Correspondence, 1928 August 1-13

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 politics, Gillespie Auto Laundry System, the American Potash Company, the Culver Military Academy, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company, and a merger between oil companies. It also includes a budget report, memos about censorship publicity, and letters related to a dispute between Hearst and Universal Pictures over the renewal of a newsreel contract.
Origin:	1928-08-01
Created By:	Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/58339
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 Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Car wash industry Wilson, Henry Lane, 1857-1932 Caricatures and cartoons Culver Military Academy New, Burt, 1870-1944 Kellogg, Frank B. (Frank Billings), 1856-1937 Potash Cochrane, Robert H., 1879-1973 Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951 Universal Pictures Corporation International Newsreel Corporation Newsreels Niblo, Fred, 1874-1948 Censorship Hays, Hinkle C.

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