Date range: May 1951–June 1951
Overview of contents: Tax correspondence; correspondence regarding potential new foundation director; correspondence about Patrick Henry brochure; donation and fundraising correspondence; correspondence regarding annual May 29 foundation meeting, including RSVPs; list of foundation officers and executive committee; report on foundation’s finances; Robert Chamberlayne’s resignation from board; financial documents and correspondence; correspondence with Robert Meade, largely regarding funding publication of his upcoming Patrick Henry biography; insurance correspondence; Daughters of the American Revolution Patrick Henry article correspondence, as well as a draft of the article; correspondence with foundation’s printer regarding new US Department of Commerce order; letter with an update on the foundation’s activities; and stationery ordering correspondence.
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 29
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
5/1951 - 6/1951
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.
