Date range: October 1950–December 1950
Overview of contents: Correspondence regarding Patrick Henry descendant Elvira Henry Miller’s one hundredth birthday; correspondence regarding soil conservation demonstration at Red Hill; newspaper clippings of articles related to Red Hill and Elvira Henry Miller’s birthday; invitation to soil conservation demonstration; property management and land use correspondence; donation correspondence; financial correspondence; correspondence regarding boys’ home; potential object donation correspondence; correspondence regarding news articles about Red Hill; correspondence and documents regarding Red Hill boundaries; and Patrick Henry Boys’ Plantation informational booklet.
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 27
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
10/1950 - 12/1950
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.
