cold war

Atlantic convoys

Photograph shows British seamen aboard the destroyer Vanoc "preparing the torpedo, before loading the tube." British Official Photo, A-4575. Title from item. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. ... more

Marshall becomes Secretary of State Gen. George C. Marshall (left) re-...

Korean Conflict. Men of the 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 35t...

Title from item. Photo by the Signal Corps, U.S. Army. No. SC 365622.

U.S. Reports: Wieman v. Updegraff, 344 U.S. 183 (1952)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 344; October Term, 1952; Wieman et al. v. Updegraff et al.

U.S. Reports: Rosenberg v. United States, 346 U.S. 322 (1953)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 346; June Special Term, 1953; Rosenberg et al. v. United States

U.S. Reports: Rosenberg v. United States, 346 U.S. 273 (1953)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 346; June Special Term, 1953; Rosenberg et al. v. United States

U.S. Reports: Rosenberg v. Denno, 346 U.S. 271 (1952)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 346; June Special Term, 1953; Rosenberg et al. v. Denno, Warden

Senator Joseph McCarthy standing at microphone with two other men, pro...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 394, frame 9. Contact sheet folder... more

U.S.S.R., Moscow, temporary Russian exhibition

Photograph shows two men looking at a tractor display at the USSR Exhibition in Sokolniki Park, Moscow, next to the American National Exhibition. (Source: Arianne Kouri, 2013) Title from contact sheet folder. C... more

U.S.S.R., Moscow, temporary Russian exhibit

Photograph shows people looking at refrigerator and kitchen equipment display at the USSR Exhibition in Sokolniki Park, Moscow, next to the American National Exhibition. (Source: Arianne Kouri, 2013) Title from... more

U.S. Reports: Abel v. United States, 362 U.S. 217 (1960)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 362; October Term, 1959; Abel, alias Mark, alias Collins, alias Goldfus, v. United States

U.S.S.R. Moscow, Mr. Khrushchev & V.P. Nixon on T.V. at American exhib...

Title from contact sheet folder caption. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 2808, frame 33.

[Woman holding a child and getting into a car at the Arlington Nationa...

Title devised by Library staff. Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, JTB 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&... more

[Women and a man, probably the family of Willard G. Palm, a RB-47 reco...

Title devised by Library staff. Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, MST 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&... more

[Military personnel escorting a hearse, at the Arlington National Ceme...

Title devised by Library staff. Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, MST 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&... more

[Women getting into a car, probably the family of Willard G. Palm, a R...

Title devised by Library staff. Contact sheet folder caption: "Funeral for RB-47 Pilot, MST 8-4-60." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&... more

'Don't start a fight. I love you and I want to settle this thing peace...

Editorial cartoon shows a man attacking a young woman in a wooded area. He tears at her clothing as she uses her knee to resist his assault. She is about to strike her attacker with her shoe. The young woman,... more

"He's driving me nuts - I'm on the verge of blowing my top" Ed. Valtma...

Editorial cartoon drawing shows two hairy, muscular, anthropomorphic atomic bombs labeled "U.S. A-Tests" and "Soviet Intransigence" sitting at a table on which is a ringing alarm clock and a paper waiting to be... more

U.S. Reports: Gastelum-Quinones v. Kennedy, 374 U.S. 469 (1963)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 374; October Term, 1962; Gastelum-Quinones v. Kennedy, Attorney General

U.S. Reports: Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino, 376 U.S. 398 (1964)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 376; October Term, 1963; Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino, Receiver, et al.

U.S. Reports: Aptheker v. Secretary of State, 378 U.S. 500 (1964)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 378; October Term, 1963; Aptheker et al. v. Secretary of State

U.S. Reports: Zemel v. Rusk, 381 U.S. 1 (1965)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 381; October Term, 1964; Zemel v. Rusk, Secretary of State, et al.

U.S. Reports: United States v. Brown, 381 U.S. 437 (1965)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 381; October Term, 1964; United States v. Brown

U.S. Reports: Brigade Veterans v. SACB, 380 U.S. 513 (1965)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 380; October Term, 1964; Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade v. Subversive Activities Control Board

[Crowd of people holding candles, including African Americans, at a ma...

Title devised by Library staff from contact sheet folder caption. Date from contact sheet folder caption. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 21653, frame 10A. Photograph taken... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Warhead Handling Building, Wit...

Significance: The building provided temporary storage for Sprint warhead sections and space for checkout and temporary storage of Spartan warhead sections prior to their installation on the missiles within thei... more

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Warehouse, Chugach National Forest, Cord...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... more

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Sewage Treatment Pl...

Survey number: HAER CA-133-1-I

Nike Hercules Missile Battery, Tare Site, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North S...

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Gymnasium, South of Avenue A, ...

Survey number: HAER ND-9-M

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receiv...

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Community Center, Southwest of...

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... more

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Fire Control Building, Chugach National ...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Cordova, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Significance: The Boswell Bay White Alice Site (49COR312) is significant because it played an essential part in the air defense system for the United States as one of the communication links between the radar s... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Tulelake Radar Site Receiv...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Exclusion Area Sentry Station,...

Significance: The Exclusion Area Sentry Station (EASS) controlled access into the Exclusion Area, where the Missile Launch Area and Warhead Handling Building were located. Survey number: HAER ND-9-D Building/... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... more

Vandenberg Air Force Base, Space Launch Complex 3, Traffic Check House...

Survey number: HAER CA-133-1-H

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tra... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Summit Site, High Explosives Magazine, A...

Survey number: HAER AK-18-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1959 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Post Chapel, On Avenue A, Nort...

Survey number: HAER ND-9-L

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Industrial Building, One block...

Survey number: HAER ND-9-J

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Columbia Falls Radar Site ...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... more

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Christmas Valley Radar Sit...

Viewing with concern

Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev watching a construction site labeled "Site of the European Common Market," while his little dog (who resembles East German leader Walter Ulbricht) strains at the le... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Viewing with concern

Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev watching a construction site labeled "Site of the European Common Market," while his little dog (who resembles East German leader Walter Ulbricht) strains at the le... more

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... more

Alaska Air Depot, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

Significance: Built during World War II to support the Alaska Theater in the Aleutian Campaign, the Alaska Air Depot was the result of the rapid and intense efforts of the U.S. Army Air Corps to plan and constr... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Nike Hercules Missile Battery Site Summit, Mount Gordon Lyon, Anchorag...

See also HAER AK-18 for additional documentation. Significance: Military period of significance: 1959-1979. Site Summit, a former United States Army Nike Hercules missile installation, is one of the most intact... more

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Remote Launch Operations Build...

Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101...

Significance: The Foster NIKE Missile Battery PR-79 is significant because it is a representative example of NIKE batteries in New England and in Rhode Island. PR-79 is an intact, physical manifestation of Ame... more

Loring Air Force Base, Arch Hangar, East of Arizona Road near southern...

Significance: The Arch Hangar at Loring Air Force Base (AFB) was one of the first structures specifically built as an element of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) mission of deterring the enemy through retaliator... more