Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 31)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 31)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.31

Scope and Content

Date range: January 1952–July 1952 Overview of contents: Correspondence regarding Sydnor Barksdale. Penick’s donation to the foundation; requests for Patrick Henry history booklets; correspondence regarding the State Corporation Commission; correspondence regarding money owed to Morrison Myers and George Ed Britton; correspondence with Robert Meade regarding his Patrick Henry biography; tax correspondence; insurance correspondence; meeting scheduling correspondence; and correspondence with Ralph Bellwood about boys’ home progress.

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 31

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1952 - 7/1952

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.