Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc 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 (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard, and Roberts Vaux.
Dates
- 1811-1896
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Existence and Location of Copies
Selected correspondence and other writings from the Laurent Clerc Papers are available on microfilm (405 frames on 1 reel, 35mm.) from Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, at cost. Order no. HM77. This film also includes selected items from the Silliman Family Papers (MS 450) and eighty-three items from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Guy B. Holt, 1962.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in two chronological sequences, the first consisting of correspondence and the second of all other material.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
The papers consist of correspondence relating to the founding of the American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut in 1817 by Laurent Clerc at the invitation of Thomas H. Gallaudet. Included also is a diary in English kept by Clerc 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 (1857-1869). Principal correspondents are John Louis Cheverus, Thomas H. Gallaudet, Abbé Sicard, and Roberts Vaux.
Biographical / Historical
Laurent Clerc 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 American School for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, Connecticut, where he taught until 1858.
- American School, at Hartford, for the Deaf
- Cheverus, Jean-Louis-Anne-Madeleine Lefebvre de, 1768-1836
- Clerc, Laurent, 1785-1869
- Deaf -- Education and institutions
- Diaries
- Education
- Educators
- Europe
- French -- United States
- Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851
- Shipping
- Sicard, Roch Ambroise, 1742-1822
- Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836
- Title
- Guide to the Laurent Clerc Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Françoise Rosset and Susan Grigg
- Date
- May 1979
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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