>One section will reflect how the fear of atomic power was instilled in the
>public mind primarily through "educational" efforts and civil defense
>information.  We are looking for artifacts such as dog tags given to school
>children and anything related to atomic attack survival.

Sometime in the early sixties when we lived in Palos Verdes California, my
brother's school was mistakenly given a civil defense " Yellow Alert,"
indicating the possibility of an atomic attack.  The drill was for all the
students to be sent home.  An article in which my brother and other students
were interviewed appeared in Look magazine.  If you would be interested in
this, I can see if my mother still has a copy of it.  I was just thinking
yesterday what strange shadowed times those were.  We regularly had "duck
and cover" drills out in the playing fields; indoors we were schooled in the
remarkably effective technique of getting under our desks.  I still marvel
at the phenomenon of regular news reports from the entities formerly known
as the Soviet Union, and seeing Russian products, performing groups other
than the Bolshoi, athletes - all the ingredients that were missing from our
culture due to the enmity between US and THEM.  It's a different world.
Good luck with your exhibit.  Wish you weren't so far away.
Anne Lane
Curatorial Assistant
Museum of York County
4621 Mt. Gallant Road
Rock Hill, SC  29732-9905
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