LSA Archives
Main Archive
The physical archives of the LSA are housed at The State Historical Society of Missouri on the campus of University of Missouri-Columbia. The complete inventory of documents (from 1896 - 1998) of the collection is available online. A listing of additional materials donated to the collection, but not yet indexed, is available as a PDF from the Missouri website. The collection is accessible to scholars via appointment and also by submitting a formal request for document retrieval. Copies of relevant materials can then be sent to the scholar at his/her local research site for a nominal fee.Publications Archives
- LSA Annual Meeting Handbooks
- Language Archives
- Semantics and Pragmatics Archive
- eLanguage Archive (2008-2013)
- Select Conference Proceedings
- Complete run of the printed LSA Bulletin (1926-1969) and electronic LSA Bulletin (1970-2005)
- LSA Update Archive (2010-present)
Selected Materials
An unpublished 167 page manuscript prepared by Martin Joos circa1973 in conjunction with the LSA's 50th anniversary.
A temporary project of the Society that contained short informational videos about language geared towards the general public. Content from the archive is now housed on the LSA's YouTube channel, which also includes recordings of some LSA events.
In March 2024, the LSA launched the current website at www.lsadc.org . While the old website (www.linguisticsociety.org) is no longer active, most of its pages were preserved in the Internet Archive, a 501c3 recording the history of millions of websites. Pages from the old LSA website were recorded between October 2012 and March 2024, which can be accessed by clicking on the blue circles on the Internet Archive's calendar pages. For example, begin with 3/18/2024 to view the homepage as it was just prior to the shift to the new site and access more clickable links from within the homepage.
Because there are some gaps in the Internet Archive of the old website, the LSA also preserved PNG screen captures of each of the >2000 web pages from the old site. Researchers who would like to access those screen captures can contact the LSA Secretariat at lsa@lsadc.org to apply for access.
Because there are some gaps in the Internet Archive of the old website, the LSA also preserved PNG screen captures of each of the >2000 web pages from the old site. Researchers who would like to access those screen captures can contact the LSA Secretariat at lsa@lsadc.org to apply for access.
LSA Archivist
The LSA established the volunteer position of Archivist at the time the collection at Missouri was established. The Archivist advises the Society about appropriate mechanisms for preserving the records of the LSA. Linguist Margaret Thomas currently serves as the LSA Archivist.Questions about the LSA archives may be directed to the LSA Secretariat: lsa@lsadc.org.