Date range: June 1946–August 1946
Overview of contents: Richmond Times-Dispatch article; William Wirt Henry’s Patrick Henry biography summary; insurance documents and correspondence; executive committee and Board of Trustees correspondence; fundraising correspondence; school fundraising drive documents; Red Hill property management and land use correspondence; blank Patrick Henry artifact form; and copy of August 19, 1946, Chicago Daily Tribune editorial.
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 5
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
6/1946 - 8/1946
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.
