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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
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Finding Aid Authors: Speical Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Custodial History:
Seller acquired Acc. 2010.225-226 from the estate of Charles Rausch.
Preferred Citation:
Cold War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Various gifts and purchases. Contact a staff member for more information.
Processing Information:
Accessioned and minimally processed b SCRC staff in April 2010. Box and Folder List compiled SCRC students in April 2010. Acc. 2012.230 accessioned and minimally processed by SCRC staff n June 2012.
Scope and Contents
The Cold War Collection includes predominantly published materials and ephemera. The collection is currently being processed and new items will be added on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the indicated date range is only approximate.
Arrangement of Materials:
This collection is arranged in accession number order. Individual accessions may contain multiple items
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Books
- Civil defense--United States--1950-1980
- Cold War
- Cold War--History--Sources
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Maps
- Newsletters
- Nuclear warfare and literature--United States--History
- Nuclear warfare--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Nuclear warfare--Safety measures--Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Pamphlets
Container List
Consists of 2 accessions: "How to Survive the Atomic Bomb" (Acc. 2010.216) and a compilation of 23 items on the same topic (Acc. 2010.225).
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id70531
"How to Survive the Atomic Bomb"1950Scope and Contents
By Richard Gerstell, Consultant, Civil Defense Office. From the cover: "If there's ATOMIC WARFARE this book may save your life!" and "Complete easy-to-read guide for every home, office and factory." (Acc. 2010.216)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id70533
Compilation (pt. 1)Scope and Contents
10 Steps to Industrial Survival; The Near System: Indoor Attack Warning Fallout and Your Farm Food; Six Steps to Survival: If an Enemy Attacked Today Would You Know What to Do?; Facts About Fallout Protection; Between You and Disaster: A Civil Defense Home Food Storage Program; What is Conelrad; Rural Family Defense; What You Should Know About Radioactive Fallout; Food in Disaster Preparedness; Survival is Up to You; Your Life Depends On It; Emergency Sanitation at Home; Soil Crops and Fallout from Nuclear Attack; Your Livestock Can Survive Fallout from Nuclear Attack; Fallout Protection What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack; Survival Under Nuclear Fallout by Eggenberger, published in Charlottesville 1961. (Acc. 2010.225)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id70534
Compilation (pt. 2)Scope and Contents
Community and Family Service for Civil Defense; Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack Handbook for Emergencies; Survival Under Atomic Attack; Live: Three Plans for Survival in a Nuclear Attack; What You Should Know About Biological Warfare, 1951. (Acc. 2010.225)
For the most part items published by the federal government and the State of Virginia (Acc. 2010.226)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id70536
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 1)Scope and Contents
City of Charlottesville Civil Defense Operational Emergency Plan; Regional Emergency Plan: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Region III Charlottesville, Virginia; Virginia Operational Survival Plan: An Emergency Planning Guide for Schools, 1961; Commonwealth of Virginia Civil Defense Plan, 1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id70537
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 2)Scope and Contents
Commonwealth of Virginia Manual for Emergency Hospitalization, 1953; Commonwealth of Virginia Manual for Emergency Mortuary Services, 1954; Civil Defense Careers in Virginia Commonwealth of Virginia Warden Service Manual, 1961; Virginia Operational Survival Plan Warden
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id70538
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 3)Scope and Contents
Operational Survival Plan for Virginia for Health, Medical and Special Weapons, 1958 Commonwealth of Virginia Civil Defense Regional Operational Survival Plans, 1959
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id70539
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 4)Scope and Contents
Civil Defense Bulletin: Control Centers, 1951 Introduction to Radioactive Fallout Federal Civil Defense Guide 4 Different Parts Pledge for Home Defense Volunteer Program 11 Different Publications Operation You: Information Kit of Selected Civil Defense Material Catalog of Civil Defense Protective Equipment
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id70547
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 5)Scope and Contents
32 Issues of the Civil Defense Technical Bulletin, 1953-1957
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id70548
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 6)Scope and Contents
