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

Ruthfred Lutheran Church XYZ Group ~ March 2024
Sherwood Oaks, Cranberry ~ March 2024
Kuskushkee Trail Chapter, NSDAR ~ 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

Colonel William Wallace Chapter, NSDAR, 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’s First Gardens

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