Civil Defense, 1957 - 1962

This collection is part of Subject File #1. This collection includes materials on defense against atomic weapons (and protests over fallout shelters, etc.), organized by date; fallacy of escaping radiation fallout, 1961; defense against nuclear war (and protests against); court case against Jim Peck (et al.) on refusal to participate in air raid drill, circa 1957-1959; court cases brought by Linus Pauling (et al.) seeking a nuclear weapons ban [The... Fallout Suits], 1958-1961; and court case brought by Linus Pauling (et al.) against U.S. for atomic/nuclear weapons testing between 1957-1958 at Nevada Test Site, June 1962.