Kent Cooper and the Associated Press, an Autobiography (SIGNED with ephemera from author to and from former associate Rowland Rand) by Cooper, Kent - 1959

Random House., 1959. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. MInor edge age-toning to book; Clean inside; Minor wear to jacket.. 1 334 p. Includes index. Black cloth over boards. 4/59 on jacket flap. Newspaperman Kent Cooper (1880-1965), having conceived during the early 20th century of news delivery to newsrooms by telephone, was hired away from United Press by Associated Press in 1910, rising to executive director in 1943. He had conceived in 1926, and established in 1935, the AP Wirephoto system, and AP's world news service in 1938. These advances changed how and when news of World War II, for instance, reached the home fronts, with AP news writers and photographers around the world. Cooper's career at AP continued until his retirement. His influence was widespread. Enclosed are letters / notes from Cooper to Rowland Rand who began at AP with him in 1911, according to a carbon copy of a letter Rand wrote tahnking Cooper for sending him this book. There is also a formal card from AP, with dated copies of Cooper's death notice and obituary; 3 envelopes in all. Cooper's signature is written with a newsroom blue pencil.