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Civil defense -- United States
Creator: Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, drafts of speeches, appointment books, subject files, documents, photographs, memorabilia and printed materials. There are notes from her lectures on Sociology at Adelphi College in 1911-1912; papers from 1912-1932, when Perkins served on the Commission for Safety and on the Industrial Commission of New York State; the main body of the material is from the period of her cabinet office, 1933-1945; and some items from her days on the Civil Service Commission, 1946-1953. Also included are personal and family papers.

Highlight: participating in National Service Training Courses for nursing and civil defense. The students identified on the
back of the civil defense photographs are Florence McClurg '44, Mary Jane Graham '42, Monica Wyatt '44
Abstract Or Scope: The photographs in this series are organized chronologically from 1940 through 1945. The 1940 file houses one photograph of Madame Novotna in her dressing room on December 31, 1940, with 3 Barnard undergraduates – Winifred Beck '42, Patricia Lambdin '41, and Marjorie Madden '42, prior to a performance of the opera "Manon" which was performed for the benefit of the Barnard scholarship fund and British war relief on January 10, 1941.

Highlight: the university council on civil defense.
Creator: Zanetti, Joaquin Enrique, 1885-
Abstract Or Scope: Three scrapbooks of correspondence, documents, and clippings of Zanetti. Scrapbook, 1929-1941, containing clippings about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll and the Lewis Carroll centenary in 1932; and other unrelated clippings. Scrapbook, 1940-1952, containing correspondence, documents, and memorabilia dealing with Zanetti's World War II Army service with the Chemical Warfare Service in London. Among the correspondents are Omar N. Bradley, Nicholas Murray Butler, W. Averell Harriman, and the 9th Duke of Portland. Scrapbook, 1917-1940, containing correspondence, documents, and memorabilia dealing with Zanetti's World War I Army service with the Chemical Warfare Service in France and his later work with the Army Reserve; and his military medals, 1919-1945.

Highlight: The Radio Club was part of the United States Civil Defense Radio Network and would participate in
Creator: Columbia University. Amateur Radio Club
Abstract Or Scope: This collection consists of the membership lists, constitution, certificates, publicity materials, licensing records, awards and log books of the C.U. Amateur Radio Club (W2AEE). The collection includes U.S. and international QSL cards, confirming two-way radio contact between stations, which are organized by state and by country.

Highlight: Defense Fallout Shelters. That same year, he represented the University in front of the City Planning
In 1963, a tense Cold War year, McGoey worked on the designation of 23 campus buildings as Civil
Creator: McGoey, Thomas A, 1908-1985
Abstract Or Scope: This collection consists of Thomas A. McGoey's records, from the various administrative positions he held and some personal records he collected during his over-30-year career at Columbia. The office files include subject files, reading files (outgoing correspondence), and meeting minutes. The personal files contain mostly articles, newspaper clippings, and press releases, but also some memorabilia and correspondence.

Highlight: skills, and received military training towards civil defense.
Creator: Li, Hanhun, 1895-1987
Abstract Or Scope: The Hanhun Li and Chu Fang Wu papers consist of diaries, writings, publications and incoming correspondence of Hanhun Li and his wife Chu Fang Wu, dating from 1926 to 1998.

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