Date range: November 1947–December 1947
Overview of contents: November 2, 1947 New York Herald Tribune newspaper clipping; letter from Robert D. Meade; mortgage correspondence with trustees; correspondence regarding potential sale of portion of Red Hill property; potential Patrick Henry play, pageant, and movie correspondence; restoration plans correspondence with Stanhope Johnson; fundraising correspondence; correspondence with National Park Service for snapshots of Red Hill; financial correspondence; Falling River water rights correspondence; correspondence regarding Jefferson Standard “situation”; and Patrick Henry biographical play documents.
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 11
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
11/1947 - 12/1947
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.
