The Gilbert C. Eastman Collection contains papers mostly on Laurent Clerc. Gilbert C. Eastman became interested in collecting information on Clerc when he was on sabbatical leave from Gallaudet College to write his play, Laurent Clerc: A profile.

The collection has Xerox papers on Laurent Clerc, the history of American School for the Deaf, maps, pictures, Clerc’s descendants, correspondence, presentations, and his trips to France. It also included his script from the play, Laurent Clerc: A profile.

There are slides from his trip to France contained in the photograph collection in the Gallaudet University Archives. He gathered most of that information from Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale College, American School for the Deaf, and Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT.