Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Harry H. Coburn photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: SP032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Harry H. Coburn in Indianapolis and Greenfield, Indiana ranging from 1913 to 1927, regarding the impact of the 1913 flood on the White River and the surrounding areas, such as Riverside Park, near downtown Indianapolis; James Whitcomb Riley attending his final birthday celebration at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis (October 7, 1915) and the parade at the the Riley celebration in Greenfield, Indiana (October, 1925); and events in Indianapolis during...
Dates:
1913-1927
J. Newton Fullenwider papers
Collection — Folder: S493
Identifier: S0493
Scope and Contents
This collection includes election documents and maps, correspondence, and a badge from various sources, including from Will H. Hays (Republican National Committee and with the Motion Pictures Association) ranging from 1912 to 1944 regarding elections.
Dates:
1912-1944
John Prout collection
Collection — Folder: S1088
Identifier: S1088
Scope and Contents
There are ten unrelated items in this collection, including a note from Hugh McCulloch, Treasury Department to Lander Bishop and Company, dated June 17, 1865. The note thanks "Gentlemen" for the portrait of Washington which they sent. Also included is a letter to Honorable Sidney Dillon, President Union Pacific R.R., from James N. Tyner, Postmaster General, February 20, 1877, regarding the rates for mails sent by rail. A letter to Erastus Brainard, Esq., from W. Q. Gresham, dated March 8,...
Dates:
1863-1925; undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Prout collection
John S. Benham collection
Collection — Folder: S0104
Identifier: S0104
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, pamphlets, a questionnaire about Benham’s family, a photograph with Will H. Mays, an expense sheet, and newspaper clippings about his time in Washington D.C. and local editorials about whether or not to re-elect him.
Dates:
1916-1934
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John S. Benham collection
Richard Lieber papers
Collection
Identifier: L091
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, financial documents, photographs and drawings, invitations, naturalization papers, outlines of right and left foot, maps, pamphlets and publications, and other papers from Richard Lieber and others, including government agencies, in the United States and Germany, ranging from 1892 to 1958. Materials concern the Abraham and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, monuments, Lieber family matters, the National Park Service, Indiana State Parks, Thomas Hart Benton, the...
Dates:
1892-1958
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Richard Lieber papers
Will H. Hays collection
Collection
Identifier: L560
Scope and Contents
The collection includes Will H. Hays' correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, notebooks and photographs, principally from the period of 1914-1954. His political papers include correspondence and other papers regarding his work as Indiana and National Republican Party Chairman; his work with the State Council of Defense during World War I; his efforts to unite the liberal and conservative wings of the Republican Party for the 1920 election, including his correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt on...
Dates:
1857-1957
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Will H. Hays collection
Will H. Hays speech on aeronautics
Collection — Folder: S3454
Identifier: S3454
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one speech on aeronautics give by Will H. Hays in Los Angeles, California on February 11, 1925.
Dates:
1925/02/11
World War II Defense Bond Rally, Indianapolis photograph collection
Collection — Folder: SP137
Identifier: SP137
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs taken at the Defense Bond Rally in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 15, 1942 during World War II, depicting Hoosier actress Carole Lombard, Will H. Hays, Eugene C. Pulliam, Governor Henry Schricker, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, Dr. Charles B. Coleman, and others. There is also a clipping featuring many photographs from the event.
Dates:
1942/01/15
