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X-WR-CALDESC:7 February 1930: David Kahn\, noted cryptologic historian and 
 author was born. Dr. David Kahn is an esteemed author whose book\, 'The Co
 debreakers\,' is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive book ever w
 ritten on the history\, art and science of codebreaking. Dr. Kahn has had 
 one of the world’s rarest collections of books\, papers and artifacts rela
 ted to the art and science of cryptology. We are extremely grateful that m
 uch of that collection is now the prized possession of the NCM and Library
 . Learn more about his donations to the Museum and Foundation below and cl
 ick the link below to see examples of his donations in our Special Acquisi
 tions section. You can also see examples via the NSA website.\n\nDr. Kahn'
 s unique collection in the NCM and Museum Library includes more than 2\,80
 0 books and over 130\,000 pages of notes from interviews with hundreds of 
 cryptologic and intelligence personnel\, foreign and American\, many now d
 eceased\, obtained in the course of research for his many books\, such as 
 'The Codebreakers.' The collection houses photocopies of rare or unique in
 telligence documents from foreign and domestic archives and from private c
 ollections. Thanks to Dr. Kahn\, the museum possesses 55 extremely rare bo
 oks\, such as a copy of the first printed book on cryptology\, Johannes Tr
 ithemius's 'Polygraphiae' of 1518. The one-of-a-kind items in the Dr. Davi
 d Kahn Collection include a telescript of his appearance on the Tonight Sh
 ow (now on display as part of the NCM's and a typescript of Herbert Yardle
 y's once controversial American Black Chamber. \n\nDespite the National Se
 curity Agency’s early efforts to sideline David Kahn’s work\, by the 1990s
 \, it had come to respect him for advancing the field of cryptology. In 19
 93\, NSA invited Dr. Kahn to be its scholar in residence. In 2020\, he was
  named to the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor.
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DESCRIPTION:7 February 1930: David Kahn\, noted cryptologic historian and a
 uthor was born. Dr. David Kahn is an esteemed author whose book\, 'The Cod
 ebreakers\,' is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive book ever wr
 itten on the history\, art and science of codebreaking. Dr. Kahn has had o
 ne of the world’s rarest collections of books\, papers and artifacts relat
 ed to the art and science of cryptology. We are extremely grateful that mu
 ch of that collection is now the prized possession of the NCM and Library.
  Learn more about his donations to the Museum and Foundation below and cli
 ck the link below to see examples of his donations in our Special Acquisit
 ions section. You can also see examples via the NSA website.\n\nDr. Kahn's
  unique collection in the NCM and Museum Library includes more than 2\,800
  books and over 130\,000 pages of notes from interviews with hundreds of c
 ryptologic and intelligence personnel\, foreign and American\, many now de
 ceased\, obtained in the course of research for his many books\, such as '
 The Codebreakers.' The collection houses photocopies of rare or unique int
 elligence documents from foreign and domestic archives and from private co
 llections. Thanks to Dr. Kahn\, the museum possesses 55 extremely rare boo
 ks\, such as a copy of the first printed book on cryptology\, Johannes Tri
 themius's 'Polygraphiae' of 1518. The one-of-a-kind items in the Dr. David
  Kahn Collection include a telescript of his appearance on the Tonight Sho
 w (now on display as part of the NCM's and a typescript of Herbert Yardley
 's once controversial American Black Chamber. \n\nDespite the National Sec
 urity Agency’s early efforts to sideline David Kahn’s work\, by the 1990s\
 , it had come to respect him for advancing the field of cryptology. In 199
 3\, NSA invited Dr. Kahn to be its scholar in residence. In 2020\, he was 
 named to the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor.
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SUMMARY:1930: David Kahn\, noted cryptologic historian was born.
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