Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 11)

Archive

-

Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 11)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.11

Scope and Content

Date range: November 1947–December 1947 Overview of contents: November 2, 1947 New York Herald Tribune newspaper clipping; letter from Robert D. Meade; mortgage correspondence with trustees; correspondence regarding potential sale of portion of Red Hill property; potential Patrick Henry play, pageant, and movie correspondence; restoration plans correspondence with Stanhope Johnson; fundraising correspondence; correspondence with National Park Service for snapshots of Red Hill; financial correspondence; Falling River water rights correspondence; correspondence regarding Jefferson Standard “situation”; and Patrick Henry biographical play documents.

Collection

Papers of James S. Easley (1885–1965)

Archive Details

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1945 - 12/1965

Archive Size/Extent

Six boxes

Archive Items Details

Title

Folder 11

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

11/1947 - 12/1947

Provenance

Notes

This collection encompasses the papers of James Stone Easley, the first president of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation. The collection primarily includes correspondence between Easley and other individuals connected to Red Hill, as well as maps, brochures, meeting minutes, financial documents, contracts, newspaper clippings, and blueprints from the early years of the foundation and its efforts to reconstruct Red Hill. The papers in this collection, dating from 1945 to 1965, were donated to the foundation by Mr. Easley in 1965.