Date range: May 1949–July 1949
Overview of contents: Correspondence with Robert Meade; correspondence with B. W. Norton of Colonial Williamsburg; correspondence with Sons of the American Revolution, especially with S. H. Ferebee; US Senate Patrick Henry Week Resolution correspondence and documents; commemorative Patrick Henry stamp correspondence with US Postmaster General J. M. Donaldson; US House of Representatives Patrick Henry Week Resolution; property management and land use correspondence; correspondence with potential trustees; US House of Representatives bill for commemorative Patrick Henry stamp; correspondence regarding annual May 24 Board of Trustees meeting; correspondence regarding Dr. Freeman’s speech at St. John’s Episcopal Church; donation and fundraising correspondence; editorial draft; correspondence with Robert McCormick, president of Chicago Tribune; newspaper clipping of radio address on Patrick Henry given by Robert McCormick; John D. Guthrie rent disputes and renter eviction correspondence; correspondence regarding ownership of several volumes of a Patrick Henry biography; and August 5 executive committee meeting 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 20
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
5/1949 - 7/1949
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.
