Category: White House Historical Association

The Evolution of a Book, Part 4: Funding Your Research

On By Mark R. CheathemIn Andrew Jackson, Books, Filson Historical Society, Publishing, White House Historical Association1 Comment

(The first three posts in this series are available at the following links: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.) One of the most important parts of completing a book is finding research funding. For historians, there are a number of sources of funding. Unfortunately, I wasn't very successful in obtaining research funding for the Jackson biography. Part …

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The Dissertation Process, Part 1

On By Mark R. CheathemIn Andrew Jackson, Andrew Jackson Donelson, Connie Lester, Dissertation writing, John F. Marszalek, Mississippi State University, Tennessee history, White House Historical AssociationLeave a comment

Last year, I wrote a Facebook note outlining the process that I went through to write my dissertation in 2001-02. I thought it might be useful to post it here for readers who might be graduate students who are pre-comps or who are just beginning the process. I've edited my original note to remove some personal …

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