Date range: November 1949–December 1949
Overview of contents: Correspondence and documents regarding unpaid bills and accounts; correspondence regarding mortgage agreement with Lynchburg Trust and Savings Bank; correspondence regarding state appropriations; correspondence with Virginia Travel Council; correspondence with Virginia State Chamber of Commerce about article on Patrick Henry biography volumes; correspondence with St. John's Episcopal Church; correspondence with George Ed Britton about his pay; November 29, 1949 American Law Institute newsletter; December 14 executive committee meeting correspondence; correspondence with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts regarding location of Patrick Henry relics; correspondence regarding potential boys’ home, especially with Ralph Bellwood; and correspondence regarding General George C. Marshall.
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 22
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
11/1949 - 12/1949
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.
