Date range: January 1963–December 1963
Overview of contents: History of Campbell County booklet; correspondence regarding moving William Wirt Henry’s office and servants’ cabin; correspondence regarding Mabel Bellwood’s living arrangements; letter from Lucy Page Williams to Senator Harry Byrd regarding the importance of Red Hill; annual May 29 foundation meeting correspondence; foundation financial report; newspaper clipping of an article about a letter written by George Washington; Osage orange tree correspondence; water system at Red Hill correspondence; correspondence regarding October 23 meeting; financial correspondence, including discussing reconstruction costs; agreement between Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation and contractor T. M. Sweeney; meeting scheduling correspondence; letter from Stanhope Johnson to Robert Meade discussing history of architecture 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 69
Creator
Easley, James S.
Date(s) of Creation
1/1963 - 12/1963
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.
