6. Civil Defense. 1949-1982.
Evolving notions as to possible methods for surviving a nuclear conflict, including the debate over the viability of fallouts shelters, are chronicled in this series.
53 items
1014.
ALBRIGHT, GIFFORD H., Editor. Planning Atomic Shelters: A Guidebook for Architects and Engineers. 196 pages. Illustrated. Oblong 4to, decorative spiral-bound wrappers. University
Park: Penn. State Press. 1961. TH1097 .A5
1015.
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Bibliography Medical Aspects of Civil Defense. 40 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, in library binder. Chicago: AMA. circa 1953.
1016.
BLAKE, LARRY. "The Complacent Americans." With: Robert Connelly as the American, who failed, both himself and his Country.
And Jack F. Fuller, Office of Civil Defense, Coordinator City of Los Angeles. 12-inch
long-playing phonograph record, in the original pictorial jacket. Los Angeles: Cee
Dee Records. 1961.
A "mirrorphonic" recording on transparent red vinyl. The first side is a fictional nuclear attack on Los Angeles, with attendant sound effects. Side 2 comprises an extended plea for a stepped-up civil defense effort.
A "mirrorphonic" recording on transparent red vinyl. The first side is a fictional nuclear attack on Los Angeles, with attendant sound effects. Side 2 comprises an extended plea for a stepped-up civil defense effort.
1017.
BOND, HORATIO. A "First Book" on Fire Safety in the Atomic Age. 72 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Boston: National Fire Protection
Association. 1952. TH9241 .B65 1952
1018.
CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Protection from the Atomic Bomb. 6 leaves. Illustrated. 12mo, pictorial self-wrappers. Boston: Civil Defense Agency. 1950. UG1282.A8 M37 1950
1019.
CRUIT, RONALD L., & ROBERT L. Survive the Coming Nuclear War: How to Do It. 208 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Stein & Day. 1982. UF767 .C78 1982
1020.
DAVIS, WATSON, et al. Atomic Bombing. How to Protect Yourself. By Science Service. 186 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Wise. 1950. UF767 .S3 1950
1021.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL DEFENSE. OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE. Personal and Family Survival. Civil Defense Adult Education Course. Student Manual. 127 pages. Illustrated. 8vo,
printed wrappers. (Washington, D.C.: USGPO). 1966. UA927 .U55 1966
Loosely inserted, a form letter from the Bureau of the Census, relating to "the recent Military Home Fallout Protection Survey," USGPO, 1967.
Loosely inserted, a form letter from the Bureau of the Census, relating to "the recent Military Home Fallout Protection Survey," USGPO, 1967.
1022.
FAIRLAMB, JAMES R. Nuclear Survival Manual. BOSDEC - The Concrete Curtain. 187 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Butler, N.J.:
Drexel Winslow & Farrington. 1963. TH1097 .F3 1963
A detailed manual on the construction and use of reinforced concrete shelters.
A detailed manual on the construction and use of reinforced concrete shelters.
1023.
FRANK, PAT. How to Survive the H-Bomb - and Why. 160 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1962. UF767 .F76 1962
Amusing in its naivete. Sample advice: "[During a nuclear attack] stop at the first filling station and fill up with gas. . . if possible, use your credit card. . .Don't annoy or fluster people. They will certainly be jittery. . . ."
Amusing in its naivete. Sample advice: "[During a nuclear attack] stop at the first filling station and fill up with gas. . . if possible, use your credit card. . .Don't annoy or fluster people. They will certainly be jittery. . . ."
1024.
GERSTELL, RICHARD. How to Survive an Atomic Bomb. 149 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Bantam Books. 1950. UF767 .G39 1950
"The first post-Hiroshima civil-defense manual." -Boyer, p. 315.
"The first post-Hiroshima civil-defense manual." -Boyer, p. 315.
1025.
GRAY, DWIGHT E. & JOHN H. MARTENS. Radiation Monitoring in Atomic Defense. 122 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Van Nostrand. 1951. UF767 .G7
1026.
