Nuclear fallout shelter and safety collection, 1959-1961.
Collection Number: 8584

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Nuclear fallout shelter and safety collection, 1959-1961.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8584
Abstract:
Collection contains 20+ pamphlets, booklets and newsletters on missle safety and how to prepare for and survive a nuclear attack (issued primarily by federal and state government agencies). Also, a circular nuclear bomb effects computer.
Creator:
Quanitities:
.1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Cold War tensions and threat of nuclear war convinced government leaders in the United States that millions of lives could be saved by the construction of home fallout shelters. How-to booklets proliferated, instructing people in the fine points of building their own shelters, family preparations, first aid, and what to do in an emergency.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection contains 20+ pamphlets, booklets and newsletters on missle safety and how to prepare for and survive a nuclear attack (issued primarily by federal and state government agencies). Also, a circular nuclear bomb effects computer.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Nuclear fallout shelter and safety collection, #8584. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Subjects:
Survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects.
Nuclear warfare -- Safety measures.
Nuclear warfare.
Nuclear energy -- Safety measures.
Nuclear energy -- United States.
Nuclear energy.
Nuclear disasters.
Nuclear bomb shelters.
Cold War.
Civil defense -- United States.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Individual and Family Preparedness
1960
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Digital
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Executive Office of the President/Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Box 1 Folder 2
Emergency Sanitation at Home
1961
Digital
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Digital
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Department of Defense/Office of Civil Defense
Box 1 Folder 3
MPF, Multi-Purpose Food: a simple answer to the food storage problem for civil defense
1960's
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 4
The Family Fallout Shelter
1959
Digital
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Digital
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Scope and Contents
Stapled inside the front cover is a list - "Civil Defense Information: You Should Have the Following Items on Hand At All Times"
Box 1 Folder 5
Responsibilities of the Local Government
1961
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 6
This is Your Community Emergency Plan
1970
Digital
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Digital
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California Disaster Office
Box 1 Folder 7
Fire Fighting for Householders
1960
Digital
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Digital
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Department of Defense
Box 1 Folder 8
Personal Preparedness in the Nuclear Age
1961
Digital
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Digital
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Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Box 1 Folder 9
A Family Action Program, home protection exercises
1960
Digital
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Digital
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Executive Office of the President
Box 1 Folder 10
Emergency Actions to Save Lives
1960's
Digital
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Digital
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California Disaster Office
Box 1 Folder 11
First aid
1961
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 12
Facts about Fallout protection
1961
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 13
Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack
1960's
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 14
Fallout Protection: What to know and do about nuclear attack
1961
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 15
When The Warning Sounds - 2 business size cards with information
Undated
Digital
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Digital
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Box 1 Folder 16
Nuclear bomb effects computer
1962
Box 1 Folder 17
The atom bomb and you
1950-09
Box 1 Folder 18
Survival under atomic attack
1950
Box 1 Folder 19
Handbook for civilians, just in case atom bombs fall
1951
Box 1 Folder 20
What can I do: The citizen's handbook for war
1942
Scope and Contents
Outlines specific actions for men and women, boys and girls
Box 1 Folder 21
Missile safety officers' special study kit
1964-07-1964-08
Scope and Contents
From the original dealer description: "According to the table of contents in the packet's cover letter, an additional publication titled 'Countdown' appears to be missing".
Box 1 Folder 21
3 nuclear war propaganda posters
Box 1 Folder 21
Living with weather
Scope and Contents
MSD publication
Box 1 Folder 21
Reliability
Scope and Contents
MSD publication
Box 1 Folder 21
Disaster control procedures at ballistic missile site P.E.P.
Scope and Contents
MSD publication
Box 1 Folder 21
2 pieces of internal correspondence
Box 1 Folder 21
Storage and user's manual for the Scott Model 6000-A2MS Air-Pak breathing tank and mask
Box 1 Folder 21
Reliable electrical connections