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 Hoover winning the Presidential election, Hollywood Screen Star Fashions Inc., and the Edgewater Gulf Hotel. It also includes thank you notes for birthday messages, a report on a group of Rhodes Scholars from West Point, expense reports, a report from the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company, and notes on the Motion Picture Radio Communications Corporations application to the Federal Radio Commission. |
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Origin: | 1928-11-08 |
Created By: |
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/58937 |
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 Eastman Kodak Company Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Presidential campaigns Thank-you notes Herrick, Myron T. (Myron Timothy), 1854-1929 Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941 Fletcher, Henry Prather, 1873-1959 Wilson, Henry Lane, 1857-1932 Indiana Lincoln Union United States Military Academy Republican National Committee (U.S.) Work, Hubert, 1860-1942 Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964 United States. Federal Trade Commission Goodrich, James P. (James Putnam), 1864-1940 |
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