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Adam Hodges-LeClaire mobile: (+1) 781-799-1712 email: [email protected] 'Living History' - a passion and developing career Training at university in social history, focusing on colonial North America, British Isles, & France, c. 1750-1790. Undergoing period apprenticeship to learn the trade of 18th century tailoring. I use meticulous research to build hand-made reproductions that accurately depict a specific time, place, and culture; when these ‘impressions’ are used in interactive public programs, the result is credible and engaging ‘living history’. Recent projects have included [see images on attached sheet]: -Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (Boston, 1780) [via American Friends of Hermione Lafayette] - French Canadian militiaman scouting along New France’s southern border, 1750 (via Kroka Expedition) -fusilier of the Languedoc Regiment stationed at Fort Carillon in 1756 (via Fort Ticonderoga Association) -private of Mercer's Brigade serving at the Battle of Princeton, 1776 (via Campaign 1776/Civil War Trust] -French Royal Marine Navy sailor on frigate Hermione, 1780 (via Association Hermione - La Fayette) Professional Experience: Outdoor Educator at Kroka Expeditions (outdoor expedition school in Marlow, NH) summer 2016 Volunteer Topman with Hermione (recreated 1779 French warship, [216-ft. long, 32 guns]) fall 2014/summer 2015 Apprentice Tailor at Fort Ticonderoga (recreated 18th century fort on Lake Champlain) summers 2012-14 Seasonal Farm Apprentice at Lindentree Farm (organic vegetable farm in Lincoln, MA) autumn 2011 SYP Fieldworker with The Food Project (agricultural & social justice NGO in Boston, MA) summer 2010 Academic Training: University of St. Andrews, Master of Arts Honours in Modern History [ongoing] 2012-2014, 2015-2017 Kroka Expeditions Vermont Semester (600 mile wilderness trip with accredited outdoor school) Jan-June 2012 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School 2007 – 2011 Skills: • fluent in French • passionate outdoor enthusiast (cycling, agricultural work, canoeing, wilderness camping) • experienced actor and public speaker, including technical knowledge in stage effects & makeup • certified in black powder firearms use and safety by US National Park Service, Fort Ticonderoga Association, State of Vermont • plays the fife, an 18th century military wind-instrument, since 1999
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Adam Hodges-LeClaire
mobile: (+1) 781-799-1712 email: [email protected]
'Living History' - a passion and developing career
Training at university in social history, focusing on colonial North America, British Isles, & France, c. 1750-1790.
Undergoing period apprenticeship to learn the trade of 18th century tailoring.
I use meticulous research to build hand-made reproductions that accurately depict a specific time, place, and culture;
when these ‘impressions’ are used in interactive public programs, the result is credible and engaging ‘living history’.
Recent projects have included [see images on attached sheet]:
-Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (Boston, 1780) [via American Friends of Hermione Lafayette]
- French Canadian militiaman scouting along New France’s southern border, 1750 (via Kroka Expedition)
-fusilier of the Languedoc Regiment stationed at Fort Carillon in 1756 (via Fort Ticonderoga Association)
-private of Mercer's Brigade serving at the Battle of Princeton, 1776 (via Campaign 1776/Civil War Trust]
-French Royal Marine Navy sailor on frigate Hermione, 1780 (via Association Hermione - La Fayette)
Professional Experience:
Outdoor Educator at Kroka Expeditions (outdoor expedition school in Marlow, NH) summer 2016
Volunteer Topman with Hermione (recreated 1779 French warship, [216-ft. long, 32 guns]) fall 2014/summer 2015
Apprentice Tailor at Fort Ticonderoga (recreated 18th century fort on Lake Champlain) summers 2012-14
Seasonal Farm Apprentice at Lindentree Farm (organic vegetable farm in Lincoln, MA) autumn 2011
SYP Fieldworker with The Food Project (agricultural & social justice NGO in Boston, MA) summer 2010
Academic Training:
University of St. Andrews, Master of Arts Honours in Modern History [ongoing] 2012-2014, 2015-2017
Kroka Expeditions Vermont Semester (600 mile wilderness trip with accredited outdoor school) Jan-June 2012
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School 2007 – 2011
Skills:
• fluent in French
• passionate outdoor enthusiast (cycling, agricultural work, canoeing, wilderness camping)
• experienced actor and public speaker, including technical knowledge in stage effects & makeup
• certified in black powder firearms use and safety by US National Park Service, Fort Ticonderoga Association, State of Vermont
• plays the fife, an 18th century military wind-instrument, since 1999
Fusilier of the Régiment Languedoc (Fort Carillon, 1756)
[Fort Ticonderoga Association]
Milicien from Sault St. Louis (Lac du Saint Sacrement, 1750)
[Kroka Expeditions]
Private of Mercer's Brigade (Princeton, 1776)
[Campaign 1776/Civil War Trust]
Engaging history you can see, smell and feel.
Each item of clothing reproduced by hand from documented patterns and materials.
A tangible connection to the past, making history pay in the present.
For a sample of my work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdqK-JJNMzo
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (Boston, 1780)
[American Friends of Hermione Lafayette]
French Royal Navy Sailor (Arsenal de Rochefort, 1779)
[Association Hermione-Lafayette]
Adam Hodges-LeClaire [[email protected]]
