Preserving the Code of Our Past
From hidden messages to historic breakthroughs, the NCF keeps the stories of cryptology alive—honoring the people, events, and innovations that shaped modern intelligence.

Marcia Axtell

Mary Clementine Aquilea

William M. Cole

The Forgotten Female Programmers Who Created Modern Tech

Navy Captain Jack Holtwick – WW II Era Photographs
Patricia Holtwick Moran

How Native American Code Talkers Pioneered a New Type of Military Intelligence

World War I – The Original Code Talkers

Bentley’s Complete Phrase Code Book from 1923
Dr. David Kahn

John Wilkin’s “Mercury or the Secret and Swift Messenger” published in 1694
Dr. David Kahn

Gaspar Schott Schola’s “Steganographica,” 1680 edition (first published in 1665)
Dr. David Kahn

Harold “Cal” Callahan
1917-2008