GREAT BRITAIN. HOME OFFICE. Civil Defense. Manual for Basic Training. Volume II. Atomic Warfare. 61 pages. Illustrated. 8vo,
printed stapled wrappers. London: HMSO. 1950.
1027.
HESLEP, CHARTER. Mobilizing Radio and Television. (For delivery at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11, 1951 at 10th Annual Conference on
Station Problems, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma.) 22 leaves. Original typescript
for the speech with manuscript corrections. 4to, printed on one side only. Norman,
Oklahoma. 1951.
Covers the role of radio and television in the event of an atomic attack against the United States. Heslep was then Chief of the Radio-Television Branch, Public Information Service, Atomic Energy Commission.
Covers the role of radio and television in the event of an atomic attack against the United States. Heslep was then Chief of the Radio-Television Branch, Public Information Service, Atomic Energy Commission.
1028.
HESLEP, CHARTER. Radio's Role in Defense. (Prepared for delivery at annual dinner of Tennessee Broadcasters Association, Nashville,
Tenn., December 6, 1950.) Original typescript for the speech. 12 leaves, printed on
one side only. 4to, unbound, stapled. Nashville. 1950.
Discussion of the role of radio in the event of an atomic attack against the United States.
Discussion of the role of radio in the event of an atomic attack against the United States.
1029.
HOEGH, LEO A. "H-Bomb Survival: What Can We Do?" IN: Today's Health, Volume 37, Number 1, pp. 36-41. 72 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial
wrappers. Chicago: American Medical Association. January 1959.
The author was the first Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and of the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
The author was the first Director of the Office of Defense Mobilization and of the Federal Civil Defense Administration.
1030.
KEARNY, CRESSON H. Nuclear War Survivial Skills. 230 pages. Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. Scottsdale, Arizona: NWS Research
Bureau. 1980. UF767 .K4 1980
1031.
KINDALL, SYLVIAN G. Total Atomic Defense. 224 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Richard R. Smith. 1952. UF767 .K56 1952
In-depth plan for civil defense of U.S. cities through population dispersal and relocation of industries to perimeters, to be implemented with 15 billion dollars in federal aid. Never caught on.
In-depth plan for civil defense of U.S. cities through population dispersal and relocation of industries to perimeters, to be implemented with 15 billion dollars in federal aid. Never caught on.
1032.
KING, CAPTAIN E. RICHARD. "Survival in Nuclear Warfare." 33 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Summit, N.J.: CIBA Pharmaceutical. 1962.
Comprises Clinical Symposia, Volume 14, Number 1.
Comprises Clinical Symposia, Volume 14, Number 1.
1033.
(LAURENCE, WILLIAM L.). "We Are Not Helpless." How we can Defend Ourselves Against Atomic Weapons. A Series of Nontechnical articles
Reprinted from the New York Times. 47 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed self-wrappers.
FIRST EDITION. (New York Times). 1950. U167.44 .L3 1950
1034.
MAWRENCE, COL. MEL & JOHN CLARK KIMBALL. You Can Survive the Bomb. 194 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. Chicago: Quadrangle
Books. 1961. UF767 .M3991 1961b
1035.
MELMAN, SEYMOUR. No Place to Hide. Fallout Shelters-Fact and Fiction. 206 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York:
Grove Press. 1962. UG630 .M4
Contributors include Herman Kahn, Erich Fromm, Norman Cousins, Lester Grinspoon, and many others.
Contributors include Herman Kahn, Erich Fromm, Norman Cousins, Lester Grinspoon, and many others.
1036.
NEW HAMPSHIRE-VERMONT HOSPITALIZATION AND PHYSICIAN SERVICES. Survival Under Atomic Attack. The Official U.S. Government Booklet. 32 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. N.p. 1950. UF767 .U45
1037.
NEWSWEEK CLUB AND EDUCATIONAL BUREAUS. "Civilians: Vital Link in Defense." 19 pages. 4to, decorative wrappers. New York: Newsweek. 1951.
