Laurent Clere papers, 1811-1896 [microform].

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Laurent Clere papers, 1811-1896 [microform].

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The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School of the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Inlcuded also is a diary in English kept by Clere during his voyage to the United States from France (1816) together with transcriptions of newspaper accounts of his first address in the United States, newspaper clippings, legal and financial documents, student papers and memorabilia. There are a few family and personal papers and autobiographical notes by Clerc. Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbe Sicard and Robert Vaux.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851

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Educators. From the description of T.H. Gallaudet and Edward Miner Gallaudet papers, 1806-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80754719 Philadelphia-born educator; pioneer in teaching of the deaf. From the description of ALS : Hartford, to James McFarlane Mathews, 1832 July 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316930 Biographical Note T. H. Gallaudet ...

Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869

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Laurent Clere became deaf at the age of one year. He was educated at the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Paris, where he became a teacher in 1805. In 1816 he joined Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in founding the America School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut, where he taught until 1858. From the description of Laurent Clere papers, 1811-1896 [microform]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 45965258 Laurent Clerc became deaf at the age of one year....

Sicard, M. l'abbé (Roch Ambroise Cucurron), 1742-1822.

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American School, at Hartford, for the Deaf

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Cheverus, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefabvre de, 1768-1836.

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