Date range: March 1950
Overview of contents: State appropriations correspondence; financial correspondence, largely regarding overdue bills; correspondence regarding March 23 foundation meeting; correspondence with Thomas George regarding his pay; correspondence regarding anniversary of Patrick Henry’s St. John’s Church speech; correspondence regarding Casey Noland; correspondence with Robert Meade; donation correspondence; list of attendees at March 23 meeting; agreement between Ralph Bellwood and the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation to create boys’ home, as well as correspondence regarding the boys’ home; newspaper clippings and scans of articles related to Red Hill; Sons of the American Revolution correspondence regarding Red Hill resolution; correspondence with new trustees; and correspondence regarding Patrick Henry Grammar School pageant and exhibit.
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 24
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
3/1950 - 3/1950
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.
