Correspondence, 1927 August 13-20
| 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 a patent related to turn-table construction, the newsreels field, President Coolidges decision to not run for reelection, the labor situation at West Coast Theatres, the film Is Your Daughter Safe?, and the motion picture situation in Europe. It also includes a report detailing the labor situation in California and the creation of the Labor Committee within the Association of Motion Picture Producers. |
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| Origin: | 1927-08-13 |
| Created By: |
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/51344 |
| 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 Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (U.S.) Labor unions Joy, Jason S. (Jason Shepherd), 1886- Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959 Patents Goodrich, James P. (James Putnam), 1864-1940 Culver Military Academy Newsreels Car wash industry Patents Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 Work, Hubert, 1860-1942 West Coast Theatres Paramount Pictures Corporation Postal service Salvation Army Beetson, Fred W. Eastman Kodak Company Eastman, George, 1854-1932 Educational Pictures (Firm) Fletcher, Henry Prather, 1873-1959 Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929 Advertising Club of New York Houghton, Alanson Bigelow, 1863-1941 Christie Film Company United Artists Corporation Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 Livingstone, Beulah, 1886-1975 New, Burt, 1870-1944 Schurman, Jacob Gould, 1854-1942 Union League Club (New York, N.Y.) Actors Actresses Kinograms Publishing Corp. Burns, Neal, 1890-1969 Duffy, Jack, 1882-1939 Joyce, Alice, 1890-1955 Vernon, Bobby, 1897-1939 |
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