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Hays mss., 1895-1954

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu

Creator
Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954.

Title
Hays mss., 1895-1954

Collection No.
LMC 2671

Extent
10,000 items

Language
Materials are in English.

Abstract
Collection consists of the papers of William Harrison Hays, Sr., the namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Republican politician, namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films. Born in Sullivan, Indiana in 1879. Hays served as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1918-1921, managing the successful campaign of Warren G. Harding for the presidency in 1920. Following Harding's election, Hays was appointed Postmaster General in 1921, a post he held until 1922, when he resigned in order to become the first President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA). Hays retired from the post in 1945, returning to Sullivan where he died on March 7, 1954.

Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of materials related to Hays political career. Memoirs includes drafts, notes, research materials related to The Memoirs of Will H. Hays (published in 1955). Writings include those of both Will Hays, Sr. and Will Hays, Jr. (born December 11, 1915, also in Sullivan, IN), including an unpublished draft based on their relationship written by the son. (Will Hays, Jr. became involved in the movie business as well: His musical You're My Everything was produced in 1949, and he wrote numerous scripts for the television show This is Your Life.) The Chaney Digest was compiled by Dirrelle Chaney, a longtime associate of Hays and owner of the Sullivan Union, a weekly newspaper in Sullivan, IN, who worked for Hays when he was Postmaster General. The Digest summarizes important events and Hays' activities. Diaries include Hays's Postmaster General calendar. Genealogical materials include charts of the Hays family tree. Miscellaneous materials feature a Ball State University dissertation, "Will H. Hays: Republican Politician," written by Richard Joseph Cinclair.

Correspondents include John Boettinger, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Edison, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, Henry Cabot Lodge, Benito Mussolini, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, and a photograph of the first manned flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 17 Dec 1903, autographed by Orville Wright.

Hays also received numerous photographs from Hollywood movie stars. Autographed portraits include Jimmie Adams, Mary Astor, Viola Banky, Warner Baxter, Noah Beery, Monte Blue, Clara Bow, Mary Brian, Clive Brook, Neal Burns, Eddie Cantor, Lon Chaney, Sr., Syd Chaplin, Ruth Clifford, Ronald Colman, Virginia de Corbin, Maria Corda, Dolores Costello, Bebe Daniels, Dorothy Devore, Billy Dooley, Billie Dove, Jack Duffy, Louise Fazenda, W. C. Fields, Lillian Gish, Lawrence Gray, Corinne Griffith, Raymond Griffith, Bill Hart, Raymond Hatton, Lloyd Hughes, Bill Irving, Emil Jannings, Osa Johnson, Leatrice Joy, Alice Joyce, Buster Keaton, Donald Keith, Doris Kenyon, Natalie Kingston, Lupino Lane, Harry Langdon, Dorothy Mackaill, Tim McCoy, Victor McGlagen, Tom Mix, Jack Mulhall, Charlie Murray, Molly O'Day, Mary Pickford, William Powell, Esther Ralston, Carroll Reece, Donald Reed, Irene Rich, Will Rogers, Chic Sale, Malcolm Sebastian (a.k.a. "Big Boy"), Vera Steadman, Gloria Swanson, Constance Talmadge, Estelle Taylor, Shirley Temple, Virginia Valli, Bobby Vernon, Paul Vincenti, Count Felix vonLuckner, Alice White, Loretta Young, and Adolph Zukor.

Note on Indexing Term - "Motion picture film": The collection includes documents from Hays's time as the President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2009
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Hays mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing Information
Processed by Cassie Brand.

Completed in 2011.

Series: Box 1 Memoirs

Memoirs are organized into "parts" and "chapters" according to the organization of the published book. Materials relating to the entire book appear first, followed by materials relating to each part or chapter. Titles are offered for clarification. There are no materials pertaining to chapters 12-16.

Subseries: Box 1 General Research and Notes

Transcripts were copied from audio-recorded discs. These discs are not in the collection.

