Correspondence, 1929 December 1-11

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 the American Potash Company, an upcoming meeting to negotiate a new Uniform Exhibition contract, and an annual report of the Cain Corporation. It also includes daily reports for Hays, minutes and a report from a Directors and Foreign Managers Meeting, a memo about the budget for the MPPDAs Special Education program, a memo about the Copyright Protection Bureau, and a letter from Sidney Kent of Paramount Pictures to Al Steffes of Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors about industry problems and the current state of the relationship between producers and exhibitors.
Origin:	1929-12-01
Created By:	Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/65942
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 McIntyre, O. O. (Oscar Odd), 1884-1938 Minutes (Records) New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937 Huston, Claudius Hart, 1876-1952 Brown, Walter F. (Walter Folger), 1869-1961 Child, Richard Washburn, 1881-1935 Fox, William, 1879-1952 Smoot, Reed, 1862-1941 Shaffer, John C. (John Charles), 1853-1943 Potash Schenck, Nicholas M., 1880-1969 Leslie, Harry G. (Harry Guyer), 1878-1937 Long, Ray, 1878-1935 Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976 Motion picture theater owners Contracts Kent, Sidney R., 1885-1959 Paramount Pictures Corporation Servel, Inc. Labor unions Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) Warner, Harry Morris, 1881-1958 Golden, John, 1874-1955 Schenck, Joseph M., 1877-1961 Censorship International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Howard, Roy Wilson, 1883-1964 Aeronautics Annual reports Indiana Society of Chicago Loew’s Incorporated OLaughlin, John Callan, 1873-1949 Hays, Hinkle C. Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors

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