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WILL H. HAYS - ANNOTATED DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/20/1922 - HFSID 87106

Correction sheets for Will H. Hays' biography in the 1922-1923 edition of Who's Who in America, with numerous ink and pencil corrections. Accompanied by a postal return receipt signed by Hays in pencil. Annotated document signed "W H Hays".

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WILL H. HAYS
Correction sheets for Will H. Hays' biography in the 1922-1923 edition of Who's Who in America, with numerous ink and pencil corrections. Accompanied by a postal return receipt signed by Hays in pencil.
Annotated document signed "W H Hays". With numerous corrections in red and black ink and blue and lead pencil in unknown hand. 4 pages, 8½x11. Oct. 26, 1921 and March 20, 1922. This is a set of three correction sheets and one typed manuscript page for Hays' entry in the 1922-1923 volume of Who's Who in America. Two of the pages are pinned together and have small clippings of Hays' entry from Who's Who in America. These pages have numerous corrections in an unknown hand. Lightly toned, soiled and creased. Pin holes in top left and bottom left corners. Folded once horizontally and twice vertically. Otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by: 1) Unsignedtyped letter from A. N. Marquis & Co. Dated March 22, 1922. Addressed to the Honorable Will H. Hays, Sullivan, Indiana. In this letter, A. N. Marquis & Co. asked Hays to correct his biography in Who's Who in America and to return it to them as soon as possible. Lightly toned and creased. Pin holes in top left and bottom left corners. Carbon copy marks. Otherwise in fine condition. 2) Receipt unsigned. Dated March 23, 1922, postmarked Sullivan, Indiana, March 23, 1922.United States Postal Service return receipt addressed to A. N. Marquis & Co., Chicago, Illinois. Lightly toned, soiled and ripped. Top left corner is torn off but included. Pin holes in top left corner. Otherwise in fine condition. A. N. Marquis & Co., now a subsidiary of News Communication, Inc. publishes Who's Who in America. Hays (1879-1954), who was Postmaster General from March of 1921 to March of 1922, later served as President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, which created the "Hays Code" of conduct in films produced by Hollywood.

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