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 correspondence about the Continental Baking Corporation, the motion picture situation in Indianapolis, land lots in California, and a car washing business and a patent for an apparatus for cleaning and polishing automobiles. It also includes a report on the use of Automatic Postage Service machines and a Federal Trade Commissions report on Baking Combines and Profits. |
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Origin: | 1927-02-23 |
Created By: |
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/47001 |
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 Party (U.S. : 1854-) Motion picture industry Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America YMCA of the USA Goodrich, James P. (James Putnam), 1864-1940 Hubbard, Kin, 1868-1930 Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937 Warner, Harry Morris, 1881-1958 Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) Aeronautics Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America Presbyterian Church Pension trusts United Press Associations Censorship Chaney, Dirrelle Associated First National Pictures, Inc. Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959 Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959 Postal service Mayer, Louis B. (Louis Burt), 1885-1957 Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 United States. Federal Trade Commission Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926 Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 Sheehan, Winfield, 1883-1945 Work, Hubert, 1860-1942 Indianapolis Power & Light Company Murat Theatre (Indianapolis, Ind.) |
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