Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 1)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 1)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.1

Scope and Content

Date range: January 1945–May 1945 Overview of contents: Thomas Sully’s portrait of Patrick Henry and miniature of Patrick Henry; insuring Red Hill property and proposed meeting agenda; landscaping and restoration correspondence; Stanhope Johnson’s recollection of Red Hill 1907–1911; agricultural land use correspondence; a list of foundation’s Board of Trustees and addresses; fundraising correspondence; May 1945 Madison Quarterly article; May 1945 The Commonwealth magazine article; fire insurance memorandum; correspondence detailing individual donations and fundraising drives; as well as May 1945 school fundraising drive planning documents and correspondence.

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 1

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1945 - 5/1945

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.