Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 18)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 18)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.18

Scope and Content

Date range: January 1949–February 1949 Overview of contents: Correspondence regarding national Patrick Henry week, mostly with US Senator A. Willis Robertson; correspondence with S. H. Ferebee regarding his history of Patrick Henry; correspondence with Elmer F. Wieboldt; donation and fundraising correspondence; Patrick Henry biographical film correspondence; Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation balance sheet; correspondence with John D. Guthrie regarding his resignation and rearrangement of the foundation; correspondence with Robert Meade; meeting and scheduling correspondence; correspondence regarding February 16 foundation meeting; fundraising campaign firm correspondence with John Price Jones Corporation; correspondence with Colonial Dames of America; correspondence with Sons of the American Revolution; correspondence with Virginia Governor William A. Tuck; Virginia lawyers fundraising campaign correspondence; February 20, 1949 issue of The Danville Register; newspaper clipping of Red Hill restoration; US Senate report on National Patrick Henry Week; financial correspondence; US Senate subcommittee hearing correspondence; as well as correspondence between Robert Meade and Oliver Carmichael of the Carnegie Foundation.

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 18

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1949 - 2/1949

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.