The collection contains materials collected by Raymond L. Willard in the 1960s, including instructional pamphlets on how to construct community and family shelters in case of a nuclear attack. There are notes from the University of Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic Institute for a class for shelter managers and instructions for rations, work schedules, and community entry for the shelters.

Folder one includes three instructional pamphlets/guides from the United States Department of Defense. First, a pamphlet titled "Fallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack." It contains definitions of common nuclear terms, the stages of fallout after an attack, models of community shelters, and instructions for single family shelters. The second, "Family Shelter Designs," is a guide that has instructions on different family shelter designs, how to make them, and how to stock them for short-term protection. The last, published June 22, 1962, is a comprehensive guide for fallout community shelter management. It contains instructions for community entry, rations, work scheduling, and exiting the shelter.

Folder two contains information about a shelter managment course offered at the University of Virginia and letters and paperwork from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in regard to the "Civil Defense Shelter Managers and Shelter Management Instructors" course. Class schedules for both courses are included, as well as a certificate of completion from the Commonwealth of Virginia, given to Raymond L. Williard on February 26, 1965.

Folder three has the notes from Williard's binder from the shelter management course.