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Teaching Literature In America: Demonstrating Relevance In The Early Cold War 1945-1963, Jennifer Chalmers

Honors College

This historical research focuses on how literature was taught in American high schools in the early Cold War period (1945-1963) and why it was taught that way. It aims to discover how the Cold War culture of conformity impacted secondary literature education. What were literature teachers’ concerns? What was the historical context of these concerns, and how did they affect methods in the classroom and rhetoric in academic journals? Finally, how did methodology and rhetoric change over time? Research involved gaining familiarity with Early Cold War culture, politics, and events through secondary sources; narrowing to U.S. education in the early …

Civil Defense Administration Information On Radioactive Fallout And Atomic Warfare, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

Information broadcast in the Bangor area from the national perspective on hydrogen bomb tests and safety. Val Peterson of the Federal Civil Defense Administration provides information about shelters and available Civil Defense training.

Bangor Resident’S Description Of Atomic Bomb Test Near Las Vegas, Wlbz Radio

WLBZ Radio Station Records

After several seconds of the sound of an atomic blast, General Benjamin Chidlaw, Commander in Chief of the Continental Air Defense Command, explains that more than 40 of the Civilian Administrative Supervisors who work in Air Defense Filter Centers in many of the key cities of the county were invited as guests to witness an atomic bomb test blast.

M. Elizabeth McCarthy of the Bangor Air Defense Filter Center, provides a detailed description of her experience.