Civil defense correspondence and plans, 1950-1965 1955-1958.

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Civil defense correspondence and plans, 1950-1965 1955-1958.

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Series 2 of record group 79-14 consists of correspondence between the Michigan attorney generals and directors of the Michigan Office of Civil Defense. Material documents legal opinions on civil defense legislation and interstate civil defense and disaster agreements. Includes executive plans and statements, particularly statements made by Governor G. Mennen Williams (1957).

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State Archive of Michigan

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Michigan. Dept. of Attorney General. Administrative Services Division.

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Williams, G. Mennen, 1911-1988

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Governor of Michigan (1949-1960), and Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan (1970- ). From the description of Gerhard M. Williams papers, 1949-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495705218 Michigan Democratic Governor, 1949-1960; Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 1961-1966; U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, 1967-1969; Michigan Supreme Court justice, 1970-1987. From the description of G. Mennen Williams papers, 1883-1988. (Unive...

Michigan Office of Civil Defense

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From the early years of the nuclear age, the United States government has officially committed itself to a program of civil defense to provide protection for the civilian population in the event of a nuclear attack. The civil defense program, as codified in the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, made the defense of civilians a joint federal-state responsibility. While the debate over civil defense was going on at the national level, at the state level a succession of agencies, developed out of t...

Michigan. Dept. of Attorney General

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