Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Carl Sagan, astronomer, author, and educator, and Ann Druyan, author and television producer, were purchased by Seth MacFarlane for the Library of Congress in 2012.
Processing History
The papers of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan were processed in 2013 by Connie L. Cartledge, Karen Linn Femia, Melinda K. Friend, Laura J. Kells, Kathleen O'Neill, and Karen Stuart, with the assistance of Thomas Bigley, Maria Farmer, Rosa Hernandez, Sherralyn McCoy, Brian McGuire, Jewel McPherson, Dan Oleksiw, Kimberly Owens, Tammi Taylor, and Prints and Photographs Division staff who processed the photographs and visual materials. The finding aid was revised in 2017 to include a description of the Digital Files and to indicate the expiration of restrictions for the television and book files relating to “Nucleus.”
Digital files were received as part of the papers of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan on a variety of storage media, each of which was assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with each media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Sound recordings, films, videotapes, and videodiscs have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Books and technical reports have been transferred to the Science and Technology Division, and some books have been made available as part of the Manuscript Division Reading Room reference collection. One comic book, “Man with Head of Saturn,” has been transferred to the Serial & Government Publications Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Druyan Archive.
Microfilm
Microfilm on one reel was received as part of the papers of the Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Druyan Archive and is listed and described in this finding aid. This microfilm is not available for interlibrary loan.
Online Content
Part of the papers of Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Druyan Archive are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000030.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container, reel, or digital ID number, Seth MacFarlane Collection of the Carl Sagan and Druyan Archive, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.