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History of Motion Picture Research Council, [Series 1]. Historical sketches of the Council to 1932; by-laws of the MPRC in 1934; certificates of incorporation and dissolution of the MPRC in New York State in 1935; list of activities of the MPRC during the years 1938-40; record of transfer of the central office from New York City to San Francisco, including an inventory of materials (arranged chronologically). For statements of the purposes and plans of the MPRC, see also the folders "Carnegie Corporation" (Box 5), "Payne Fund" (Box 12), and "List of Studies (Box 57) 1928-1940

 

Financial Records, [Series 2]. Annual financial statements and budgets, 1928-40; audits and reports; correspondence relative to income tax status; records dealing with indebtedness; a defense of a director of MPRC in a case involving the salary of an employee (arranged as listed). Includes the following six ledgers (shelved at the end of the collection): 1927-1941

 

Receipts and disbursements

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1927 October - 1933 August

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1933 September - 1935 January

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1935 January - 1941 December

 

Receipts of donations from members

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1934 March-1937 January

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Account book of accounts payable and receivable, includes monthly statements 1935 February-April

 

Central File of Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports, and Records, [Series 3]. This series represent the bulk of the files of the MPRC: correspondence, administrative records, minutes, reports (other than research reports), and publicity and fund raising campaign records. Between 1927 and 1935, correspondence was filed separately from the administrative records, minutes, reports, etc. and kept in annual alphabetical files. From the time the central office was reestablished in San Francisco in 1935 until 1941, all records of this series were interfiled in annual alphabetical arrangements. With some modifications, the three subseries of this series represent these original filing patterns 1927-1941

 

Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

Scope and Contents note

Communications of the central office with directors of MPRC research projects, active MPRC members, legislators, interested persons and organizations, and donors. Includes some supportive or administrative material. Originally this correspondence was kept in annual alphabetical arrangements. However, since many folders of a preceding year had been moved ahead into the next year's file during the years 1927 and 1933, the folders for those years were merged into one alphabetical arrangement. The correspondence for 1934 and 1935 is in its original order
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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

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Correspondence, [Subseries 3A] 1927-1935

 

Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

Scope and Contents note

Membership lists, employment records, and press releases. Includes minutes of conferences, executive meetings, board of director's meetings, reports from conferences and committees, director's reports, publicity and fund raising campaign records
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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

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Administrative Records, Minutes, Reports, Campaign Records, [Subseries 3B]. 1927-1935

 

Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, administrative records such as social security tax records, form letters, inquiries, and press releases. Includes minutes of conferences, committees, board of directors' meetings, plans for conferences, reports from conferences, director's reports, and fund raising campaign plans and records
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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

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Correspondence, Minutes, Administrative Reports and Records, [Subseries 3C]. 1935-1940

 

MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

Scope and Contents note

Lists, reports, findings, transactions, and correspondence relating to the research projects undertaken by the MPRC. Includes lists of research projects and proposals; documentation on a symposium of MPRC researchers on the direction of research, 1930, and on the Columbus Day Conference of MPRC researchers, 1931; notes on the revision of a book published by MPRC, A Generation of Motion Pictures, 1928, plus a copy of the book; and the findings of many of the research projects of MPRC. Some of the projects represented are studies of the American film industry, the international film industry, the legal control of the industry, the effect on national character, the effect on health, the effect on children, and the moral content of individual films
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MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

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MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

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MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

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MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

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MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

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MPRC Research Projects, [Series 4]. 1928-1940

 

Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

Scope and Contents note

The records of this series apparently served the purpose of a reference and/or subject collection of materials relating to the motion picture industry and to the MPRC. Included are an index to a MPRC reference library; a 659-page digest of information collected from many sources (with index); a collection of notes relating to the film industry, entitled "Annals"; one folder of miscellaneous data on the film industry; a subject file (with inventory) including information on censorship, block booking and blind selling, motion picture appreciation, film influences on children, and bibliography; a newspaper clippings file with one oversize album of clippings; a typewritten transcript of Congressional hearings and printed matter form the U.S. Department of Commerce; a collection of manuscripts and theses; and a pamphlet collection. Includes two oversize volumes shelved at the end of the collection
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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Reference, [Series 5]. 1928-1940

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Material not yet described

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Material not yet described

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Material not yet described