Courtney Ryley Cooper : [collection] : 1940.

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Courtney Ryley Cooper : [collection] : 1940.

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Collection consists of a single letter written by Cooper on September 11, 1940, thanking a Mrs. Hamblin for an article that was written in the Idaho Springs Gazette. A former reporter for the Denver Post, Cooper committed suicide less than a month after this letter was written. Newspaper reports indicated that Cooper had grown despondent after the FBI had shown little interest in information he had obtained in Mexico relating to German espionage and fifth column activities in Mexico on the eve of World War II.

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Cooper, Courtney Ryley, 1886-1940

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Courtney Ryley Cooper was a journalist and writer known for his books (fiction and nonfiction), short stories, magazine articles, and screenplays on crime, the circus, Buffalo Bill, wild animals, and the Rocky Mountains. He acted as press agent for the Sells-Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1914-1915. His first book was "Under the Big Top" (1923). Working with William F. Cody's widow, he later wrote a book-length biography titled "Memories of Buffalo Bill." Cooper also wrote a b...