Date range: July 1954
Overview of contents: Correspondence with Robert Meade regarding his Patrick Henry biography; correspondence with Stanhope Johnson and Eugene Casey regarding Red Hill reconstruction; correspondence with and regarding the National City Bank of New York; meeting scheduling correspondence; booklet of address given at Whitman College about Patrick Henry and John Smeaton; financial correspondence and documents, largely about Eugene Casey financially supporting the foundation via stock transfer; annual foundation meeting August 19 correspondence; and a letter from John D. Guthrie regarding Red Hill reconstruction plans.
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 37
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
7/1954 - 7/1954
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.
