Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 60)

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 60)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.60

Scope 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 - 12/1965

Archive Size/Extent

Six boxes

Archive Items Details

Title

Folder 60

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

3/1961 - 4/1961

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.