Date range: January 1958–December 1958
Overview of contents: Request for funding for Red Hill; correspondence with and regarding the Colonial Dames of North America and future reconstruction at Red Hill; correspondence with and regarding the Old Dominion Foundation; State Corporation Committee correspondence; financial correspondence; correspondence regarding furnishing Red Hill and landscaping; newspaper clippings of articles related to Patrick Henry’s 222nd birthday celebration at Red Hill; transfer of checks from boys’ home to the foundation; correspondence with Jessie Ball duPont regarding the status of the foundation and Red Hill; list of leftover materials from reconstructions; and correspondence regarding the Ella Miller Endowment Fund.
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 47
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
1/1958 - 12/1958
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.
