Series 237: Fallout Shelter Subject Files. 1962-1968. Emergency Management Agency. Civil Defense Council (RG 35)

Design, construction, and maintenance of radioactive fallout shelters, reflecting the philosophy of American civil defense authorities toward the possibility of nuclear attack during the height of the Cold War in the 1960s. Also included are correspondence of Civil Defense Council staff members, primarily with staff members of the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense; printed reports; Federal guidelines; shelter survey research data printouts; and excerpts from the Congressional Record pertaining to civil defense. Arrangement is alphabetical by title.