What's New
Our website is presently under a slow and grinding construction. This page is to let you know what has changed since your last visit.
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December 2024
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Re-organizing the Clerc Family pages
November 2024
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Connecticut Valley Views feature on the Cogswell Heritage House.
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The Laurent Clerc Wilton Papers presentation 2023, or at least part of it!
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October 2024
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​Added some information about the garden, some about the new tombstones in 1996 and about a 1917 visit to the gravesite.,
August 2024
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Have broken the garden pages in two, now have a garden updates page.
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May 2024
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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
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Our first Annual report in a while gives everyone a review of the year. Short and sweet!
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New Laurent Clerc Bust/Memorial research
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January 2024
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Some new additions to our growing timeline.
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Several blog posts about the newest arrived Clerc Letters
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A new section following the Laurent Clerc research process.
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A link to the 1987 Clerc Memorial Bust dedication at Gallaudet University.
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Updated page on the various Laurent Clerc portraits.
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Put up the travelogue that I did in 2003 when FOLDA helped me attend an international Deaf history conference in Paris.
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New artwork in the gallery.
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Updates on researching Laurent.
December 2023
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Updated article about John Carlin, deaf portrait painter
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Updated article about the Peale Portraits of Laurent and Eliza Clerc.
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New article from FRAT magazine about Benjamin Dubois, his oral methods and Laurent's comments.
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A feel good story about a boy and girl, meeting on the internet and great things come of it...Sterling Flatware!
October 2023
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We are now posting our Facebook content in blog form on this website!
August 2023
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Update of the Laurent and Eliza Clerc Garden work.
July 2023
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New You Tube Videos presenting all things Laurent Clerc!
June 2023
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A page about the spiritual life of Laurent Clerc.
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A page dedicated to theatrical works about Laurent Clerc.
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A new page about Sicard's fundraising demonstrations starting with the ones in Brighton, England in 1815.
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Some of Laurent and Eliza's neighbors at Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Text of Laurent Clerc's Dedication at the Opening of Gallaudet University, June 28, 1864
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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.
May 2023
The Legacy of the American School for the Deaf
by Dr. Rebecca Edwards
The Center Church in Hartford has a lecture series, The Boyajian Lecture Series, which this last week focused on the origins of American School for the Deaf. I really enjoyed this lecture for its detail around 1815-1818 in the ASD origin story. Loved of course the focus on Laurent's contributions and profound thoughts. Thank you Dr. Edwards.
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April 2023
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April Laurent Clerc History Presentations
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Yale Tribute to the American School for the Deaf featuring Flat Laurent
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American School for the Deaf Founders Day Presentation about Wilton Clerc Papers (Starts at 15:13)
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March 2023
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New Virtual Art Gallery Submission
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New Clerc timeline updates
December 18, 2022
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November 28, 2022
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Updates to Laurent Clerc's Timeline
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Our What's New page
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November 26, 2022
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Page update for Insitut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris.
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November 25, 2022
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Laurent and Eliza Clerc Garden story
November 23, 2022
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Cogswell Heritage House Page
Laurent Clerc's Watch
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November 20, 2022
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story on the Laurent Clerc Bust that sits at the American School for the Deaf
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November 19, 2022
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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
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A new donations page for the Societe Laurent Clerc
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