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 Atlantic Funding Corporation, the Indiana Lincoln Union, and a dispute between Mae Murray and a law office. It also includes an excerpt from the Annual Report about the progress of raising moral standards in motion pictures and a memo discussing a few unclean films. |
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Origin: | 1927-04-06 |
Created By: |
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/48466 |
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 Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury), 1876-1944 Cochrane, Robert H., 1879-1973 Universal Pictures Corporation Laemmle, Carl, 1867-1939 Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974 United Artists Corporation Hammons, E. W., 1882-1962 Educational Pictures (Firm) Jewett, Charles Webster, 1884-1961 Indiana Lincoln Union Minutes (Records) New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937 Women’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association Union League Club (New York, N.Y.) Invitations Murray, Mae, 1885-1965 Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964 Sheehan, Winfield, 1883-1945 |
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