Correspondence, 1925 January 20-23

Description: Correspondence, speeches, and other documents sent to and from Will H. Hays during the 1920s. Born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1879, Hays served as chairman of the Republican National Committee (February 1918-June 1921); manager of Warren G. Hardings presidential campaign (1920); U.S. postmaster general (March 1921-March 1922); and president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) (1922-1945). In addition to materials related to Hays personal and professional interests, this folder contains a plan for the physical distribution of films, a meeting summary of the MPPDAs publicity men, a copy of a censorship bill, a list of religious motion pictures, and a report on the censorship situation in various states. It also includes correspondence about a dinner Hays is organizing for Coleman DuPont and Hays recent speech about aviation.
Origin: 1925-01-19
Created By: Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/29769
Collection: Will H. Hays Collection
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography: United States
Subjects: Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Correspondence
Politics and government
Politicians
Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854-)
Motion picture industry
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Contracts
Associated First National Pictures, Inc.
Censorship
Smith, Courtland, 1884-1970
Near East Relief (Organization)
Minutes (Records)
Prohibition
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
Hart, William S. (William Surrey), 1864-1946
Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974
Education in motion pictures
Legislation
Patten, Thomas G. (Thomas Gedney), 1861-1939
Christie, Charles H. V., 1880-1955
Warner, Harry Morris, 1881-1958
Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980
Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926
Milliken, Carl E. (Carl Elias), 1877-1961
Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
Vitagraph Company of America
Indiana Young Mens Christian Association
Aeronautics
Religious films

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