Past


West Jefferson Hills Historical Society ~ September 2023
South Park Township Library ~ September 2021
West Overton Village, Scottdale PA ~ September 2014
Department of History, Carlow University ~ February 2014
Heinz History Center ~ September 2013



The Horne’s Lingerie Lady

American Association of University Women, North Hills ~ March 2024
Duquesne Club History Society ~ February 2024
Sealarks at Memorial Park Church, Allison Park ~ April 2023
McCandless / Northern Allegheny Heritage Center ~ March 2023
Passavant Senior Living, Zelienople ~ April 2022
Cranberry Public Library ~ March 2022
Mount Lebanon Public Library * ~ December 2021
Shaler North Hills and Northland Libraries * ~ October 2021
Lawrenceville Historical Society * ~ May 2021
South Park Township Library * ~ March 2021


Pittsburgh Department Stores…Then and Now

Avonworth Historical Society ~ December 2024
NSDAR, Oakmont Chapter ~ October 2024
Ruthfred Lutheran Church XYZ Group ~ March 2024
Sherwood Oaks, Cranberry ~ March 2024
NSDAR, Kuskushkee Trail Chapter ~ May 2023
South Park Township Library ~ May 2023


Pittsburgh’s Gilded Age Conservatories

Oakmont Garden Club * ~ January 2022
Twentieth Century Club ~ May 2019
The Frick Pittsburgh ~ April 2018


Pittsburgh Makes Merry: Gilded Age Holiday Traditions

NSDAR, Kuskushkee Trail Chapter ~ December 2025
East Liberty Valley Historical Society ~ December 2024
NSDAR, Colonel William Wallace Chapter ~ December 2023
Shaler North Hills Library ~ December 2023
Duquesne Club Art Society ~ December 2023
Cranberry Public Library ~ December 2023
Sealarks at Memorial Park Church, Allison Park ~ November 2023
Shaler North Hills Library ~ December 2022
South Park Township Library * ~ December 2022
West Jefferson Hills Historical Society ~ December 2022
Passavant Senior Living, Zelienople ~ December 2022
Institute for Learning in Retirement at Slippery Rock University * ~ November 2022


Pittsburgh: American Garden Spot

McCandless/North Allegheny Heritage & Cultural Ctr ~ April 2025
Sealarks at Memorial Park Church ~ March 2025
East Liberty Valley Historical Society ~ October 2021
Oakmont Garden Club ~ September 2020


Museum Gallery Talks
Original presentations created for Frick Art Museum to support special exhibitions, 2016-2019

The Lion in Winter: How Eleanor of Aquitaine Became Katharine Hepburn
Magnifico! Arts Patronage from Florence to The Frick
Over There! Underwear! How We Changed Our Underwear (styles) During WWI
Henry Clay Frick: Furnishing the Monongahela House Hotel



* Virtual presentation via Zoom