Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 48)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 48)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.48

Scope and Content

Date range: January 1959–March 1959 Overview of contents: Correspondence regarding annual foundation meeting; Caravati lawsuit correspondence; correspondence with and regarding the Colonial Dames of America and their resolution to sponsor Red Hill’s Henry family cemetery restoration; Scotchtown project correspondence; donation correspondence; meeting scheduling correspondence; request for Patrick Henry information; correspondence regarding membership to the Virginia Travel Council; correspondence regarding a submarine to be named after Patrick Henry; correspondence to and regarding Patrick Henry descendant John Fontaine; correspondence regarding furnishing the Henry House via loan, with both the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum and Smithsonian; correspondence regarding George Mason and the Bill of Rights; correspondence regarding adding Red Hill to the official Virginia highway map, mostly with US Oil Company; correspondence regarding Lord Bertrand Russell; correspondence regarding Old Dominion Foundation; annual foundation meeting speaker correspondence; Bank of Phenix document; correspondence regarding criticism of Robert Meade’s Patrick Henry biography; and correspondence regarding the Virginia Baptists’ boys camp.

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 48

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1959 - 3/1959

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.