Date range: November 1948
Overview of contents: Meeting scheduling correspondence; donation and fundraising correspondence; Virginia lawyers fundraising campaign correspondence and documents; Fall 1948 issue of The Iron Worker periodical, including reprint of Red Hill article; Lynchburg fundraising campaign correspondence; correspondence with trustees; correspondence to and regarding Robert McCormick, president of the Chicago Tribune; correspondence with and regarding Elmer F. Wieboldt; and correspondence with Colonial Dames of America.
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 16
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
11/1948 - 11/1948
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.
