What's New

August 2025

• A history of American Sign Language episode "The Battle for Deaf Education: Clashing Methods, Minds, and Cultures in the 19th C. United States" on the podcast, The Dig. (CC subtitles available)

• The Voyage of the Mary Augusta, Laurent's diary of his trip from France to the United States in 1816.

 

July 2025

• Video about Kenneth Rothschild and his stamp collecting skills. A prime organizer of the first Laurent Clerc Stamp effort. 

• Laurent and Jeff pitch the new book by Kristy Whilden about Laurent and Alice Cogswell. 

• Updated the Abbé de l'Epée timeline with some information provided by Anne Picard of INJS. 

 

June 2025

• The beginning of our exploration of the relationship between Laurent and Thomas H. Gallaudet. 

• Brad Moseley presents some early Deaf history at the Founders room at ASD and Cogswell Heritage House. 

 

May 2025

• New entry about Francis Joesph Clerc's first parish as an Episcopal minister in 1847, in East Windsor, CT. 

• Increasingly dark page design to highlight its ancient subject but maybe more organized!

• Link to "Deaf History and Digital History: Understanding Ordinary Lives" presentation with Rebecca Edwards, historian, about the graduates of the American School for the Deaf and how census data can be used to research Deaf history and culture. 

• New dedicated section for the "Société Laurent Clerc"​ organization. 

• Increased monthly visitation from around 250 per month to 350 per month. 

• New section for presentations and videos about Laurent Clerc and the American School for the Deaf. 

 

April 2025

• Lecture "The Survival of a Non-Juror: The Abbe Sicard and the Founding of the National Institute of Deaf-Mutes During the Reign of Terror" by Dr. Emmet Kennedy

• The History of Sign Language: Parts I-IV in the Media Darling Section 

 

January 2025

• Louisiana School for the Deaf article from 1966 by by Edward E. Corbett, Jr. Great article!

• Fixed and update pages in the Clerc Art Section and about the Kentucky Clerc Portrait. 

• Updated the Clerc Theatre page.

• 2024 Annual Report

• Updating and redoing American School for the Deaf page. 

 

December 2024

• Re-organizing the Clerc Family pages

 

November 2024

• Connecticut Valley Views feature on the Cogswell Heritage House. 

• The Laurent Clerc Wilton Papers presentation 2023, or at least part of it!

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October 2024

• ​Added some information about the garden, some about the new tombstones in 1996 and about a 1917 visit to the gravesite., 

 

August 2024

• Have broken the garden pages in two, now have a garden updates page. 

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May 2024

• Clerc Short Stories are a review and summary of the Clerc documents from 1816 to 1869. They encompass the lives of Laurent and his four (4) children, Elizabeth, Francis, Sarah and Charles. 

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February 2024

• Our first Annual report in a while gives everyone a review of the year. Short and sweet! 

• New blog posts are up, research and history categories now. 

• New Laurent Clerc Bust/Memorial research

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January 2024

• Some new additions to our growing timeline.

• Several blog posts about the newest arrived Clerc Letters

• A new section following the Laurent Clerc research process. 

• A link to the 1987 Clerc Memorial Bust dedication at Gallaudet University. 

• Updated page on the various Laurent Clerc portraits. 

• Put up the travelogue that I did in 2003 when FOLDA helped me attend an international Deaf history conference in Paris.

• New artwork in the gallery.  

• Updates on researching Laurent. 

 

December 2023

• Updated article about John Carlin, deaf portrait painter

• Updated article about the Peale Portraits of Laurent and Eliza Clerc. 

• New article from FRAT magazine about Benjamin Dubois, his oral methods and Laurent's comments. 

• A feel good story about a boy and girl, meeting on the internet and great things come of it...Sterling Flatware!

 

October 2023

• We are now posting our Facebook content in blog form on this website!

 

August 2023

• Update of the Laurent and Eliza Clerc Garden work.

 

July 2023

• New You Tube Videos presenting all things Laurent Clerc!

 

June 2023

• A page about the spiritual life of Laurent Clerc.

• A page dedicated to theatrical works about Laurent Clerc.

• A new page about Sicard's fundraising demonstrations starting with the ones in Brighton, England in 1815.

• Some of Laurent and Eliza's neighbors at Spring Grove Cemetery.

• Text of Laurent Clerc's Dedication at the Opening of Gallaudet University, June 28, 1864

• An article on July 23, 2020, "Examining Wilton’s History: Racial Justice, Inequality and Activism–Part 4: Housing" by Lily Kepner. It mentions Francis Clerc Ogden and highlights the racial prejudices of his time.

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​​​​​​​April 2023

• April Laurent Clerc History Presentations

  • American School for the Deaf Founders Day Review

  • Yale University LC History Presentation Review

  • PS 47 Manhattan LC History Presentation Review

• Yale Tribute to the American School for the Deaf featuring Flat Laurent

• American School for the Deaf Founders Day Presentation about Wilton Clerc Papers (Starts at 15:13)

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March 2023

• New Virtual Art Gallery Submission

• Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Page

• New Clerc timeline updates

 

December 18, 2022

• Clerc Classic Basketball Page

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November 28, 2022

• Updates to Laurent Clerc's Timeline

• Our What's New page

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November 26, 2022

• Page update for Insitut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris.

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November 25, 2022

• Laurent and Eliza Clerc Garden story

 

November 23, 2022

• Cogswell Heritage House Page

Laurent Clerc's Watch

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November 20, 2022

• story on the Laurent Clerc Bust that sits at the American School for the Deaf

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November 19, 2022

• The Wilton Papers how the Francis Clerc Ogden papers were found and loaned to the American School for the Deaf.

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December 6, 2022

• A new donations page for the Societe Laurent Clerc

• A link to the ASD Pioneers website

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