Goode, James.

Originally from Statesville, North Carolina, James Moore Goode (1939- ) is the author of several books concerning Washington, D.C. history and landmarks. He obtained a B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1964 and an M.A. from the University of Virginia in 1966, later earning his Ph.D. from the George Washington University in 1995. Dr. Goode was briefly a history instructor at George Mason University before working in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970. For the next eighteen years, he served as Curator of the Smithsonian Institution Building, preparing lectures and tours for scholars and the general public.

Dr. Goode is currently a consultant in fine arts and architectural history, and has served on the board of directors of two historical house museums, and has prepared five exhibitions for the Kiplinger Washington Editors Art Gallery. He donated the items in the James Goode Photograph Collection to Thomas Balch Library in 2007 and 2008.