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
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 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
Nuclear fallout shelter and safety collection, #8584. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
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
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Individual and Family Preparedness
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1960 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Executive Office of the President/Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Emergency Sanitation at Home
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1961 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Department of Defense/Office of Civil Defense
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
MPF, Multi-Purpose Food: a simple answer to the food storage problem for civil defense
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1960's |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
The Family Fallout Shelter
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1959 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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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"
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Responsibilities of the Local Government
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1961 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
This is Your Community Emergency Plan
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1970 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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California Disaster Office
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Fire Fighting for Householders
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1960 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Department of Defense
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Personal Preparedness in the Nuclear Age
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1961 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
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Box 1 | Folder 9 |
A Family Action Program, home protection exercises
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1960 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Executive Office of the President
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Emergency Actions to Save Lives
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1960's |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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California Disaster Office
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
First aid
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1961 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Facts about Fallout protection
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1961 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack
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1960's |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Fallout Protection: What to know and do about nuclear attack
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1961 |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
When The Warning Sounds - 2 business size cards with information
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Undated |
Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Digital |
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Nuclear bomb effects computer
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1962 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
The atom bomb and you
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1950-09 |
Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Survival under atomic attack
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1950 |
Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Handbook for civilians, just in case atom bombs fall
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1951 |
Box 1 | Folder 20 |
What can I do: The citizen's handbook for war
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
Outlines specific actions for men and women, boys and girls
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Missile safety officers' special study kit
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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".
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
3 nuclear war propaganda posters
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Living with weather
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Scope and Contents
MSD publication
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Reliability
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Scope and Contents
MSD publication
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Disaster control procedures at ballistic missile site P.E.P.
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Scope and Contents
MSD publication
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
2 pieces of internal correspondence
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Storage and user's manual for the Scott Model 6000-A2MS Air-Pak breathing tank and
mask
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Reliable electrical connections
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