John Matthews Manly: The Collier's Articles

In the fall of 1927, John Matthews Manly wrote a series of articles on contract for Collier's Magazine about the cryptographic section of the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army during World War I. These articles were never published, and they disappeared until recently, when they w...

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Published in:Cryptologia 2014-01, Vol.38 (1), p.77-88
Main Authors: Dooley, John F., King, Elizabeth Anne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Expeditionary Force
Applied sciences
Armed forces
Coal mines
Collection
Contracts
Cryptography
Division
Exact sciences and technology
Foundations
Herbert Yardley
Information, signal and communications theory
Intelligence
Intelligence gathering
John Matthews Manly
Library collections
Manly, John Matthews (1865-1940)
MI-8
Military
Signal and communications theory
Telecommunications and information theory
William F. Friedman
World War I
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Summary:In the fall of 1927, John Matthews Manly wrote a series of articles on contract for Collier's Magazine about the cryptographic section of the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army during World War I. These articles were never published, and they disappeared until recently, when they were discovered in the William Friedman Collection at the George Marshall Foundation Library in Lexington, Virginia. This article describes how the articles were written, how they ended up in the Friedman Collection, and what they contain.
ISSN:0161-1194
1558-1586
DOI:10.1080/01611194.2013.797049