Date range: May 1961
Overview of contents: Meeting scheduling correspondence; agreement between Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation and contractor C. W. Hancock & Sons, Inc. for final reconstruction at Red Hill; correspondence with Farmville Rotary Club; financial correspondence and documents, including regarding transfer of stocks from Eugene Casey to foundation; correspondence regarding final reconstruction and Stanhope Johnson; correspondence regarding Mabel Bellwood’s living arrangements; insurance certificate and performance bond; request for 1945 Patrick Henry article; and May 29, 1961 Red Hill celebration committees document.
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 61
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
5/1961 - 5/1961
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.
