Date range: January 1953–June 1953
Overview of contents: Correspondence regarding Robert Meade’s Patrick Henry biography and Guggenheim grant application; tax correspondence with US Treasury Department; Patrick Henry memorial coin bill correspondence; correspondence regarding Mabel Bellwood; correspondence with the Colonial Dames of America; correspondence from the Virginia Travel Council; insurance correspondence; correspondence regarding Michie Tavern’s connection to Patrick Henry, including brochure of the tavern; correspondence with and about the Virginia Historical Society; State Corporation Commission correspondence; annual June 23 foundation meeting correspondence; letter from Elizabeth Kerper to Stanhope Johnson about Red Hill; donation correspondence; and correspondence regarding the boys’ home brochure, as well as a copy of the brochure.
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 33
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
1/1953 - 6/1953
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.
