Date range: April 1950–May 1950
Overview of contents: Financial correspondence and documents, largely regarding overdue bills; correspondence regarding Bellwood agreement and boys’ home; correspondence regarding state appropriations; correspondence with Ben Hilliard; correspondence with Robert Meade; correspondence with Garden Club of Virginia; correspondence with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts regarding Patrick Henry relics; mortgage correspondence with Elizabeth Kerper; meeting scheduling correspondence; correspondence from Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; correspondence with George Ed Britton regarding his pay; correspondence with Thomas George regarding his pay; correspondence with the Colonial Dames of America; fundraising correspondence; correspondence with and regarding the Virginia Chamber of Commerce, specifically William Lashley; and correspondence regarding potential trustees.
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 25
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
4/1950 - 5/1950
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.
