Date range: September 1961–December 1961
Overview of contents: Donation and fundraising correspondence; meeting scheduling correspondence; correspondence regarding final reconstruction at Red Hill; financial correspondence and documents; history of Patrick Henry Boys’ Plantation; December 4, 1961 executive committee meeting minutes and correspondence; correspondence regarding deed of trust; correspondence regarding Mabel Bellwood’s living arrangements; and correspondence regarding Mabel Bellwood’s resignation.
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 65
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
9/1961 - 12/1961
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.
