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 and the American Potash Company. It also includes letters to studio executives regarding the selection of a man to lead the department of exhibitor relations. |
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Origin: | 1929-03-26 |
Created By: |
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/60487 |
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 Sheehan, Winfield, 1883-1945 Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959 Cochrane, Robert H., 1879-1973 Zanft, John, 1883-1960 Fox, William, 1879-1952 Women’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association Potash Brown, Walter F. (Walter Folger), 1869-1961 Paramount Pictures Corporation Lowry, Edward G. (Edward George), 1876-1943 Platten, J. Homer First National Pictures, Inc. McIntyre, O. O. (Oscar Odd), 1884-1938 Love, Montagu, 1877-1943 Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931 Mitchell, William D. (William De Witt), 1874-1955 |
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