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Correspondence, 1928 November 8-12

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.
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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