Another query--linguistics in 1974?

[Erin McKean]

Folks,

I'm really, really not trying to make anyone feel old, but would
anyone like to post about what it was like to work in linguistics in
1974, or the mid-seventies in general? I'm assuming that linguistics
wasn't well-known to the general public then. I'd welcome any
pointers to off-line history-of-the-discipline stuff I could read
about that time. (For some reason, linguists don't seem to be writing
their memoirs in great numbers.)

1974 (in case you're wondering "why then?") was the year VERBATIM was founded.

I was thinking about trying to do a Nexus search on the word
"linguist(ic)(s)" to see what I hope would be an increase in
frequency from 1970-2000. How useful do you db mavens think this
would be?

Hoping this isn't too off-topic; I probably should post on the
LinguistList but y'all are so friendly. . .

Thanks!

Erin McKean
editor at verbatimmag.com