Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 53)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 53)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.53

Scope and Content

Date range: January 1960–February 1960 Overview of contents: Financial report and correspondence; letter to trustees discussing foundation updates and upcoming annual May 28 meeting; book reviews, including a review of Robert Meade’s Patrick Henry biography; correspondence regarding Caravati lawsuit; correspondence with Colonial Williamsburg and Douglass Adair regarding Meade biography controversy; correspondence with Meade regarding biography controversy and second volume of biography; Patrick Henry Boys’ Plantation fundraising campaign correspondence; correspondence with Virginia State Senate and James D. Hagood regarding state funds for Red Hill; donation correspondence; correspondence with Mabel Bellwood regarding the Daughters of the American Revolution and Red Hill finances; request for pictures from the foundation; correspondence with Margaret Henry Penick regarding foundation updates; insurance correspondence; letter from Michael Francis Doyle regarding American history contest; letter from Henry McWane regarding Danville and Roanoke.

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 53

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1960 - 2/1960

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.