FYI: LSA Institute Photos?

Author:	Andries Coetzee
Linguistic Field(s):	Not Applicable
FYI Body:	Dear fellow linguists, As you all (hopefully) know, the University of Michigan will host the 2013 LSA Institute (http://lsa2013.lsa.umich.edu/). As we prepare for this wonderful event, we started wondering about the value that these Institutes have for the Linguistics community as a whole, and for individual linguists. And what better way to visualize this value than through photographs and pictures that were taken at previous Institutes? We have seen some wonderful pictures taken at lectures and at social events at previous Institutes. These pictures really exemplify what an Institute is all about -- both intellectual stimulation and socializing. We would like to collect as many photographs and pictures from previous Institutes as possible. It doesn't matter whether it is of the 2011 Colorado Institute or an Institute from the 1950's. Any and all photos will be appreciated. However, we are particularly interested in images from the pre-internet era Institutes -- since there is virtually no pictorial record of these events. So, if you have ever been to an Institute and if you have pictures lying around in a drawer or sitting somewhere on a harddrive, please send those to us. We will create a place where these can all reside on the Web. It could become a wonderful pictorial record of the history of the Institute, and of Linguistics. Please go through your drawers and find these pictures, scan them and e-mail to us. Or of they are already electronic, just e-mail them. The more information you can supply the better. We would minimally need to know which Institute the picture was taken at. But more information, such as who is in the picture, the occasion at which it was taken, etc. would also help. Please send images to: llsa.institute.pics@umich.edu. And feel free to contact Andries Coetzee with any questions (coetzee@umich.edu)