Transcript of dictation from discs 1-42 and index, bound
Transcript of dictation from discs 1-10
Transcript of dictation from discs 11-20
Transcript of dictation from discs 21-30
Transcript of dictation from discs 31-42
Transcript of dictation, index
Transcript of dictation from discs 1-5
Transcript of dictation from discs 6-15
Transcript of dictation from discs 16-22
Transcript of dictation from discs 23-30
Transcript of dictation from discs 31-45
Transcript of dictation, index
Transcript of dictation from discs 1-8
Transcript of dictation from discs 1-24 "6th copy"
Transcript of dictation from discs 25-36 "6th copy"
Transcript of dictation from discs 37-42 "6th copy"
Transcript of dictation from special discs (4 folders)
Edited dictation
Edited dictation, Motion Picture
Edited dictation, Post Master General
Edited dictation, National Chairman
Edited dictation, Indiana State Chairman
Edited dictation, Indiana Defense Council
Edited dictation, College
Edited dictation, Young Lawyer
Edited dictation, various topics
Dictation, notes and suggestions
Association of Motion Picture Producers (AMPP) Minutes, discs 1-20

(3 copies)

AMPP Minutes, discs 21-32

(3 copies)

AMPP Minutes, summary

(2 copies)

Box 2 AMPP Minutes, discs 4-10
AMPP Minutes, discs 11-20
AMPP Minutes, discs 21-32
AMPP Minutes, California, discs 4-15
AMPP Minutes, California, discs 16-25
AMPP Minutes, California, discs 26-32
AMPP Minutes, New York
AMPP Minutes, 1922-1925 
Correspondence with Fred Niblo, Jr., 1948 
Correspondence with Fred Niblo, Jr., Jan-May 1949 
Correspondence with Fred Niblo, Jr., June-Dec 1949 
Correspondence with Fred Niblo, Jr., 1950 
Drafts, memos, and correspondence from Fred Niblo, Jr., removed from notebook

(7 folders)

E.B. Chamberlain, running commentary on drafts from Fred Niblo, Jr.
Memos
Memos, 22 May 1952 
Memos, from E.B. Chamberlain to Will H. Hays
Correspondence between E.B. Chamberlain and Chaney
Reports and other writings by E.B. Chamberlain

(2 folders)

Items from Julia Kelly
Chaney Digest References
JHH diary excerpts
Newspaper biographies of WHH
Articles about WHH
Articles about WHH, notes
Masonic Speech
Genealogy

(2 folders)

Timeline, 1913 
Timeline, 1914 
Diary of 1918  Western Trip
Table of Contents of Souvenir File
Box 3 Miscellaneous research

(2 folders)

Research, originally for Part 5, used for others chapters

(10 folders)

Proposed chapter outline
Bibliography
Indexes
Index to drafts

(2 folders)

Record book plan, removed from notebook
Bibliography, removed from notebook
Chronology, removed from notebook
Memos, removed from notebook
References, removed from notebook
Big themes, removed from notebook
Names and Genealogy, removed from notebook
Foreword draft
Publisher's proof, with edits

(7 folders)

Box 4 Publisher's proof, with edits, continued

(3 folders)

Subseries: Box 4 Part 1: Youth
Research, Correspondence

(2 folders)

Research, Sullivan, Indiana
Research, Cain Family Souvenirs
Research, Thomas Family
Research, "I Learned a Lot from the Folks Back Home", article written by WHH
Memo, from Notebook 1
Outlines of chapter 1-5
Handwritten draft

(3 folders)

Draft, chapters 1-5, RHM copy
Draft
Miscellaneous and unused
Chapter 1: From Generation to Generation
Second draft
Third draft, from notebook 1
Chapter 2: My Hoosier Tradition
Second draft
Second draft, from notebook 1
Chapter 3: From Six to Sixteen
Handwritten draft
Second draft, from notebook 1
Chapter 4: Wabash College, 1896-1900
Second draft, from notebook 1
Chapter 5: Going to Work
Draft
Draft, from notebook 1
Subseries: Box 4 Part 2: Law and Local Politics
Research

(2 folders)

Notes
Notes, chapters 6-7
Outline
Revisions by Wythe Williams
Chapter 6: "Willie—Master in Politics"
Outline
First draft, 12 Jan 1949 
Annotated first draft
Draft, from notebook 1

(2 folders)

Draft
Box 5 Chapter 7: Eventually the Republican Party
Handwritten outline
Outline

(2 copies)

Notes
First draft
Annotated first draft
Draft, from notebook 2

(3 folders)

Draft
Chapter 8: Indiana State Council of Defense
Outlines

(2 folders)

