Name/Title
Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 60)Entry/Object ID
76.66.60Scope and Content
Date range: March 1961–April 1961
Overview of contents: Executive committee March 6, 1961 meeting correspondence; correspondence regarding final reconstruction plans, mostly with Stanhope Johnson; correspondence regarding Mabel Bellwood’s living arrangements and tearing down William Wirt Henry’s office; annual May 29 foundation meeting correspondence, including discussion of potential speakers; correspondence with Robert Meade regarding Patrick Henry history, as well as upcoming biography; correspondence with Farmville Rotary Club; Boys’ Plantation donation and fundraising correspondence, including with James M. Ball and Pacific Mills; meeting scheduling correspondence; financial correspondence and documents, including regarding transfer of stocks from Eugene Casey to foundation; and correspondence regarding a new lawn mower for Red Hill.Collection
Papers of James S. Easley (1885–1965)Archive Details
Creator
Easley, James S.Date(s) of Creation
1/1945 - 12/1965Archive Size/Extent
Six boxesArchive Items Details
Title
Folder 60Creator
Easley, James S.Date(s) of Creation
3/1961 - 4/1961Provenance
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.