Date range: January 1945–May 1945
Overview of contents: Thomas Sully’s portrait of Patrick Henry and miniature of Patrick Henry; insuring Red Hill property and proposed meeting agenda; landscaping and restoration correspondence; Stanhope Johnson’s recollection of Red Hill 1907–1911; agricultural land use correspondence; a list of foundation’s Board of Trustees and addresses; fundraising correspondence; May 1945 Madison Quarterly article; May 1945 The Commonwealth magazine article; fire insurance memorandum; correspondence detailing individual donations and fundraising drives; as well as May 1945 school fundraising drive planning documents and correspondence.
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 1
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
1/1945 - 5/1945
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.
