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John Preston papers (Ms.2011.032)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series I. Correspondence and subject files, circa 1979-1994

Series I. Subseries A. General correspondence and subject files, 1979-1994

Container Description Date
Box 1 A Misc - AZT
circa 1982-1992
Box 2 Barrus - CompuServe
circa 1982-1992
Box 3 Conrad - First Hand
circa 1982-1992
Box 4 Fiset - Hagerty
circa 1980-1991
Box 5 Hansen - Labonte
Contents Note: Includes correspondence with Jon Hedu, Gail Hinand, and Michael Kearns.
circa 1979-1991
Box 6 Lambda Rising - Men as sex symbols
circa 1980-1991
Box 7 Mental health - Peters
Contents Note: Includes correspondence with Paul Monette and Scott O'Hara.
circa 1980-1992
Box 8 Pettit - Rotrosen
Contents Note: Includes correspondence with Betsy Preston (sister), Marvin Preston (brother), and Nancy Preston (mother); Paul Reed; Robert Riger; and Eric E. Rofes.
circa 1980-1994
Box 9 Rowberry - Steward
Contents Note: Correspondence with Laurence Senelick and Sam Steward and subject files on S&M and Safe sex.
circa 1980-1992
Box 10 Summer - Witomski
Contents Note: Correspondence with Bob Summer and T. R. Witomski
circa 1980-1992
Box 11 Witomski - Z Miscellaneous
Contents Note: Correspondents include T.R. Witmoski and Les K. Wright.
circa 1980-1992
Box 12 Unsorted incoming and outgoing correspondence
Contents Note: Bulk of outgoing correspondence addressed to Richard.
circa 1980-1992

Series I. Subseries B. Other correspondence, 1987-1993

Container Description Date
Box 13 Big Gay Book research correspondence
Contents Note: Correspondence and research related to the Big Gay Book
circa 1987-1990
Box 14 Big Gay Book research correspondence
Contents Note: Correspondence and research related to the Big Gay Book
circa 1987-1990
Box 15 Big Gay Book and Erotic Lives research correspondence
Contents Note: Correspondence and research related to the Big Gay Book and Erotic Lives.
circa 1988-1990
Box 16 Anne Rice correspondence
Contents Note: Faxed correspondence from Anne Rice (1993-1994).
1991-1993
Box 19 Anne Rice and Eric Garber correspondence
Box 17 Literary and personal correspondence: A-L
Contents Note: Includes correspondence with Eric Garber (Andrew Holleran) and Michael Lowenthal, among others.
circa 1987-1993
Box 18 Literary and personal corresondence: M-Z
Contents Note: Includes unsorted and unopened correspondence.
circa 1987-1993
Box 53 Literary and personal correspondence: unsorted faxes
Contents Note: Unsorted correspondence originally in fax format, photocopied to preserve information. Includes correspondence with Anne Rice.
1991-1994

Series II. Writings, circa 1982-1995

Series II. Subseries A. Writings of John Preston, circa 1982-1994

Container Description Date
Box 20 Alex Kane: Deadly Lies - Sweet Dreams
1992-1993
Box 21 Alex Kane: Sweet Dreams - Stolen Moments, Arena - The King
1990-1993
Box 21.1 Blue Water Contract (Black Beret Series)
Contents Note: Single manuscript of Chapters 1-5

Access restrictions: Manuscript is inaccessible due to water damage and mold concerns.
circa 1987
Box 22 In Search of a Master - Tales from the Dark Lord
Contents Note: Includes Michael Sheriff, the Shield, written under pseudonym Preston MacAdam
circa 1982-1994
Box 23 Big Gay Book; Flesh and the Word 1 and 2
1989-1992
Box 24 Flesh and the Word 2 and 3 - Hustling
Contents Note: Includes titles Friends and Lovers and Hometowns.
circa 1994
Box 25 Hustling - Personal Dispatches
Contents Note: Includes titles A Member of the Family, Mr. Benson, and My Life as a Pornographer. Hustling materials include correspondence and research materials.
1989-1994
Box 26 Safe Sex, Sister and Brother, and Sex Work
1987-1994
Box 27 Short writings
Contents Note: Includes early writings and numerous undated and untitled works.
circa 1993, undated
Box 28 Interviews
Contents Note: Includes interviews with and conducted by Preston.
1987, undated

Series II. Subseries B. Writings of others, circa 1987-1995, undated

Container Description Date
Box 29 Anne Rice: Interview with the Vampire, The Mummy, and The Witching Hour
Contents Note: Photocopies of various drafts sent to John Preston.
undated
Box 30 Anne Rice: The Tale of the Body Thief, The Queen of the Damned, and Lasher
Contents Note: Photocopies of various drafts.
circa 1987
Box 31 Bergman - Wood
Contents Note: Writings by numerous authors, many submitted to Preston for consideration in edited volumes, and a manuscript of an unpublished epistolary novel written with T.R. Witomski. Includes thirty-four undated manuscripts by Roy F. Wood.
circa 1992-1993, undated
Box 32, Box 33 Looking for Mr. Preston
Contents Note: Drafts and page proofs of Looking for Mr. Preston, a collection of interviews, essays and personal reminiscences of John Preston, edited Laura Antoniou.
1994-1995

Series III. Media, 1983-1994
Comprises floppy disks, audiocassettes, and videotapes.

