Correspondence, 1927 May 24-31

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 job requests and recommendations, Hays album of signed photographs, the Indiana Lincoln Union, and an upcoming examination of the California offices records. It also includes an article about farm relief, a church magazine, a letter discussing the advantages of holding the next Republican National Convention in San Francisco, and a speech delivered by Hays before the General Assembly of the Laymens Committee of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Origin: 1927-05-24
Created By: Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/48147
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
Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964
Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958
Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961
Livingstone, Beulah, 1886-1975
Eastman Kodak Company
Eastman, George, 1854-1932
Goodrich, James P. (James Putnam), 1864-1940
Hart, William S. (William Surrey), 1864-1946
Culver Military Academy
DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959
Smith, Courtland, 1884-1970
Fox, William, 1879-1952
Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936
Indiana Lincoln Union
Lowry, Edward G. (Edward George), 1876-1943
Work, Hubert, 1860-1942
Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959
Jewett, Charles Webster, 1884-1961
New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937
Platten, J. Homer
Producers Distributing Corporation
Speeches
Public speaking
Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
Wabash College
Indiana World War Memorial (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)

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