Robert Moore

Robert J. Moore Jr. is a senior lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis and a retired public historian for the National Park Service. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University, and a master and doctoral degree in history from WashU. His dissertation was about British influences on Theodore Roosevelt. Moore has written articles for national and regional magazines on Lewis and Clark, westward expansion, architectural history, and Dred and Harriet Scott. He is the author of eight books, including “The Gateway Arch: An Architectural Dream” (2005), “Tailor Made, Trail Worn: Army Life, Clothing and Weapons of the Lewis and Clark Expedition” (2003), “Natural Wonders of the World” (2000), and “Native Americans: A Portrait; The Art and Travels of Charles Bird King, George Catlin and Karl Bodmer” (1997).

Born and raised in Oriskany, New York, Moore was employed by the National Park Service for 40 years, working at such areas as Saratoga, Yorktown, Morristown, Gettysburg, and Sagamore Hill. Moore’s scholarly interests include the architectural heritage of the U.S. and St. Louis, French Colonial history, art and motion picture history, Native Americans, the African American heritage of St. Louis, the early role of women in architecture and design in the U.S., conservation, the Progressive Era, and presidential history.

Moore teaches two courses in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts: Landscapes through Time: St. Louis Architecture, from the Mound Builders to the Arch, about the architectural heritage of the region; and Historic Preservation: Honoring the Past While Designing for the Future, about the history of the preservation movement and how historic preservation is conducted today in the U.S.