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Letter to Alan Lomax Regarding the Voyager Golden Record

Letter to Alan Lomax Regarding the Voyager Golden Record

Carl Sagan thanks Alan Lomax for agreeing to contribute his expertise in ethnomusicology to the help make final musical selections for the Voyager Golden Record. Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records wh... More

Henrietta Yurchenco (right) and an unidentified woman, Johns Island, South Carolina

Henrietta Yurchenco (right) and an unidentified woman, Johns Island, S...

Ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco speaks with an African American woman in front of a Methodist church that served as a focus for some of her field research on Johns Island, South Carolina, in 1970-71. The ... More

Letter to Alan Lomax Regarding the Voyager Golden Record

Letter to Alan Lomax Regarding the Voyager Golden Record

Carl Sagan thanks Alan Lomax for agreeing to contribute his expertise in ethnomusicology to the help make final musical selections for the Voyager Golden Record. Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records wh... More