Notes
Handwritten draft

(2 folders)

First draft
Draft, from notebook 2

(2 folders)

Draft
Draft, proofread by RHM
Chapter 9: Shooting the Bull Moose
Notes
Handwritten notes and draft
First draft
Draft, from notebook 2
Draft
Subseries: Box 5 Part 3: National Politics, 1918-1922 
Summary of 1918-1921,  by Julia Kelly
Handwritten outline
Outline, 5 Feb 1948 
Outline, 31 May 1948 

(2 copies)

Handwritten notes
Notes

(2 folders)

Original draft

(4 folders)

Box 6 Draft, chapters 10-13
Draft, chapters 14-20
Draft, chapters 21-23
Revisions by Wythe Williams
Discarded draft

(2 folders)

Chapter 10: Chosen National Chairman
Notes
Chapter 11: The Task of Organizing
Research materials
Chapter 17: A Treaty without Peace

Note: Materials for chapters 12-16 found under "Part 3".

Research, Addresses
Research, Address by Senator Kellogg
Research, Address by Senator Underwood
Research, All Rational People
Research, Articles

(2 folders)

Research, Articles, "League of Nations", by Oswald F. Schuette
Research, Articles, New York Times
Research, Articles, "Tragedy of Versailles", by William C. Bullitt
Research, Articles, "The U.S. and the League of Nations", by Denna Frank Fleming
Research, Articles, "When is a President Disabled?", by Charles M. Thomas
Research, Campaign Speech
Research, Correspondence with Mrs. Jean Tomlinson
Research, Court of International Justice
Research, League of Nations
Research, League of Nations Covenant
Research, Lodge's Reservations
Research, Politics vs. Peace
Research, Repetition of History
Research, Senate Debates

(3 folders)

Research, Statements
Research, Taft Speeches
Chronology
Notes
Index
Early draft titled "Story of a Tragedy", part 1
Early draft titled "Story of a Tragedy", part 2
Early draft titled "Story of a Tragedy", part 1-2
Early drafts
Draft, early short form by WW
Draft, 30 Sept 1947 
Draft

(2 copies)

Draft, with edits
Working copy

(2 folders)

Box 7 Chapter 18: 1919—Endings and Beginnings
Research materials
Chapter 20: Back to Normalcy" and Woman Suffrage
Note: Materials for chapter 19 found under "Part 3".
Draft
Draft, first part of chapter
Chapter 21: The 1920 Campaign
First draft
Second draft notes
Chapter 22: Humanizing the Postal Service
Research, clippings
Notes and research
Notes

(3 folders)

First part, handwritten draft
First part, three drafts
Second part, handwritten draft
Second part, draft
Draft
Chapter 23: Trucks, Tubes and Mail Robbers
Original draft, marked
Chapter 24: Live and Help Live
Aviation research

(7 folders)

Aviation research, clippings

(2 folders)

Aviation research, Meeting
Notes

(3 folders)

Drafts, 13 Aug 1947 , 3 Sept 1947 , 5 Nov 1947 
Subseries: Box 7 Part 4: Motion Pictures, 1922-1945 
Research (4 folders)
Research, Harry Chandler
Research, Chandler-Hall
Research, Politics during Movie Period
Research, Zukor dinner
Box 8 Research, Production Code Conference, Book 1
Research, Production Code Conference, Book 2
Research, Production Code Conference, copy 2
References
Indexes
Draft, chapters 24-27
Draft, chapters 28-30
Draft, chapters 31-33
Draft, chapters 34-36
Chapter 25: The First Year in Hollywood, 1922-1923 
Outline and draft
Chapter 26: The "Silent" Reaches Its Zenith (March 1923-August 1926 )
Outline, notes and draft
Chapter 27: Sound Arrives (August 6, 1926-June 6, 1930)
Outline and drafts
Chapter 28: The Production Code
Notes and draft
First draft
Chapter 29: Full Steam Ahead (July 6, 1929-March 29, 1937)
Outline and draft
Draft
"Code" essay, Dec 1953 
Chapter 30: Before the Storm (1937-1941)
"Neely Bill" Correspondence

(3 folders)

Outline and draft
Chapter 31: Foreign Relations
Research
Research and notes
Notes

(2 folders)

Outline and draft

(2 copies)

Draft
Chapter 32: Motion Pictures and the War (1941-1945)
Research

(2 folders)

Early outline and draft
Outline and draft
Box 9 Chapter 33: The Presbyterian Pension Fund
Research

(8 folders)

Research, catalog of films
Research, Motion pictures in education
Memos
Outline and draft
Chapter 34: In the Fullness of Time
Outline and draft
Series: Box 9 Writings

Divided into writings by Will Hays, Sr., and Will Hays, Jr.

