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Your Fallout Shelter Reading List

The Cold War coursework you probably never knew about

At the height of the Cold War, President John Kennedy endorsed the Community Fallout Shelter Program in the pages of Life Magazine. Many universities began teaching courses on fallout shelter design and analysis. There was a brief but intense interest in the construction of shelters, and even the U of I once had 17 on campus, capable of accomodating up to 10,000 people. However, public support waned in just a few years and by the early 1970s all government funding for fallout shelters was gone. In the 1990s, the rations contained in the shelters constructed 20 years earlier began to expire and most bunkers, including every campus bunker, was decommisioned. Thanks to the papers of Professor John Dixon, who taught classes based on federal programs designed by both the Office for Civil Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency from the 1960s into the 1980s, we have a glimpse at the materials used in those courses at the University of Idaho.

Shelter Survey Technician Course Student Manual
Shelter Survey Technician Course Student Manual
Mass Thickness Manual for Walls, Floors, and Roofs
Mass Thickness Manual for Walls, Floors, and Roofs
Calculations
Calculations
Doctor's Residence blueprint
Doctor's Residence blueprint
National Facility Survey and Reception and Care Survey
National Facility Survey and Reception and Care Survey
1985 Shelter Survey Technician Course Description and Specifications
1985 Shelter Survey Technician Course Description and Specifications
Course in Protective Construction
Course in Protective Construction
Shelter Ventilation Estimator
Shelter Ventilation Estimator
Organizational Meeting
Organizational Meeting
Latitude and Longitude Measuring Stick
Latitude and Longitude Measuring Stick
Relative Blast Protection Codes
Relative Blast Protection Codes
Multiprotection Design 1987 Summer Institute
Multiprotection Design 1987 Summer Institute
Protection Factor Estimator
Protection Factor Estimator
Equivelent Roof Mass Thickness Chart
Equivelent Roof Mass Thickness Chart
Current Warning System
Current Warning System
EMP Protection for AM Radio Broadcast Stations
EMP Protection for AM Radio Broadcast Stations
Current and Voltage charts
Current and Voltage charts
Shielding Analysis Chart
Shielding Analysis Chart
Civil Defense Moscow 1969
Civil Defense Moscow 1969
Protective Suits
Protective Suits
Chemical Survey Instrument for Wartime Use
Chemical Survey Instrument for Wartime Use
Fallout Shielding Analysis
Fallout Shielding Analysis
New Buildings With Fallout Protection
New Buildings With Fallout Protection
Shelter Techniques
Shelter Techniques
Instructions for Preparing a Community Shelter Plan in Smaller Communities
Instructions for Preparing a Community Shelter Plan in Smaller Communities
Fallout Shelters
Fallout Shelters
Shelter Design in New Buildings
Shelter Design in New Buildings
Estimating and Analyzing Shelter Yield (Easy)
Estimating and Analyzing Shelter Yield (Easy)
Solution Form
Solution Form
Rural Preparedness for Idaho Crop Producers
Rural Preparedness for Idaho Crop Producers
Design Values for Livestock Fallout Shelters
Design Values for Livestock Fallout Shelters
Idaho Potato Supply and Production After a Nuclear Attack
Idaho Potato Supply and Production After a Nuclear Attack
University of Idaho fallout safety information
University of Idaho fallout safety information
Continuity of Corporate Management in the Event of a Nuclear Attack
Continuity of Corporate Management in the Event of a Nuclear Attack
Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation from Nuclear Weapons
Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation from Nuclear Weapons
National School Fallout Shelter Design Competition
National School Fallout Shelter Design Competition
Region 1 First Prize
Region 1 First Prize
Civil Defense Program
Civil Defense Program
FSA Instructor Guide
FSA Instructor Guide
Fallout Shelter Analysis Course
Fallout Shelter Analysis Course
Your Body and Radiation
Your Body and Radiation
Artificial Backgrounds
Artificial Backgrounds

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