Nuclear Weapons and Testing

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J. Tracey Barton was deputy director of the Civil Defense Council, The Dalles, Oregon. Collection includes correspondence and meeting minutes regarding the council's organization and planning of civil defense measures, particularly in regard to potential nuclear attack.

Abstract Pamphlets and brochures that were produced or distributed by Portland Disaster Relief and Civil Defense, and were mailed out in October 1960. Portland, Oregon's Disaster Relief and Civil Defense bureau was established in 1950 to help Portlanders prepare for possible nuclear attack. It successfully staged an evacuation of downtown Portland in 1955, and built an underground shelter complex in 1956. However, in the early 1960s, voters rejected levy measures to continue funding the program, and...

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Oral history interview with Jack Robertson conducted by Clark Hansen from November 7 to December 30, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Robertson was a legislative aide and press secretary for Hatfield from 1973 to 1982.

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Oral history interview with Rick Rolf conducted by Michael O'Rourke from June 3 to September 24, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Rolf was an advisor to Hatfield.