Subseries: Box 9 Articles by Will Hays
"The American Motion Picture", published in The Film Daily, vol. 104, no. 31. 13 Aug 1953 
"The Black Horse and His Rider", unpublished handwritten manuscript about Paul Revere
"Discussion of the Negro Problem", bound typescript
"John T. Hays", unpublished short biography
"William Harrison Hays", unpublished short biography
"Humanizing the Post Office", published in The Outlook, 1 June 1921 
"It's Up To Every American", published in Liberty, 9 Nov 1940 
"Shall We Kill Our President?", published in Hearst's International Magazine, Oct 1923 

(2 copies)

"Things do not Happen", draft
"E. Darwin Thomas, Jr.", unpublished short biography
Box 23 (Oversize) A Book of Advice, with a page by Will Hays, inscription to Will Hays Jr. on title page, 24 Nov 1923 
Subseries: Box 9 Speeches by Will Hays, Sr.
Drafts

(2 folders)

Excerpts
Box 26 Speech indexes, 1907-1918
Speeches by Will H. Hays: 1900-1906,  bound volume
Speeches by Will H. Hays: 1907-1918,  bound volume
Subseries: Box 9 Writings by Will Hays Jr.
Back Trail to Red Bluff, script, bound, 1959 
Dragon Watch, Chapters 1-19, bound, with edits
Box 10 Dragon Watch, Chapters 20-29, bound, with edits
Dragon Watch, Chapters 30-end, bound, with edits
This is Your Life, "DeVere Frank Backer", bound script
This is Your Life, "Stephen Boyd", bound script
This is Your Life, "Rossano Brazzi", bound script
This is Your Life, "Dick Clark", bound script
This is Your Life, "Charles Coburn", bound script
This is Your Life, "Henry C. Conner", bound script
This is Your Life, "Mrs. Sidonie Flacco", bound script
This is Your Life, "Mrs. Betty Hahn", bound script
This is Your Life, "Selma Herbert", bound script
This is Your Life, "Bea Knight", bound script
This is Your Life, "Mervly LeRoy", bound script
This is Your Life, "Serge Obolensky", bound script
This is Your Life, "Dr. Martin Palmer", bound script
Box 11 This is Your Life, "Viola Pogson", bound script
This is Your Life, "Mira Slovak", bound script
This is Your Life, "Rita Webb Smith", bound script
This is Your Life, "Calla Varner", bound script
This is Your Life, "Count Felix von Luckner", bound script
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, 1919-1922 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, 1923 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, 1924 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-July 1925 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Aug-Dec 1925 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-June 1926 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, July-Dec 1926 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-April 1927 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, May-Dec 1927 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-June 1928 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, July-Dec 1928 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-June 1929 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, July-Dec 1929 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-April 1930 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, May-July 1930 
Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Aug-Dec 1930 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-June 1931 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, July-Aug 1931 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Sept-Dec 1931 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-Mar 1932 

(2 copies)

Box 12 Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, April-Dec 1932 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, Jan-May 1933 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, June-Dec 1933 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, research, correspondence copies, 1934-1941 

(2 copies)

Untitled Manuscript, edited letters

(11 folders)

Untitled Manuscript, Original manuscript of 1981 revision

(6 folders)

Untitled Manuscript, Revision Work Copy

(5 folders)

Box 13 You're My Everything, Draft
You're My Everything, Discards
You're My Everything, script, 4 Oct 1948 
You're My Everything, script, 12 Nov 1948 
Box 20 Loose on the Wind scrapbook, includes clippings and correspondence

(2 volumes)

