Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 28)

Archive

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Patrick Henry's Red Hill

Name/Title

Papers of James S. Easley (Folder 28)

Entry/Object ID

76.66.28

Scope and Content

Date range: January 1951–April 1951 Overview of contents: Correspondence with and regarding the Colonial Dames of America, as well as Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman; financial correspondence, specifically regarding John H. Converse’s donation to the foundation; donation and fundraising correspondence; correspondence regarding a Patrick Henry brochure; executive committee responses to brochure proposition; document on corporation of Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation; meeting scheduling correspondence; correspondence regarding volumes of Patrick Henry biography; correspondence with potential trustees; correspondence with Robert Meade; and correspondence regarding potential new foundation director.

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 28

Creator

Easley, James S.

Date(s) of Creation

1/1951 - 4/1951

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.