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Goode Apartment Houses Legacy Finding Aid for Manuscript and Photograph Collections 801 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20001 What are Finding Aids? Finding aids are narrative guides to archival collections created by the repository to describe the contents of the material. They often provide much more detailed information than can be found in individual catalog records. Contents of finding aids often include short biographies or histories, processing notes, information about the size, scope, and material types included in the collection, guidance on how to navigate the collection, and an index to box and folder contents. What are Legacy Finding Aids? The following document is a legacy finding aid – a guide which has not been updated recently. Information may be outdated, such as the Historical Society’s contact information or exact box numbers for contents’ location within the collection. Legacy finding aids are a product of their times; language and terms may not reflect the Historical Society’s commitment to culturally sensitive and anti-racist language. This guide is provided in “as is” condition for immediate use by the public. This file will be replaced with an updated version when available. To learn more, please Visit DCHistory.org Email the Kiplinger Research Library at [email protected] (preferred) Call the Kiplinger Research Library at 202-516-1363 ext. 302 The Historical Society of Washington, D.C., is a community-supported educational and research organization that collects, interprets, and shares the history of our nation’s capital. Founded in 1894, it serves a diverse audience through its collections, public programs, exhibits, and publications. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS FINDING AID Title: MS 366 James M. Goode Apartment House Research Collection, 1880-2002 (bulk 1880-1988) Date: January 1989 (revised March 2005, February 2015) James M. Goode is a noted Washington historian and author of several important books including The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.; Capitol Losses: A Cultural History of Washington’s Destroyed Buildings; and Best Addresses, a Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses. Mr. Goode has generously donated much of his research material to The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Library. Scope and Content: The James M. Goode Apartment House Collection, 1880-2002 (bulk 1880-1988), consists of research files, photographic prints and slides. The material was primarily created during the years 1978-1988 when Mr. Goode and his staff were engaged in research for a major book on the social and architectural history of Washington area apartment houses, 1880-1988. This research was published in Goode’s Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988). The book was republished in 2003 with additions; Series I, subseries D, comprising research material relating to the second edition, was added to the collection in 2015. The collection is arranged in two series: SERIES I: RESEARCH FILES consists of non-photographic research materials, including original apartment house brochures, blueprints, field notes, and hundreds of newspaper articles. Of particular importance are over 200 articles on American apartment houses that appeared in American architectural magazines between 1870 and 1976. Most of the file folders on Washington architects of local apartment houses have been removed and are filed in the James M. Goode Collection of Washington, D.C. Architects, also at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (MS 384). The series is arranged into four subseries: Subseries A: American Apartment Houses (outside of Washington, D.C.) Subseries B: European Apartment Houses Subseries C: Washington, D.C. Apartment Houses (and general files). Subseries D: Best Addresses, Second Edition Research files [added in 2015] SERIES II: PHOTOGRAPHS is arranged into three corresponding subseries: Subseries A: American Apartment Houses (outside of Washington, D.C.) Subseries B: European Apartment Houses, consists of approximately 500 European photographic prints taken by James M. Goode on a research trip to Europe in 1985. In addition to the above, some 200 color photographic prints of Paris apartment houses are included. These were taken by Mr. Peter Robinson of Edinburgh, Scotland (then working on a history of Scottish apartment houses), who was a guest on the same 1985 European research trip organized by Mr. Goode. The color photographs are filed in the respective folders with the black and white photographs of each Paris apartment house included Subseries C: Washington Apartment Houses, consists of approximately 5,000 Washington photographic prints that were taken by professional photographers James