SECOND LECTURE

Brought to you by the Grosse Pointe Artist Association:

For the second lecture in the "Celebrating the Nation's 250th Birthday" series, you are invited to a learn about Valentine's Day in early America with Jayne Ptolemy, a curator of manuscripts at the William L. Clements Library on the U of M Ann Arbor campus.

Ptolemy will share the fascinating history of Valentine's Day and some of the heartwarming ways people's love has endured through the centuries from secret notes to lipstick kisses.

Ptolemy received her Ph.D. in African American Studies and History from Yale University before she joined the Clements Library team. Her research interests include women and children’s histories and the quirky stories that highlight the very human side of early American history.

(Drawing above by Albert Edward Winchester from the William L. Clements Library collection.)