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SOCIÉTÉ LAURENT CLERC
thesocietelaurentc
Feb 182 min read
LAURENT CLERC AND "THE GREAT WAR" 1918
Many days I am searching and searching for something interesting to post to you all about Laurent Clerc. I do not know whom I am kidding,...
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thesocietelaurentc
Feb 142 min read
LAURENT CLERC GETS HIS DAY AND A MEMORIAL!
Note: The JSTOR articles linked below are accessible by a free membership! I received a text from Brad, a curator at the Cogswell...
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thesocietelaurentc
Feb 132 min read
THE ELIZABETH VICTORIA BABY SPOON
Those of us that follow everything Laurent Clerc have been considerably bummed that we have not been able to find things out about...
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thesocietelaurentc
Feb 82 min read
Deep Thinking Laurent Clerc's Paris Milieu
In my research about Laurent Clerc, I am often brought to the point of asking myself what the motivations were for Laurent to accept the...
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thesocietelaurentc
Feb 51 min read
TOMBSTONE REPAIR: CHARLES MICHAEL CLERC
Recently down at the Laurent and Eliza gravesite garden checking in on our frozen milieu. You might remember that we had successful...
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thesocietelaurentc
Feb 22 min read
LAURENT RACKS UP THE RECOGNITION
We love when people recognize Laurent for his contributions to Deaf education, ASL and to the advancement of Deaf culture in America and...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 302 min read
CLERC CITIZENSHIP?
We have wondered about Clerc as an American citizen for some time now. Was he or wasn't he. I am sure that he identified as one but...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 271 min read
Laurent Clerc Accused? Shocking!
LAURENT CLERC FRATERNIZING? I am not sure how to respond to Nathaniel. If Laurent had not fraternized with students after classroom...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 261 min read
Enough Already Laurent
Ok, you might need to cut me some slack, getting all maudlin (the tearfully sentimental and not intoxicated part of a word meaning...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 242 min read
Laurent Clerc: Sign Language Becomes Ugly?
I was recently reading the article “Laurent Clerc: A Complex and Conflicted Deaf Man in America" by Kurz and Hlibok. In this article they...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 222 min read
Laurent Agrees with State Funding of Deaf Education
Last year was exciting for our discovery of the Wilton Papers and the new insights into the family and work life of Laurent Clerc. You...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 192 min read
Laurent Trips on China
This is getting fun again. Now here is an interesting story that was noted during the 3rd Annual Convention for Deaf-Mutes. See the link...
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thesocietelaurentc
Jan 182 min read
Laurent Packs His Wedding Party
I just really enjoy it when we are able to find new pieces of Laurent Clerc history out there. This week it had to do with Laurent's...
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thesocietelaurentc
Dec 16, 20235 min read
Adele Raverot Clerc's Sterling Flatware
Throughout my work on the history of Laurent Clerc, my 4x great grandfather, I have made many serendipitous connections and met scores of...
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thesocietelaurentc
Dec 12, 20231 min read
The Wilton Clerc Papers Present
On December 6, 2023, the SOCIÉTÉ LAURENT CLERC laurentclerc.org held a presentation at the Wilton Library https://www.wiltonlibrary.org i...
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thesocietelaurentc
Oct 16, 20231 min read
365 DAYS OF LAURENT CLERC
Over the last year we have been trying to expand our understanding of this unique individual and his contributions to Deaf History and...
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thesocietelaurentc
Oct 15, 20234 min read
A FEEL GOOD LAURENT CLERC STORY
Ok, I have to tell you this lovely When The Mind Hears story. Makes one feel good about the world and people. So, In 1985 my father,...
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thesocietelaurentc
Oct 15, 20231 min read
The History of Sign Language
Harlan has taken you through what he feels are the less then noble members of society that made their names on deaf education. He...
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thesocietelaurentc
Oct 15, 20231 min read
The History of Sign Language
Harlan and the Baron are not kind to Juan Pablo Bonet (1573-1633) a Spanish priest who wrote what is believed to be the first book on...
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thesocietelaurentc
Oct 15, 20231 min read
The History of Sign Language
Franciscus Mercurius van Helmont (1614 – 1698) traveled with Bohemian gypsies in search of the universal language of man, who the Deaf...
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