Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 14)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 14)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.14

Scope and Content

Date range: June 1948–August 1948 Overview of contents: Restoration document; Red Hill property management and land use document; financial correspondence; correspondence with and regarding Robert Meade; Red Hill property management and land use correspondence; correspondence regarding annual May 29 meeting; mortgage correspondence; meeting scheduling correspondence; donation and fundraising correspondence; electricity at Red Hill correspondence; commemorative Patrick Henry stamp correspondence; correspondence regarding Edmund H. Eitel’s foundation report and his role in the foundation; Lynchburg fundraising campaign correspondence; correspondence regarding foundation case book; foundation as a living memorial correspondence; correspondence regarding Caravati issue; donation and fundraising correspondence; correspondence with and regarding potential trustees; correspondence regarding Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry rivalry; Patrick Henry memorial coin correspondence; correspondence with Colonial Dames of America; correspondence with Robert Meade; as well as Virginia lawyers fundraising campaign correspondence and 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 14

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

6/1948 - 8/1948

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.