Box 26 Loose on the Wind, draft, pp. 1-100
Loose on the Wind, draft, pp. 101-200
Loose on the Wind, draft, pp. 201-300
Loose on the Wind, draft, pp. 301-400
Loose on the Wind, draft, pp. 401-534
Come Home with Me Now, draft, pp. 1-100
Come Home with Me Now, draft, pp. 101-200
Come Home with Me Now, draft, pp. 201-300
Come Home with Me Now, draft, pp. 301-400
Come Home with Me Now, draft, pp. 401-518
Come Home with Me Now, "final copy," pp. 1-100
Come Home with Me Now, "final copy," pp. 101-200
Come Home with Me Now, "final copy," pp. 201-300
Come Home with Me Now, "final copy," pp. 301-400
Come Home with Me Now, "final copy," pp. 401-576
Box 27 Come Home with Me Now,"absolute original of 1981," pp. 1-100
Come Home with Me Now, "absolute original of 1981," pp. 101-200
Come Home with Me Now, "absolute original of 1981," pp. 201-300
Come Home with Me Now, "absolute original of 1981," pp. 301-400
Come Home with Me Now, "absolute original of 1981," pp. 401-500
Come Home with Me Now, "absolute original of 1981," pp. 501-576
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 1-100
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 101-200
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 201-300
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 301-400
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 401-500
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 501-600
Come Home with Me Now, "1st copy of original," pp. 601-677
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," pp. 1-100
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," pp. 101-200
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," pp. 201-300
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," pp. 301-400
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," pp. 401-500
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," pp. 501-576
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," (II), pp. 1-100
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," (II), pp. 101-200
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," (II), pp. 201-300
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," (II), pp. 301-400
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," (II), pp. 401-500
Come Home with Me Now, "copy of 1981," (II), pp. 501-576
Series: Box 13 Photographs
Frame 1, Will Hays with two uniformed men, autographed to Billie Hays
Frame 2, man with three children, including Billie Hays
Frame 3, Will Hays and son in cowboy costume
Frame 4, L. H. French on horse, autographed 1883, with inscription to Bill Hays, 1936
Frame 5, autographed photograph of Bill Hart signed to Bill Hays, Jr.
Frame 6, Will Hays and man with Bill Hays on horse
Frame 7, Bill Hays with three men and dog
California Beach, early 1930s

(2 folders)

Connery Pasadena, 1925
Dogs and Horses
Movies and Parties
Portraits, including Will Hays, and autographed portraits of Jimmie Adams, Virginia de Corbin, Neal Burns, Ruth Clifford, Billy Dooley, Billie Dove, Jack Duffy, "Gad", Bill Hart, Bill Irving, Osa Johnson, Doris Kenyon, Tom Mix, Vera Steadman, Shirley Temple, Bobby Vernon, Paul Vincenti, and Loretta Young
Candid photographs

(2 folders)

Album 1, California and Arizona, 1908 ; Europe, 1909 ; Summer, 1910 ; Estes Park, Colorado, 1911-1912 
Album 2, childhood photographs of Bill Hays
Album 3, photographs of Will Hays, undated
Box 20 Album 4, Horses and Dogs
Box 22 (Oversize) Will Hays

Nearly all of the photographic portraits are autographed by the subjects.

Mary Astor
Viola Banky
Warner Baxter
Noah Beery
Monte Blue
Clara Bow
Mary Brian
Clive Brook
Eddie Cantor
Lon Chaney, Sr.
Syd Chaplin
Ronald Colman
Maria Corda
Dolores Costello
Bebe Daniels
Dorothy Devore
Billie Dove
Louise Fazenda
W. C. Fields
Lillian Gish
Lawrence Gray
Corinne Griffith
Raymond Griffith
Bill Hart
Raymond Hatton
Lloyd Hughes
Emil Jannings
Leatrice Joy
Alice Joyce
Buster Keaton
Donald Keith
Natalie Kingston
Lupino Lane
Harry Langdon
Count Felix von Luckner
Dorothy Mackaill
Tim McCoy
Victor McLaglen
Jack Mulhall
Charlie Murray
Molly O'Day
Mary Pickford
William Powell
Esther Ralston
Carroll Reece
Donald Reed
Will Rogers
Chic Sale
Malcolm Sebastian, a.k.a. "Big Boy"
Gloria Swanson
Constance Talmadge
Estelle Taylor
Virginia Valli
Alice White
Box 25 (Oversize) Irene Rich
Adolph Zukor
Original scrapbook enclosure
Series: Box 14 Chaney Digest
Chaney Digest #1: "Headline" – 1890-1906 
Chaney Digest #2: Sullivan Union

