CLERC FAMILY HISTORY I have finally arrived home from my trip to France. Before the cycling and hiking, which were lovely, I had the...

I spent some time in Ohio. (For those of you not on this continent) That would be 8 years in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was from around 1960 to...

I continue to meet many interesting and active members of the Deaf community. Yesterday was not exception. I received an email from the...

Today I am again reminded of the wonderful folks that I meet while I work on Laurent's life. A while back I decided that it would be...

My greatest disappointment with this project is my lack of ASL. Laurent and Eliza had no deaf family members after themselves. So any...

This research thing would seem to be a lonely endeavour but it is just the opposite. Where do we get to hang out and engage with others...

Today had some excitement and sadness I suppose. I have been researching this Laurent Clerc at a reunion in 1867 in none other than...

Today I needed to provide some content for the website. Sometimes I get away from it and forgot that it has to be fed like the beast it...

Part of my research and work on the stamp for Laurent Clerc is testing how to reach folks to make connections to educate others about...

Today I was in an organizational mood. I have been working on the Laurent Clerc Bible. This is an attempt to catalogue all the known...

Iam constantly reminded how much fun research has become. It can consume days. I recently included a post in the blog and in the our ...

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...

LAURENT CLERC FRATERNIZING? I am not sure how to respond to Nathaniel. If Laurent had not fraternized with students after classroom...

Ok, you might need to cut me some slack, getting all maudlin (the tearfully sentimental and not intoxicated part of  a word meaning...

I was recently reading the article “Laurent Clerc: A Complex and Conflicted Deaf Man in America" by Kurz and Hlibok. In this article they...

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...

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...

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...

Throughout my work on the history of Laurent Clerc, my 4x great grandfather, I have made many serendipitous connections and met scores of...

On December 6, 2023, the SOCIÉTÉ LAURENT CLERC laurentclerc.org held a presentation at the Wilton Library https://www.wiltonlibrary.org i...