Comprises Platform for December 1951.
Comprises Platform for December 1951.
1038.
NEW YORK STATE. Report of Committee on Fallout Protection to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. February 15, 1960. 66 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers. (Albany: State
of New York). 1960. TH1097 .N48 1960
1039.
O'BRIEN, GLENN. "I Remember Civil Defense." How we Survived the Apocalypse. Pp. 63-66, 75-78 & 90-101. IN: High Times, May 1977.
114 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers showing a civil defense class in a
1950's grade school. New York: Trans-High Corporation. 1977.
Excellent and very funny history of the civil defense programs of the 'fifties.
Excellent and very funny history of the civil defense programs of the 'fifties.
1040.
OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION. Clay Masonry Family Fallout Shelters. 16 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1960. NA4520 .S92 1960
1041.
OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION. Individual and Family Survival Requirements. 10 pages. 4to, printed self-wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO, November. 1959.
1042.
OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION. The Family Fallout Shelter. 32 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial self-wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1959. TH1097 .U53 1959
1043.
OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE. STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Survival Under Atomic Attack. 32 pages. 8vo, printed self-wrappers. California State Printing Division. October 1950. U263 .S87 1950
1044.
OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE PLANNING. Civil Defense for National Security. Report to the Secretary of Defense. 301 pages. 17 charts, mostly folding. 8vo, printed
wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1949. UA927 .A51
1045.
PRENTISS, AUGUSTIN M. Civil Defense in Modern War. A Text on the Protection of the Civil Population against A.B.C. Warfare (Atomic.
Bacterial. Chemical). 429 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: McGraw-Hill. 1951. UA926 .P71
1046.
PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES FOR CIVILIAN POPULATIONS. Proceedings of the Symposium held at Washington, D.C. April 19-23, 1965. 357 pages.
4to, decorative wrappers. N.p.: NAS. 1965. TH1097 .S93 1965
"General Remarks" by Eugene P. Wigner.
"General Remarks" by Eugene P. Wigner.
1047.
RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH AND CIVIL DEFENSE (Fourth National Public Health Engineering Conference) March 27-30, 1951. Sponsored
by the Engineering and Industrial Experiment Station. 107 pages. 4to, printed wrappers.
Gainesville: Florida Engineering and Industrial Experimental Station. 1951.
1048.
SEVERUD, FRED N. & ANTHONY F. MERRILL. The Bomb, Survival and You. Protection for People, Buildings, Equipment. 264 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Reinhold. 1954. TH1097 .S4
1049.
SMITH, MARTIN A. & WILLIAM E. ELIASON. The Family Survival Handbook. 302 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Belmont Books. 1961. UA927 .S48 1961
"The first paperback ever compiled as a complete encyclopedia of protection in the Nuclear Age."
"The first paperback ever compiled as a complete encyclopedia of protection in the Nuclear Age."
1050.
SPENCER, L.V. "Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation from Nuclear Weapons." 134 pages. Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. Washington: NBS. 1962. UF767 .S59 1962
Comprises National Bureau of Standards Monograph 42.
Comprises National Bureau of Standards Monograph 42.
1051.
SUPRON, L.F. & F.P. ZVEREV. Medical and Civil Defense in Total War. Edited by Professor A.P. Mukhin. 406 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION
IN ENGLISH. Jerusalem: IPST. 1961. RC91 .S813 1961
Translation of the Russian book: Ministerstov zdravookhraneniya BSSR. Minsk, 1959
Translation of the Russian book: Ministerstov zdravookhraneniya BSSR. Minsk, 1959
1052.
SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN PROBLEMS IN THE UTILIZATION OF FALLOUT SHELTERS. Held at the National Academy of Sciences Washington, D.C. 11-12 February 1960. 234
pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: NAS/NRC. 1960. UA926.5 .S9 1960
1053.