(6 folders)

Chaney Digest #3: Indiana Politics – 1914 
Chaney Digest #4: Council of Defense Minutes
Chaney Digest #6: The Chaney Digest of Scrap Books National Politics, February 1918-February 22, 1922 

(3 folders)

Chaney Digest #7: The Chaney Digest of Scrap Books The Postmaster General, March 3, 1921-March 4, 1922 

(3 folders)

Chaney Digest #9: Summary of Box 56 (1919-1921) 
Chaney Digest #11: MPPDA events, 1919-1935 
Chaney Digest #13: MPPDA events, 1938-1945 
Chaney Digest #14: European Visit, 11/7 – 12/2/1936 
Chaney Digest #15: Articles, Write-ups, Interviews, etc. etc.
Chaney Digest #16: Wise Will Case, Sept 1, 1947 
Chaney Digest #17: Letter Files in Boxes

(4 folders)

Chaney Digest #18: Digest of Indianapolis Star, Dec 1, 1947

(4 folders)

Chaney Digest #19: Indianapolis News, July 2, 1948 
Chaney Digest #20: Murphy Memo, WHH copy

(3 folders)

Box 15 Chaney Digest #20: Murphy Memo, WHH copy, continued

(13 folders)

Chaney Digest #20: Murphy Memo, RHM copy

(18 folders)

Series: Box 16 Diaries
Diaries, 1916  and 1921 
Calendar, 7 March 1921 – 3 March 1922 
Diaries, 1946  and 1947 
Diary, 1948 
Diaries, 1951  and 1952 
Diaries, 1953  and 1954 
Diary of William H. Hays Jr., 1932 
Series: Box 16 Genealogical Materials
Cain Family, research notes
Cain Family, Ancestral Notes
Cain Family, Genealogical Chart
Cain Family, Photographs
Hays Family, research notes
Harrison Hays, research notes
Haskin Family, research notes
Peake Family, research notes
Rowles Family, research notes
Vorhees Family, research notes
Washburn Family, research notes
Daughters of the American Revolution, correspondence and magazine
Sons of the American Revolution, correspondence and application paperwork
Census Notes
Media Research Bureau
Biographical Encyclopedia of the World
National Cyclopedia of American Biography
Gravestone Photographs
Various Papers
Viola Root Cameron, correspondence and documents
Mrs. Dickinson, correspondence and documents
Mrs. H. C. Hays, correspondence and documents
L. B. Hays, correspondence and documents
Molly Pitcher, correspondence and documents
Correspondence with researchers
Series: Box 17 Personal and Professional Files

These materials are organized within folders according to the order in which they were received.

Subseries: Box 17 Indiana
Birth certificate
Passports
Correspondence
Grades at Wabash College
Hays and Hays, founding of the firm
First Presbyterian Church
Flanner House of Indianapolis
Indiana Society of Chicago
"When Will Hays Sings...", short musical parody written about Will Hays
Erroneous Death Report
Subseries: Box 17 Politics
Clippings
Correspondence
Letters from Governors
Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome Scandal clippings
Teapot Dome Scandal clippings and correspondence
Teapot Dome Scandal statement

(4 folders)

Teapot Dome Scandal testimony
Washington Notes
Washington Notes, 1943 
Washington Notes, 1944 
Washington Trips
Miscellaneous materials
Subseries: Box 17 Military
84th Division Headquarters
Adjutant General's Department
Atomic Bombs, "The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: the effects of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki", pamphlet, 30 June 1946 
Citizen's Military Training Corp
Correspondence
Major General Robert C. Davis
Defense Day, 1924 
General Charles D. Herron
Indiana Reserve Officers roster
Japan, "Japan's Struggle to end the war" and "Summary Report (Pacific War)", 1 July 1946 
Motion Picture Reserve Corp
Oath of Office, 1931 
Oath of Office, 1936 
Paperwork
Promotions
Reel of film, unidentified
State Council of Defense
War Activities Committee
Miscellaneous materials

(2 folders)

Subseries: Box 17 Motion Pictures
AMPP Minutes, 1924-1945 
The Banshees, dinner theater program
Blackmails
Code Development

(2 copies)

