2023
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1922-04-10
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Letters, memos
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Routine correspondence about dates of Board meetings, 04-10-1922 to 08-28-1923
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121
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1922-04-22
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Letter
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Steffes forwards to Hays an aggressively-worded resolution taken at a meeting of the MPTOA. It is in the form of a ques...
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2024
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1922-05-18
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Letters
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Fox, Godard, Hammons, Laemmle, Loew, Quinn, Selznick, Zukor, appointed as members of MPPDA Executive Committee.
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2025
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1922-05-18
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Letters
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Fox, Hammons, appointed as members of MPPDA Finance Committee.
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2026
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1922-05-18
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Letters
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Loew, Joseph Schenck, appointed as members of MPPDA Membership Committee.
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68
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1922-05-22
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Memo
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Detailed outline of operations of National Board of Review NBR (sent at Hays' request). Includes personnel, origin, org...
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122
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1922-05-27
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Letter
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Kent's personal evaluations of members of MPTOA involved in Uniform Contract negotiations.
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3285
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1922-06-03
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Letter and memo
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Comments on MPTOA memo in preparation for negotiations over uniform contract: "I am greatly disappointed ... Why don't t...
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52
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1922-06-07
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Miscellaneous
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Correspondence and telegrams to and from Hays, involving studios and the Labor Council, concerning the unionization disp...
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123
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1922-06-10
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Memo
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Contains MPPDA and Theatre Owners Chamber of Commerce membership lists; also a resolution taken at a TOCC meeting author...
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3288
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1922-06-14
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Letter
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Doubting the workability of an arbitration system with a board divided 50/50 without provision of an umpire and without ...
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3291
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1922-06-14
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Letter
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Proposing clause for uniform contract. 01-1218 -- 01-1222 principal negotiators reject the suggestion.
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124
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1922-06-15
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Press release
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Announcement of commencement of negotiations between the MPPDA, led by Hays, and the Board of Directors of the MPTOA, le...
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125
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1922-06-17
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Letter
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Complaint about a "cheap, deliberate, lying attempt" by the MPTOA to "discredit" the film Reported Missing in the Exhibi...
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3290
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1922-06-21
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Letter
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Enclosing a draft contract: "... I hope you will agree with me that this draft marks a decided advance in eliminating, a...
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4
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1922-06-22
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Resolution
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Outcome of a meeting at Waldorf-Astoria on 22-06-1922 between Hays and community and industry representatives to "discus...
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127
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1922-06-24
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Letter
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Kirchwey outlines his own understanding of the purposes behind creating a Uniform Contract in the first place. These in...
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3292
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1922-06-26
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Letter
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Noting the exhibitors want the arbitration clause eliminated. They also wanted other minor amendments, including a spec...
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3293
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1922-06-30
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Letter
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On another amendment proposed by MPTOA, relating to an advance deposit: The distributors claim that payment on account o...
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6
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1922-07-07
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Memo
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MPPDA public relations activity. Proposed organization and role of Committee of Fifteen. Suggestion for formation of lo...
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7
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1922-07-07
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Record of meeting
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Relationships between the various committees; restatement of the aims of the Public Relations Committee (CPR); employmen...
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3294
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1922-07-14
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Letter
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The intention is that if a uniform contract is adopted for 1922-23 product, contracts already taken out should be carrie...
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8
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1922-08-15
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Record of meeting
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Appointment of Col. Jason Joy as Executive Officer; "Mr. Will Hays gave an inspiring report of his visit to Hollywood an...
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128
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1922-08-16
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Letter
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Cohen argues that since the MPPDA and MPTOA have reached an impasse over the Uniform Contract, they should turn to repre...
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129
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1922-08-26
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Letter
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The justification for the Film Boards of Trade (Film Clubs) by the man who claims to have originated them. Includes det...
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3297
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1922-09-01
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Contract draft
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Draft of uniform contract by MPTOA, with contentious points underlined.
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9
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1922-09-05
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Letter
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Proposal for Warner studio cooperation with the Public Relations Committee. Describes public relations progress of Commi...
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3298
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1922-09-28
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Letter
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On arbitration clause.
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12
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1922-09-30
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Letter
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Warner Bros.' guardedly negative reaction to Hays' proposals for the public relations Committee, contained in his letter...
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13
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1922-10-18
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Letter
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Discussing the promotion of non-theatrical, pedagogic, and religious films as agents of "international amity," and as im...
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15
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1922-11-06
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Bulletin/circular
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Purportedly verbatim comments from those who have previewed non-theatrical films, including 6 educational films from Fox...
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16
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1922-11-06
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Bulletin/circular
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'Excerpts from Typical Letters': public reaction in support of cleaning up the movies. Names and home towns of the auth...
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3280
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1922-11-20
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Letter
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Letter of advice from the Arbitration Society of America, written at Hays request, on the wording of the arbitration cla...
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19
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1922-12-22
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Telegram
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Hamner expresses his concern that Public Relations Committee was not consulted before Hays commented on Arbuckle case.
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73
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1922-12-22
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Telegram
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Joy advises release of statement saying Arbuckle will not re-enter industry until the matter has been discussed with Com...
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20
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1922-12-23
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Miscellaneous
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Summary of responses by committee members (including resignations) to Hays' report on Arbuckle case; miscellaneous perso...
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21
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1922-12-23
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Telegram
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Hays explains his controversial statement on the Arbuckle case, which advocated Christian charity rather than outright c...
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74
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1922-12-23
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Memo
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Public relations committee opinions on Arbuckle case - committee not consulted before Hays action to reinstate Arbuckle ...
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75
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1922-12-23
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Resolution
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Committee on Public Relations advises Hays not to permit release of any Arbuckle picturesRESOLUTION on Arbuckle, circula...
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76
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1923-01-04
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Record of meeting
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Hays retreats from his position on Arbuckle, suggesting he is merely removing himself as an obstacle to Arbuckle's worki...
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77
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1923-01-04
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Record of meeting
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Arbuckle. Hays explanation of his position and intentions.
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23
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1923-01-31
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Letter
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Hays attempts to put the Arbuckle case to rest with the Committee: notifies Hamner of Arbuckle's decision not to appear ...
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79
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1923-01-31
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Letter
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Arbuckle: Zukor confirms to Joy that Famous Players-Lasky (FPL) will not release pictures - Arbuckle to direct.
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25
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1923-02-08
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Record of meeting
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Putting the Arbuckle case to rest; promotion of the motion picture as an aid to school instruction; international cooper...
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3306
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1923-02-24
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Letter
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complaint from a small Wisconsin exhibitor that the contract doesn't help him, since it does not require the distributor...
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3305
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1923-02-25
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Letter
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complaint for a small Wisconsin exhibitor that the contract doesn't help him, since it does not require the distributor ...
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37
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1923-02-27
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Letter
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Concern re proposed copyright legislation. Includes acknowledgements of earlier letters from Swarts in December 1922.
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3310
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1923-03-01
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Correspondence
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Correspondence with exhibitors in March 1923
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3308
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1923-03-01
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Correspondence
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Arranging meetings with exhibitors
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26
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1923-03-06
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Letter
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The Committee of the National Education Association on Visual Education accepts the proposal of the Producers put forwar...
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