Date range: January 1951–April 1951
Overview of contents: Correspondence with and regarding the Colonial Dames of America, as well as Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman; financial correspondence, specifically regarding John H. Converse’s donation to the foundation; donation and fundraising correspondence; correspondence regarding a Patrick Henry brochure; executive committee responses to brochure proposition; document on corporation of Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation; meeting scheduling correspondence; correspondence regarding volumes of Patrick Henry biography; correspondence with potential trustees; correspondence with Robert Meade; and correspondence regarding potential new foundation director.
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 28
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
1/1951 - 4/1951
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.
