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Richard Brisson
Biography: Richard Brisson is a graduate from the University of
Ottawa He has had a number of partnerships in the display of artifacts including the Diefenbunker (Cold War Bunker in Carp near Ottawa), National Museum of Science and Technology (in Ottawa), and the National Cryptologic Museum at Fort Meade. Richard will be offering these talks during the symposium: a) Developing a Proof-of-Concept Small-Scale Museum on Cryptology and Espionage The many years of collecting have brought together
several diverse artifacts which require specific approaches to
displaying and story-telling. To make the most of the space
available at his home, Richard came to the inevitable conclusion that he
had to let go of one other major side of his collecting - antique
vacuum tube radios which at one time included http://www.campx.ca/scott-1-large.jpg The displays also thread themes such as secure phones,
classic cryptographic machines (such as Hebern, Kryha, Soviet
devices, Enigma, Hagelin, etc), vintage children's decoders (Radio
Orphan Annie, Captain Midnight to name two series), spy toys and
games from the 1950's and 1960's, WW-II suitcase radios from the Here are three samples from Richard's collection: http://www.campx.ca/Hebern-I.jpg The talk will focus on critical parameters on taking several artifacts and displaying them appropriately within confined spaces while providing adequate background information. b) A Snapshot of Canada and the Cryptologic History - Yardley, Gouzenko, Tutte The talk will cover three key individuals which were
part of Canada's cryptologic history: Herbert Yardley, Igor
Gouzenko and Dr. William Tutte. Interestingly, none of the three were
originally Canadian. c) Cryptologic Museology in Canada - War Museum, Military Communications and Electronics Museum - RCMP, CSIS, CSEC This presentation will offer a snapshot of Canadian
museums that showcase cryptologic artifacts - some several in
Kingston's Military Communications and Electronics Museum. d) Cryptologic Toys Exhibit at the National Cryptologic Museum Part of Richard's toy decoder collection was lent to the NCM which was put on display from November 2003 until January 2006: ![]() ![]() ![]() The talk will cover a description of the major items
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Richard Brisson
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