Stafford Phillips and James Franklin Tetro between 1980 and 1987. Donor: James M. Goode, 1986.051, 2014.053 Size: 46 cubic ft. (86 boxes) Restrictions: This is a research collection that includes photocopies of published materials and copy prints of photographs. The entire collection of the Washington black and white negatives were donated by the author and two photographers to the Photographic Archives of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The public may order prints from that office. All of these photographs are copyrighted and may not be published without written permission of the photographers. Related materials: Best Addresses: A Century of Washington's Distinguished Apartment Houses by James M. Goode, Smithsonian Institution Press. NA7860 .G66 2003 James M. Goode Washington, D.C. Architects Research Collection (MS 384). 2 Series I: Research Files MS 366 SERIES I: RESEARCH FILES Subseries A: American Apartment Houses (non-Washington, D.C.) Container 1 Folder 1: Atlanta apartment houses Folder 2: Baltimore apartment houses Folder 3: Birmingham apartment houses Folder 4: Boston apartment houses, folder 1 Folder 5: Boston apartment houses, folder 2 Folder 6: California apartment houses Folder 7: Chicago apartment houses (part 1) Folder 8: Chicago apartment houses (part 2) Folder 9: Chicago apartment houses, article by Westfall Folder 10: Chicago apartment houses, in the National Register (part 1) Folder 11: Chicago apartment houses, in the National Register (part 2) Folder 12: Chicago apartment houses, 1908 Folder 13: Chicago Historical Society Container 2 Folder 14: Cleveland apartment houses Folder 15: Colorado, Indian dwellings Folder 16: Greensboro, N.C. apartment houses Folder 17: Indianapolis apartment houses Folder 18: Los Angeles apartment houses 3 Series I: Research Files MS 366 Folder 19: Memphis apartment houses Folder 20: Mobile apartment houses Folder 21: New Orleans apartment houses Folder 22: New York apartment houses, Abel thesis (part 1) Folder 23: New York apartment houses, Abel thesis (part 2) Folder 24: New York apartment houses (part 1) Folder 25: New York apartment houses, (part 2) Container 3: Folder 26: New York apartment houses (part 3) Folder 27: New York apartment houses (part 4) Folder 28: New York apartment houses (part 5) Folder 29: New York Historical Society Folder 30: New York apartment houses, Alley research paper Folder 31: New York apartment houses, book, Apt. Houses of the Metropolis, 1908 Folder 32: New York apartment houses, influence of Berlin on, 1910 Folder 33: New York apartment houses, Cromley dissertation (part 1) Folder 34: New York apartment houses, Cromley dissertation (part 2) Folder 35: New York apartment houses, Cromley dissertation (part 3) Folder 36: New York apartment houses, DAKOTA Folder 37: New York apartment houses, early examples Folder 38: New York apartment houses, 1920s Folder 39: New York apartment houses, Coops Folder 40: New York apartment houses, Rosario Candella 4 Series I: Research Files MS 366 Container 4: Folder 41: New York apartment houses, Park Tower Folder 42: Philadelphia apartment houses Folder 43: Pittsburgh apartment houses Folder 44: Portland apartment houses Folder 45: Richmond apartment houses Folder 46: St. Louis apartment houses, in the National Register Folder 47: Salt Lake City apartment houses Folder 48: San Francisco apartment houses Subseries B: European Apartment Houses Folder 49: Dublin apartment houses Folder 50: Dublin, Cochrane, Alfred Folder 51: Edinburgh apartment houses (part 1) Container 5 Folder 52: Edinburgh apartment houses (part 2) Folder 53: Edinburgh apartment houses (part 3) Folder 54: Edinburgh apartment houses, Dean of Guild drawings Folder 55: Edinburgh apartment houses, 8 DUNDAS STREET Folder 56: Edinburgh apartment houses, GLADSTONE'S LAND Folder 57: Edinburgh apartment houses, MYLNE'S COURT Folder 58: Edinburgh apartment houses, RAMSAY GARDEN Folder 59: Edinburgh apartment houses, Peter Robinson, historian 5 Series I: Research Files MS 366 Folder 60: Edinburgh, 22 ROTHESAY PLACE Folder 61: Edinburgh, Sir Walter Scott's apartment Folder 62: European research trip, 1985, itinerary Container 6: Folder 63: European research trip, 1985, field notes (part 1) Folder 64: European research trip, 1985, field notes (part 2) Folder 65: Finland apartment houses Folder 66: Glasgow apartment houses Folder 67: Glasgow apartment houses, 145 BUCCLEUCH STREET Folder 68: Glasgow apartment houses, 345-355 RENFREW STREET Folder 69: Leningrad apartment houses Container 7: Folder 70: London apartment houses Folder 71: London apartment houses, ALBANY Folder 72: London apartment houses, ALBERT COURT Folder 73: London apartment houses, ALBERT HALL MANSIONS Folder 74: London apartment houses, Beaumont, Michael Folder
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