Date range: July 1951–December 1951
Overview of contents: Insurance correspondence; Daughters of the American Revolution Patrick Henry article correspondence; donation and fundraising correspondence; potential Patrick Henry biographical film correspondence; correspondence regarding Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver memorial coin bill; correspondence with Robert Meade regarding his upcoming Patrick Henry biography; correspondence regarding Patrick Henry’s 1775 speech; correspondence with Virginia Museum of Fine Arts regarding Patrick Henry relics; correspondence with Elvira Henry Miller, Patrick Henry descendant; correspondence regarding boys’ home, including fundraising; correspondence with James R. Gilliam regarding Virginia Historical Society; correspondence with S.H. Ferebee about Norfolk in World War II history book; as well as correspondence and agreements related to Sydnor Barksdale Penick’s donation to the foundation.
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 30
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
7/1951 - 12/1951
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.
