Title: Civil Defense Operational Survival Plans

Date/Date Range :   1958

Extent: 2.0 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses operational survival plans for the state of Tennessee promulgated by the Civil Defense Administration.

Call number: MS-0639

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

W.B. Jones, Jr. donated these papers to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library in 1958.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Civil Defense Operational Survival Plans, MS-0639. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of two boxes.

The United States established a national civil defense program in 1950 in response to the threat of international thermonuclear war. This new Civil Defense Administration was replaced by the Office of Civil Defense in 1961. This office was succeeded by the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in 1964, and this agency was incorporated into the new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 1979.

This collection houses operational survival plans for the state of Tennessee promulgated by the Civil Defense Administration.

• Tennessee -- History.
• Cold War.