Digital Resources
Government Document Archives
Homeland Security Digital Library
Excellent database of current and historical documents managed by the Naval Postgraduate School.
National Emergency Training Center Library
Repository library for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Many Civil Defense documents are available online.
Related Museums
Focuses on the history of nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site, located in Las Vegas, NV.
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History
Located outside of Kirtland AFB, NM and features a wide array of artifacts and exhibits relating to nuclear science.
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Health Physics Instrumentation Collection
Features a photographic assortment of Civil Defense and other radiological instruments with their associated histories.
Nonprofit Organizations
The American Civil Defense Association
Formed in 1962, the original Civil Defense advocacy organization. The Journal of Civil Defense, originally entited SURVIVE!, has been published continuously since 1968. The journal archives are available online with all issues.
Private Collections
Eric Green's Cold War Era Civil Defense Museum
One of the original Internet-based sources of information on the Civil Defense program with a variety of artifacts and documents.
Eric Laskowski's Michigan Civil Defense Museum
Features a photographic collection of artifacts and documents focused on Michigan.