[2] The series was produced by Goddard Lieberson,[3] who started it as a way to "document important periods and events in the history of our continent".
[4] When Columbia was reorganized in 1966, Legacy remained within Lieberson's remit when he took over as head of what was now called CBS Records, a division of CBS-Columbia Group.
[5] The Badmen (1963), a collection for children about outlaws on the American frontier, combines recordings of American folk music and spoken word performance with a 70-page book.
[6] In 1965, Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals shared the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for Mexico.
[10] The Russian Revolution has a recording of Vladimir Lenin's voice.