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Correspondence, 1929 April 15-23

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, a memo about the motion picture industry backing the enforcement of liquor laws, letters of recommendation, a memo about the motion picture situation in Germany, letters about set of photographs, and a copy of an agreement regarding a wage scale for cameramen.
Origin: 1929-04-15
Created By: Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/63703
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
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Lowry, Edward G. (Edward George), 1876-1943
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Prohibition
Warner, Harry Morris, 1881-1958
New, Burt, 1870-1944
Hammons, E. W., 1882-1962
Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959
Schenck, Nicholas M., 1880-1969
Thompson, William Boyce, 1869-1930
Labor unions
Contracts

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