Fallout Shelter Surveys: Guide for Architects and Engineers, 2 copies Fallout Shelter Surveys: Guide for Executives Industry Defense and Mobilization Radioactive Fallout on the Farm Information Bulletin Department of Defense, 1966 A Family Action Program: Home Protection Exercises, 1954 Lot of 4 Large Fold Out Layout Designs for Fallout Shelters What You Should Know About the National Plan for Civil Defense Principles of Civil Defense Operations Technical Information Bulletin on Atomic Weapon Accident Hazards, Precautions and Procedures, 1958 School Shelter: An Approach to Fallout Protection Federal Civil Defense Guide
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id70594
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 7)Scope and Contents
Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack Six Steps to Survival: If an Enemy Attacked Today Would You Know What to Do? Virginia Civil Defense Welfare Services Operational Planning Facts about Fallout Protection Between You and Disaster: A Civil Defense Home Food Storage Program, 1958 First Aid: Emergency Kit, Emergency Action Industry Defense and Mobilization Continuity of State and Local Government Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service, 1960 Your Car and Civil Defense 4 Wheels to Survival School Boards Plan for Disaster Problems Industrial Security Magazine April, 1959 The Saturday Evening Post: Survival of the Fewest, 1963 Advertisement for Emergency-Pak: Food and Water Survival Kit 4 Fallout Shelter Blueprints Advertisement for the Corlon Portable Chemical Toilet Large Map of Virginia Survival Project, 1958 First Aid Bulletin Virginia Association Army Navy Air Force Journal and Register, 1964 Booklet Impact of Air Attack in WWII: Data for Civil Defense Planning Procedures for Warning Points The Effectiveness of Sonic Outdoor Warning Devices
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id70603
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 8)Scope and Contents
Emergency Recreation Services in Civil Defense 4 page Advertisement for the Kamp Pack Survival Kit Uncut sheet of Revised Civil Defense Air Raid Instructions with 3 wallet sized for each member of the family and 1 larger card to hang up in your house The Family Fall Out Shelter 2 copies Family Fallout Shelters of Wood Fallout Shelter Surveys: Guide for Architects and Engineers Federal Contributions for Civil Defense Personnel and Administrative Expenses Introduction to Radioactive Fallout Civil Defense Instructor's Course Basis for the Department of Defense Fallout Shelter Program
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id70604
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 9)Scope and Contents
Emergency Broadcast System Plan White House Conference on Fallout Protection Survival Ration Data Survival Drinking Water Data Virginia Manual for Natural Disaster Procedures Regional Operational Survival Plan for Central Region including Albemarle County Public Works Magazine Civil Defense Issue 1951 2 sheet advertisement for the Radiation Emergency Kit priced at $228 Organized Action for Civil Defense: A Kit for Use by Local Organizations Clay Masonry Family Fallout Shelters Pledge for Home Defense
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id70605
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 10)Scope and Contents
Health Services and Special Weapons Defense Cue for Survival Operation Cue at Nevada Test Site, 1955 Handbook for Emergencies The Social Worker in Civil Defense
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id70606
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 11)Scope and Contents
Fire Services Civil Defense in Industry and Institutions Organization and Operation of Civil Defense Casualty Services Utilization and Control of Streets and Highway in Civil Defense Emergencies Planning and Organizing for Civil Defense Traffic Operations Procedure for Evacuation Traffic Movement Studies Mortuary Services in Civil Defense Principles of Plant Protection What to do Now about Emergency Sanitation at Home Disaster Manual
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id70607
Civil Defense Literature (pt. 12)Scope and Contents
If Norfolk is Bombed booklet Guide for Civil Defense Action in the Washington Warning Area with Map The Clergy in Civil Defense The Church and Civil Defense United States Civil Defense, 1950 Civil Defense Glossary Survival Under Atomic Attack Official Booklet, 1950 Civil Defense Welfare Services of Virginia, 1955 In Time of Emergency Rural Fire Defense: You Can Survive What to do now about Emergency Sanitation at Home
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id70608
The National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense MobilizationundatedScope and Contents
42 different parts (bound)
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id70609
The National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization (continued)Scope and Contents
National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization, 5 Different Parts, 1952 Acts of General Assembly-H.B. No. 419.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Effects of Nuclear Weapons for use in Readiness Planning…1959Scope and Contents
Effects of Nuclear Weapons for use in Readiness Planning; Effects of Biological Warfare Agents for use in Readiness Planning; Effects of Chemical Warfare Agents for use in Readiness Planning. (Acc. 2012.230)