Correspondence, 1929 June 11-23
| 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 daily reports for Hays, an expense report, a report about the Actors’ Equity Association and a potential general strike, a memo discussing the differences between the current Standard Form of Artists Contract and the new one put in place by the Actors’ Equity Association, and a report on a meeting of several of the big Los Angeles labor unions. It also includes correspondence about Hays upcoming trip to California. |
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| Origin: | 1929-06-11 |
| Created By: |
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/63205 |
| 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 Friars Club (New York, N.Y.) Actors’ Equity Association Strikes and lockouts Labor unions Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Contracts Long, Ray, 1878-1935 Ade, George, 1866-1944 Culver Military Academy International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada New, Burt, 1870-1944 Central Casting Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences United States. Federal Trade Commission Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Thompson, William Boyce, 1869-1930 Lowry, Edward G. (Edward George), 1876-1943 Allport, Fayette, W., 1893-1957 Eastman Kodak Company |
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