Date range: April 1946–May 1946
Overview of contents: Correspondence about Board of Trustees and executive committee prospective members; school fundraiser documents; Red Hill property management and land use correspondence and documents; article draft for The Gazette; Charlotte Gazette article; correspondence about potential May 29, 1947 meeting; blank contributors’ booklets; insurance correspondence; financial correspondence; letter to Sons of the American Revolution; letter with potential literary magazine titles; correspondence about May 29, 1946 executive committee meeting; and correspondence discussing trustees visiting property on May 28, 1946.
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 4
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
4/1946 - 5/1946
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.
