About Mechanics’ Institute
Before the [California world fair]: the Mechanics’ Institute’s Industrial Exhibitions, 1857-1899
I have offered a version of this lecture several times over the last five years, as part of large celebrations that honor anniversaries of California’s world fairs: Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915; the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-1940; and the California Midwinter Exposition of 1894.

September 14, 2022, Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco

March 16, 2022, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, San Francisco, CA

September 12, 2019, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, San Francisco, CA – as part of the course Tales of Historic San Francisco and San Franciscans, taught by Lee Bruno

July 9, 2019, San Francisco Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.

March 29, 2019, Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco, CA.

November 17, 2018, Treasure Island Museum, San Francisco, CA.

Passion, Pride and Principle: the Mechanics’ Institute of San Francisco
December 9, 2020, Mechanics’ Institute

March 28, 2018, San Francisco City Guides

About San Francisco and its Personalities
The Libraries of the Barbary Coast
April 27, 2022, San Francisco City Guides

September 29, 2022, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, San Francisco, CA

June 24, 2020, Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco, CA.

August 22, 2019, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, San Francisco, CA – as part of the course Tales of Historic San Francisco and San Franciscans, taught by Lee Bruno.

Wise Counselor: Andrew Smith Hallidie and the foundation of the University of California
October 1, 2020, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, San Francisco, CA
December 10, 2019, Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco.
March 27, 2019, San Francisco City Guides.
February 26, 2019, San Francisco Corral of Westerners.
September 20, 2018, Bancroft Library Roundtable, University of California at Berkeley.

The Emperor’s Ride: Notes on a Famous Photograph, with John Lumea of the Emperor Norton Trust
December 13, 2018, the Battery, San Francisco, CA.
April 20, 2016, Mechanics’ Institute, San Francisco, CA.

James Lick and the Mechanics’ Institute: an Uncertain Friendship
May 30, 2017, Society of California Pioneers, Annual Board Luncheon, San Francisco, CA.
April 11, 2017 –Society of California Pioneers, James Lick Exhibit Opening, San Francisco, CA.

On historical research methods and librarianship
Historical Research: How to Make the Past Come Alive Accurately – a discussion with Brigid O’Farrell
February 17, 2019, San Francisco Writers Conference 2019, CA.

Tracing the Truth: Historical Research Online and In-Person
December 15, 2018, Tri Valley Writers Club, Pleasanton, CA.

Designing a Virtual Tour for Your Library
January 13, 2021, Bay Net, San Francisco Library and Information Network, baynetlibs.org