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History Day Guide 2003 -- Civil Defense
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Series 39 Ohio Adjutant General's Department. Civil Defense Scrapbooks, 1952-1957.
Contains newspaper clippings and photographs of natural disaster rescue work and other activities of the Disaster Service Agency, such as simulations of possible air raids. The Cold War is thoroughly documented in the clippings.
Series 151 Ohio Adjutant General's Department. Civil Defense Circulars and Directives, 1955-1961.
Includes natural disaster management handbooks and announcements of training programs.
Series 2245 Council of National Defense (Ohio). Local Community Files, 1941-1945.
Contains correspondence and reports concerning defense efforts, such as air raid drills, by various Ohio communities during World War II.
Series 2256 Council of National Defense (Ohio). Assistant Director's Files, 1941-1945.
Contains subject files, correspondence, and reports concerning civilian attempts to support the war effort.
Series 2260 Council of National Defense (Ohio). Civil Defense Files, 1941-1945.
Contains files concerning civil defense plans from the World War II era. Includes correspondence, reports, meeting announcements, and reference material. Subjects include air raid protection, blackout plans, and services rendered to families of military personnel.
Series 2266 Council of National Defense (Ohio). Director's Files, 1941-1945.
The council was founded to oversee civilian attempts to support the war effort. Contains reports, subject files, and correspondence with local defense councils and the federal Office of Civilian Defense in Washington, D.C.
Series 2329 Ohio Department of Education. Civil Defense Adult Education Files, 1953-1974
Contains material concerning civil defense preparedness and specific disasters, such as the 1974 tornado in Xenia, Ohio.
Published Materials: Books, periodicals, and pamphlets.

325.232 Ohs3 Columbus, Civil Defense Division, Adjutant General's Department. Ohio Civil News Defense
325.232 W331s Watson, Alfred N. A Study of the Need for Reinforcing the Legal Framework of Civil Defense in Ohio.1958.
Ohio Docs OA 1.3: Ohio Adjutant's Department. General Rescue Service Organization and Training. Akron, O., Akron Printing & Lithographing Co., 1953.
Ohio Docs OA 1.3:6-1 19-1 State of Ohio Adjutant General's Department. and the Industrial Commission of Ohio. Industrial Security. Columbus, Ohio : F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1951.
Ohio Docs OA 1.4: C352 Ohio Department of Adjutant's General. A Challenge to Women: Manual for Women in Civil Defense. Columbus, Ohio : The Department, 1963.
Ohio Docs OA 46.9: W842 Ohio. Adjutant General's Department. Division of Civil Defense. Challenge for Security and Survival Manual for Women in Civil Defense.
OGV 88/52.6: D361/ 960 Ohio Governor Office. Authorization for Assignment of Functions and Responsibilities to Certain Departments, Divisions, and Agencies of State Government in Accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5915 and in Accordance with the Statutes of the United States and the National Plan for Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization Promulgated Thereunder by the President. Columbus, O., 1960.
Ohio Docs OY D 36.2: Ai71/ 943 Ohio. State Council of Defense, 1941-1945. Air Raid Protection Regulations. Columbus, Ohio : The Council, 1943.
Ohio Docs OY D 36.2: Oh3 Stone, Ralph H. Ohio State Council of Defense. Ohio the Target: Three Articles Warning of the Danger of Enemy Air Raids, Bombings, and Sabotage This Spring and Summer. 1943?
PA Box 312 21 Cuyahoga County (Ohio). Council for Civilian Defense. Air Raid Warden. A Manual for the Defense Corps. Cleveland, O., 1942.
PA Box 460 31 Ohio. Adjutant General's Department. Ohio Civil Defense Corps: Staff Organization and Responsibility.
PA Box 464 26 Burton, Courtney. Ohio's Defense Program. Columbus, O., 1941.
PA Box 464 27 Ohio. State Council of Defense. Duties of County and Local Defense Councils in Ohio. Columbus, O., Ohio State Council of Defense. 1942?
Ohio Docs PA Box 622, 5 Ohio. Adjutant General's Department. Ohio Women in Action. Columbus, Ohio : F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1951.
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