Correspondence, 1927 April 6-7

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.
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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