Date range: January 1957–December 1957
Overview of contents: Reviews of Robert Meade’s Patrick Henry biography; newspaper clippings of articles related to Red Hill dedication; correspondence regarding the furnishing of Red Hill; correspondence and documents related to the Brookneal Town Council resolution to support Red Hill and the boys’ home; correspondence regarding the Red Hill dedication, as well as a program from the dedication; Patrick Henry commemorative stamp correspondence; Red Hill legislative history correspondence; newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding Patrick Henry pageant; donation correspondence with and regarding Margaret Penick; property management correspondence; correspondence regarding John Miller’s account of the Henry-Randolph debate; and newspaper clippings of articles about Christmas at Red Hill.
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 46
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
1/1957 - 12/1957
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.
