Cryptologic History: Acquisitions
Stories from the Black Chamber Manuscript
Donated By: Lou Kruh
An intriguing looking “manuscript” of transcripts from a 1935 NBC Radio show called Stories From the Black Chamber.
The radio show was loosely based on Herbert O. Yardley’s book, The American Black Chamber. The bound “manuscript” includes a letter from Yardley to a colleague on the inside flap. The show ran for 13 episodes before it was cancelled. One or more of the episodes were titled “Secret Ink.” There are no known surviving audio copies of the series. The scripts of the broadcasts are available in the Library of Congress in the NBC archive.