Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 16)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 16)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.16

Scope and Content

Date range: November 1948 Overview of contents: Meeting scheduling correspondence; donation and fundraising correspondence; Virginia lawyers fundraising campaign correspondence and documents; Fall 1948 issue of The Iron Worker periodical, including reprint of Red Hill article; Lynchburg fundraising campaign correspondence; correspondence with trustees; correspondence to and regarding Robert McCormick, president of the Chicago Tribune; correspondence with and regarding Elmer F. Wieboldt; and correspondence with Colonial Dames of America.

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 16

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

11/1948 - 11/1948

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.