Correspondence, 1931 August 1-31

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 to Hays, letters regarding insurance companies and farm holdings, a memo discussing several different reports, a memo related to theater labor matters and the American Federation of Musicians, a letter discussing new hires and a departmental budget increase due to having more Code related work, letters from the Federal Radio Commission about the allotment of radio facilities given to each state and television licenses, and a long letter discussing the need to have an organization that can control the publicity coming out of Hollywood. It also includes correspondence about Hays family trip to Wyoming, Gillespie Auto Laundry System, and job requests and recommendations.
Origin: 1931-08-01
Created By: Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll64/id/68232
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
Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke, 1861-1938
Labor unions
Fox Film Corporation
Car wash industry
Long, Ray, 1878-1935
Insurance
Brown, Walter F. (Walter Folger), 1869-1961
Postal service
Bone, Scott C. (Scott Cardelle), 1860-1936
Republican Club of the City of New York
James, Will, 1892-1942
Eastman Kodak Company
Postcards
Quigley, Martin, 1890-1964
Pettijohn, C. C. (Charles Clyde), 1881-1948
McIntyre, O. O. (Oscar Odd), 1884-1938
Golden, John, 1874-1955
Goldwyn, Samuel, 1879-1974
Herron, Charles D. (Charles Douglas), 1877-1977
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936
Sheehan, Winfield, 1883-1945
Schulberg, B. P., 1892-1957
Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965
Federal Radio Commission

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