Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 13)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 13)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.13

Scope and Content

Date range: April 1948–May 1948 Overview of contents: Correspondence with Chicago Tribune regarding 1946 article, specifically with J. Russell Jones; correspondence regarding state appropriations and Patrick Henry Week, as well as a potential national Patrick Henry Week; correspondence with and regarding Robert Meade; financial correspondence and documents; water and riparian rights transference to Pacific Mills correspondence and documents, specifically with Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company; correspondence regarding Jacob Axelrad; correspondence regarding Patrick Henry biographical project by Beverly Campbell; correspondence with Colonial Dames of America; donation correspondence; Red Hill property management and land use correspondence; correspondence and documents regarding annual May 29 meeting; as well as correspondence regarding Patrick Henry’s possessions and artworks of him.

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 13

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

4/1948 - 5/1948

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.