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Almon Miner Lippincott
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Isaac Hine and Sophia Rowley
Love and Family at ASD
As deaf children c...
Algot Anderson
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Gallaudet Family
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Augustus Fuller
Portrait Painter and Traveler
Augustus Fu...
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
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Julia Brace
Education for Those who were Deaf and Blind
...Clerc Family
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Gilbert Family of Hebron
Deaf with Support, but not Education
Ther...
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Almon Miner Lippincott
Pilot
This stunning vista across Madison’s saltmarshes sits on top of the remains of Almon Miner Lippincott’s airplane hangar. Lippincott, who typically went by “Miner”, was born deaf on December 5, 1904 and raised in Madison. He ...
Isaac Hine and Sophia Rowley
Love and Family at ASD
As deaf children came to Hartford from across the country, they not only received an education, but created a community. They forged lifelong friendships by learning, living, and working together. Many became young couples and ...
Algot Anderson
Pioneer and Artist
Algot Anderson was a talented artist and a passionate supporter of the American School for the Deaf. Anderson was born on October 20, 1897 in Meriden. At the age of three, he and his ...
Gallaudet Family
One of American School for the Deaf’s Founding Families
Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, born December 10, 1787, met Dr. Mason Cogswell and his daughter Alice in the summer of 1814. Realizing that, although Alice was deaf, she ...
Augustus Fuller
Portrait Painter and Traveler
Augustus Fuller (1812-1873) was born deaf in Massachusetts and attended the American School for the Deaf from 1824 to 1828. His brother Aaron also studied at ASD and married fellow alumni Sophia Smith. His hearing sister ...
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Poet and Teacher
Lydia Huntley Sigourney was born in Norwich on September 1, 1791. She began her young adult life as a teacher and opened a school for ladies in Norwich and later in Hartford at the ...
Julia Brace
Education for Those who were Deaf and Blind
Born into a poor family living in Newington, Julia Brace (1807-1884)became the first deaf and blind person to receive an education in America. Her life paved the way for other blind-deaf children ...
Clerc Family
From France to Hartford
Louis Laurent Marie Clerc was born on December 26, 1785 in La Balme, France. Born hearing, an accident by a fireplace when he was one year old caused him to become deaf. The ...
Gilbert Family of Hebron
Deaf with Support, but not Education
There had been many families with deaf children long before Alice Cogswell and the formation of the American School for the Deaf. Educational opportunities for these children were limited, but with strong family support ...
Asylum Gravesite
Resting Place for Students and Facility
The American School for the Deaf was not impervious to the childhood diseases and misfortunes that haunted the 19thcentury. Sadly some students died from illness and accidents while attending school ...