SZILARD, LEO. The Shelter Hoax and Foreign Policy. 96 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. New York: Marzani & Munsell. 1961. E183.8.R9 S5 1961
Essays by Szilard, Carl Marzani, Field-Marshall Montgomery & Fred Warner Neal.
Essays by Szilard, Carl Marzani, Field-Marshall Montgomery & Fred Warner Neal.
1054.
TOWN OF FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. Survival Under Atomic Attack. 32 pages. 12mo, printed self-wrappers. Farmington. circa early 1950's.
1055.
U.S. CONGRESS. Civil Defense-1961. Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations House of
Representatives Eighty-Seventh Congress First Session. August 1-9, 1961. 554 pages.
Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1961.
Testimony of Herman Kahn, Robert McNamara, and others.
Testimony of Herman Kahn, Robert McNamara, and others.
1056.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE. In Time of Emergency. A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack. 92 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. (Washington,
D.C.: USGPO). 1968. UA927 .A519 1968
1057.
U.S. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION. Battleground U.S.A. An Operations Plan for the Civil Defense of a Metropolitan Target Area. 117 pages.
21 large folding maps of an imaginary city named "Battleground." 4to, printed wrappers.
Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1957. UA927 .A39
1058.
U.S. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION. Cue for Survival. Operation Cue. A.E.C. Nevada Test Site May 3, 1955. 162 pages. Illustrated. 8vo,
pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. 1956. UF767 .U471
1059.
U.S. FEDERAL CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATION. Fire Effects of Bombing Attacks. 42 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. August 1952.
Relates in large part to incendiary effects of atomic bombs.
Relates in large part to incendiary effects of atomic bombs.
1060.
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. Civil Defense Information for Food and Drug Officials. 188 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USFDA. 1955. RA1231.R2 U515
1061.
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. Civil Defense Information For Food and Drug Officials. Compiled and Edited by Lowrie M. Beacham, Jr. Second Edition. 221 pages. 8vo, printed
wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USFDA. December 1956. RA1231.R2 U515 1956
1062.
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD. United States Civil Defense. Health Services and Special Weapons Defense. 260 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST
EDITION. Washington, D.C.: USGPO. December 1950. UA927 .A52
Mostly radiological defense and atomic warfare.
Mostly radiological defense and atomic warfare.
1063.
U.S. OFFICE OF CIVIL AND DEFENSE MOBILIZATION. Clay Masonry Family Fallout Shelters. 16 pages. Illustrated. 4to, pictorial self-wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USOCDM. 1960. NA4520 .S92 1960
1064.
USAEC. Civil Defense Against Atomic Warfare. A selected reading list. Prepared for the National Security Resources Board. 24 pages.
8vo, printed self-wrappers. Washington, D.C.: USAEC. March 1950. Z6724.C6 U45 1950
1065.
WAKEFIELD, DAN. "Good-by New York. New York Prepares for Annihilation." IN: Esquire, August 1960. 4to, pictorial wrappers. Chicago. 1960.
A devastating analysis of the futility of Civil Defense in protecting urban populations from nuclear attack and of the wastefulness of New York City's Civil Defense spending ($92,188 for armbands, buttons, and pins; $166,869 for dog tags for school children, etc., etc.).
A devastating analysis of the futility of Civil Defense in protecting urban populations from nuclear attack and of the wastefulness of New York City's Civil Defense spending ($92,188 for armbands, buttons, and pins; $166,869 for dog tags for school children, etc., etc.).
1066.
WASKOW, ARTHUR L. & STANLEY L. NEWMAN. America in Hiding. 160 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. New York: Ballantyne Books. 1962. UG630 .W36
A paperback original. "A surprising and controversial look at the [fallout] shelter mania."
A paperback original. "A surprising and controversial look at the [fallout] shelter mania."
1067.
WOLTMAN, H.R. & E.C. GOODROW. Civil Defense Implications of Current and Future Urban Configurations. 343 pages. Illustrated. 4to, buckram. Los Angeles: Planning Research Corporation. 1963. UA927 .W68 1963
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