Contract
Box 18 Compilation of Materials relating to the Movie Period

(3 folders)

Compilation of Materials relating to the Movie Period, copy 2

(2 folders)

History of Censorship
Meeting
Memos
MPPDA
Mussolini Letter, includes autographed letter granting an audience
Paris Scrapbook, 1930 
Report on Motion Picture
Resolution of Appreciation
Roach-Mussolini
Sound
Sound Scrapbook
Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers, 1938  Budget
Warner Brothers, Financial Statistics
Warner Brothers resignation
Warner-Kent Matter
Box 18 Individuals
Davies, Marion
Harris, Norval K.
Hart, Bill
Hays, William H., Jr.
Hays, Hinkle C.
Herron, Charles D.
Howard, Roy

(2 folders)

Johnson, Osa
Johnston, Eric
Kron, E. H.
McIntyre, O. O.
McKenzie, Maurice
Moskowitz, Joseph H.
Norr, Roy
Pearson, Drew
Peterson, Frank
Quigley, Martin
Roach, Hal E.
Roddan, Edward L.
Seabury-Rubin Correspondence
Schenck, Charles
Schenck, Charles, testimony
Selznick, David O.
Stettinius, Edward
Walker, Frank
Warner, Harry M.
Warner, Harry M., regarding anticytotoxic serum
Young, Owen
Z
Zanuck, Darryl

(2 folders)

Zanuck, Darryl, senate investigation
Series: Box 19 Correspondence
Condolence letters, 1 Mar-15 Mar 1954 
Condolence letters, 16 Mar-23 Sept 1954 
Condolence letters, undated 

(2 folders)

Condolence telegrams
Condolence notes
Box 21 Boettinger, John

Includes three bound volumes of correspondence.

Coolidge, Calvin
Edison, Thomas
Harding, Warren G.
Hoover, Herbert
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Franklin
Roosevelt, Theodore
Taft, William
Wright, Orville. Autographed photograph of the first manned flight, Kitty Hawk, NC, 17 Dec 1903 
Box 26 Letter written by a very young Will H. Hays, Jr., Jan. 18, 1887 , bound in leather
Series: Box 21 Articles
Articles about Will Hays

(5 folders)

Politics, including Harding inauguration
Movie clippings
Motion Pictures
World War II
Invasion, 6 June 1944 
Divorce

(3 folders)

Death notices

(5 folders)

Death notices, Crawfordsville, IN
Death notices, Indianapolis, IN
Death notices, Los Angeles, CA
Death notices, New York, NY
Death notices, Sullivan, IN
Death notices, Terre Haute, IN
Death notices, Wabash College
Box 23 (Oversize) Articles about William Harrison Hays
Aviation
Censorship
Radio
Republican Party
Miscellaneous
Series: Box 20 Audio-Visual Materials

Consist mostly of LP audio recordings.

Box 20 Tribute to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 15 April 1945 , bound, with sleeves
Box 24 (Oversize) "House warming", 22 April 1933 
"Mr. Hays", 31 Oct 1935 
"Award to Walt Disney", 22 Jan 1937 
"Mr. Will Hays speaking at 25th anniversary dinner to Adolph Zukor", Hotel Waldorf Astoria, NY, 29 Mar 1937 
"Premiere of 'Captains Courageous'", 11 May 1937 
"American Red Cross Convention", 13 May 1937 
"Story of Industry", 28 Dec 1937 
"Will Hays, WABC", 12 Sept 1938 
"Herald Tribune Forum, WJZ," 25 Oct 1938 

(2 records)

"Presbyterian Church, WOB", 30 Oct 1938 
"Three Mirrors of America, WJZ", 12 July 1939 

(3 records)

"Indiana Society Banquet, recording of theme song 'Hays-a-poppin''", 13 Dec 1941 
To the Red Cross, Irene Siems, undated 
William Harrison Hays speeches

(3 recordings)

Series: Box 21 Miscellaneous
"Will H. Hays: Republican Politician," by Richard J. Cinclair, dissertation, pp. 1-100, 1969 
"Will H. Hays: Republican Politician," by Richard J. Cinclair, dissertation, pp. 101-194, 1969 
Box 26 Release agreement for unnamed Will H. Hays, Jr. book, signed by Helen V. Fischer, Feb. 25, 1985 
Notes, miscellaneous
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