for the Support of Graduate Students
Yes,  there is such an organization and they have a newsletter.  The most recent issue has an article by Ronda Davé on "Rallying Thesis Support."
http://www.asgs.org/

AHA Calendar of Awards and Fellowships
Recently announced fellowships.
http://www.historians.org/calendar/awards.cfm

H-Net Funding and Fellowships
http://www.h-net.org/announce/group.cgi?type=Funding

Robert B. Townsend,  "Slight Decline in History Book Publishing, but Still Near Record Highs," (Perspectives, 2005)
http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2005/0512/0512new1.cfm

 

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Getting a Job

Constance Schulz, Page Putnam Miller, Aaron Marrs, and Kevin Allen, Careers for Students of History  (2002)
An AHA book on line.
http://www.historians.org/pubs/careers/index.htm

Michael S. Foley,  "Facing the Indignities of the Job Market," (Perspectives, 2001)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2001/0103/0103vie1.cfm

Steve Hochstadt, "Graduate Students Forum: The Convincing Cover Letter," (Perspectives, 2003)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2003/0309/0309for1.cfm

Betty A. Dessants,  "Graduate Students Forum: Preparing the Teaching Portfolio," (Perspectives, 2003)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2003/0309/0309for2.cfm

Sally Hadden, "Graduate Students Forum:  The Campus Visit: Passing the Brains Test and Lunch Test," (Perspectives, 2003)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2003/0309/0309for3.cfm

Richard M. Reis, "The Basics of Cover Letter Writing"  (CHE, 2000)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/2000/03/2000030302c.htm

This is an earlier version by the same authors for the 1998 Perspectives:
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1998/9812/9812ANN2.CFM?pv=y

Melanie Gustafson, Interviewing Strategies: Survival at Interviews  (Perspectives, 2002)
http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2002/0212/0212anm12.cfm

Robert B. Townsend, "Job Market Report 2005: Signs of Improvement?" (Perspectives, 2006)
http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2006/0601/0601new1.cfm

Table: Salaries for Historians in the Academy AY 2004-05 to 2005-06 (May 2006)
http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2006/0605/images/RBT_Table1.pdf

Robert B. Townsend, "The 2005-06 Salary Report: History Still Lags, but Sees Modest Gains at Private Institutions" (Perspectives, 2006) 
http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2006/0605/0605new1.cfm

Mary Corbin Sies, "Academic Job Application Checklist"
A useful short list put together by an American Studies professor at the University of Maryland .
http://otal.umd.edu/~sies/jobchecklist.html

 

 

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Job Listings

H-Net Job Guide
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/

OAH Job Listings
http://www.oah.org/announce/jobs.html

Chronicle of Higher Education
http://chronicle.com/jobs/

American Association for State and Local History:  Career Center
This site is a place to find jobs, post resumes etc.|http://www.aaslh.org/jobsonline.htm

USAJobs
This is the "official job site of the United States Government"
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

Society of American Archivists - Employment Bulletin
http://www.archivists.org/employment/index.asp

National Parks Service - Employment Page
http://www.nps.gov/personnel/

History Associates Incorporated
A private consulting firm
http://www.historyassociates.com/