Sources and methods for cryptologic history: the William and Elizebeth Smith Friedman collections

Abstract

This article, the third in a series of columns devoted to sources and methods for cryptologic history, profiles the William and Elizebeth Smith Friedman Collections at the George C. Marshall Research Library. After providing an overview of how the Friedmans assembled their collections, the article details their scope and organization and notes the inventories, guides, and finding aids that they and others have compiled over the years. A number of digitized documents are identified, as are other notable items in each collection. A final section offers brief description of other sources of information about the Friedmans.