Container Description Date
Box 34 Correspondence and writings
Contents Note: Correspondence (1985-1993), drafts of the bulk of Preston's titles including edited volumes, various essays, addresses, and book proposals. Materials stored on approximately 300 floppy disks (3.5 inch and 5.25 inch).
1983-1994
Box 35 Tape recorders and slide viewer
Contents Note: 2 audiocassette tape recorders (one with speaker) and 1 slide viewer.
Box 36 Interviews and recorded programs
Contents Note: Recordings Include interviews with John Preston and programs related to AIDS activism. Numerous unlabeled audiocassettes. The bulk of the materials are undated. Comprises 41 audiocassettes
1993, undated
Box 37 Interviews, addresses, and recorded programs
Contents Note: Recordings Include interviews and Preston's Preston's keynote address at the "Creating Change" Conference (1992) as well as programs related to AIDS activism. Numerous unlabeled audiocassettes. The bulk of the materials are undated. Comprises 22 audiocassettes
undated
Box 38 Maine Public Television interview and "Creating change" address
Contents Note: 3 videotapes including John Preston interview on "Personally Speaking" (Maine Public Television, 1993).
1992, 1993

Series IV. Visual Materials, circa 1980-1991, undated

Container Description Date
Box 39 Photographs, negatives, and book art
Contents Note: Photographs, contact sheets, and negatives. Includes materials collected for publication.
circa 1982
Box 40 Slides
circa 1980-1991, undated
Box 41 Oversize photographs, prints, and negatives
Contents Note: 7 mounted photographs and 1 print, negatives, and oversize proofs.
Box 42 Photographs and collected press clippings
Contents Note: 8 images mounted on cardboard; several tagged photos which were to be included in a thematic calendar.
undated

Series V. Printed materials, circa 1979-1994

Container Description Date
Box 43 Clippings and newspapers
Contents Note: Materials include clippings of published writings by John Preston.
1983-1994
Box 44 Magazines, clippings, and printed ephemera
Contents Note: Materials include articles by or about John Preston.
circa 1985-1990
Box 45 National Coming Out Day, a John Preston Keynote Address, and an AIDS Project certificate of gratitude
Contents Note: 3 broadsides including publicity for Preston speaking engagements and a certificate honoring Preston.
1992-1993
Box 46, Box 47 Magazines, journals, newspapers, and clippings
Contents Note: Popular LGBTQ-themed publications and printed ephemera, many featuring Preston authorship or involvement.
1979-1993

Series VI. Realia, circa 1992

Container Description Date
Box 48 Awards and Objects Related to Preston's Writing Career
Contents Note: Materials include a 1992 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Anthologies; a birdhouse from Leigh Rutledge dated 1992; a gavel engraved "Mr. Drummer"; a small lock, and a personal stamp.
circa 1992
Box 54XXX Posters and photographs owned by and related to John Preston and his work

Series VII. Subject Files, circa 1976-1994

Container Description Date
Box 49, Box 50 Research, correspondence, and personal records
Contents Note: Includes Preston writings, edited pieces, newspaper clippings, printed fliers and articles, personal ephemera, personal realia, interviews, and other writings.
circa 1976-1994

Series VIII. Additions, 1973-1993

Container Description Date
Box 51, Box 52 Michael Lowenthal collection of John Preston correspondence and writings
Contents Note: Materials include correspondence, manuscript drafts of various works including Flesh and the Word 3 and Friends & Lovers, as well as page proofs for Franny, the Queen of Provincetown.
Box 51 John Preston letters to Lark Hapke
Contents Note: Incoming correspondence from John Preston addressed to Lark Hapke.
undated
Box 51 John Preston letters to Gail Hinand
1973-1993
Box 51 Franny, the Queen of Provincetown
Contents Note: Unannotated photocopy.
Box 51 Gay Community News
Contents Note: Volume 20, Number 5 (Spring 1995). This issue contains advertisement for Flesh and the Word: a John Preston Gathering, October 6-8, 1995 at the John Hay Library, Brown University.
Box 51 John Preston miscellaneous
Contents Note: Photographs, clippings, and miscellaneous printed ephemera.
Box 51 Celeste DeRoche papers relating to John Preston
Contents Note: Correspondence, clippings, typescripts, memorial service program. Correspondence from Preston dates from circa 1988-1992 or is undated.
circa 1988-1992
Box 51 John Preston letters to Susan Fox Rogers
Contents Note: 34 typed and signed letters from Preston to Rogers, including 2 typed manuscripts of essays, book sales records, and information on an anthology put together after Preston's health deteriorated.
1990-1994
Box 51 Photographs of John Preston taken by Robert Diamante
Contents Note: 5 8x10 photographs by Robert Diamante taken in Portland, Maine. All are numbered 3 of 5.
1991-1992