Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 6)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 6)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.6

Scope and Content

Date range: September 1946–October 1946 Overview of contents: Copy of William S. Prettyman photo of 1893 Oklahoma Cherokee Outlet land rush; Bureau of Land Management establishment document; correspondence with National Park Service regarding maps of Red Hill; Virginia Historical Society correspondence; billing and auditing correspondence; fundraising correspondence; criticism of Archibald MacLeigh’s “Brave New World” poem in The Atlantic; Red Hill mortgage correspondence; landscaping correspondence; October 8, 1946 executive committee meeting minutes; Red Hill property management and land use correspondence; correspondence regarding foundation reorganization; inquiry into possible tax exemption for foundation; and correspondence regarding potential trustees.

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 6

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

9/1946 - 10/1946

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.