Gaye Wilson, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
American Philosophical Society
Speaker: Gaye Wilson, Historian, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street
RSVP: sduffy@amphilsoc.org or 215.440.3400
Gaye Wilson is an historian for the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, a part of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation that owns and preserves Monticello. Through her years with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, she has enjoyed studying the Jefferson image as preserved in his life portraits. Ms. Wilson has lectured and published essays on this topic and is currently at work on a book-length study of the Jefferson image.