the inventory of the jerome preston collection...

The Inventory

of the

Jerome Preston

Collection

#BU1484

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

PRESTON, JEROME

1899-1995

Gift of his family

A collection reflecting the business, family, community, cultural,

domestic, and foreign policy interests of Mr. Preston.

The earliest items in the collection are his diaries from World

War I in which he served as a volunteer in the American Ambulance

Field Service assigned to The French 130th Infantry Division.

After the United States entered the war in August 1917 he enlisted

in the U.S. Army and was left at his post with the French. Mr. Preston

had left Harvard College to join the war

in 1917 and he returned to earn his degree in 1920. During World

War II he served in the U.S. Air Service Command assigned to

statistical control in England. He left as a full colonel.

His professional life was spent as a bond salesman in the investment

field. He founded the investment management firm

Preston, Moss & Co.

His close association with Boston University and the University

Hospital began in 1927 when he was named Treasurer of the

Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. He later served as President

and Chairman of the Hospital Board of Trustees, as well as a

trustee of the university. Boston University conferred an honorary

Doctor of Laws degree on him in 1973.

The collection contains his World War I diaries and papers and

reports from his World War II service. There are files of

family papers, correspondence with friends and acquaintances,

his correspondence with prominent persons on domestic and

foreign policy issues, and files related to his association

with Boston University Medical Center and his talks at events

there. Files of his frequent trips to foreign countries are

described in mimographed letters sent home to his children.

PRESTON, JEROME

Gift of family

September 1995

Small box

I. World War I

Diaries Feb. 17, 1917 - Nov 13, 1918

6 small notebooks

Paige Box 1

II. World War II 5 files

Memos, orders, reports, letters. 1942-1945.

Letters to parents: Sept 8 & Oct. 20, 1944

ALS Sept. 26, 1944.

Account of Army Air Force Statistical Control

by Bradon Barringer. Mimeo

III. CORRESPONDENCE FILES

A_G 1939-1942

Mainly business.

Foreign Correspondence Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Correspondence incl

Miller, Henry Feb. 1, 1963 TLS 2/11/63

Personal Letters - Private

Silber, John TLS June 28, 1976

Weeks, Edward ALS Aug. 6, 1971

TLS Sept. 27, 1968

Warren, Shields TLS Feb. 16, 1966

3 Files Marked AEffusions@ 1926-1975

F1 Correspondence mainly on

1926-1954 1) AThe myth of the loss of China will get

the country into deep trouble...@

2) AExtreme anti-communism prevents us from dealing effectively with the actual menace

of Communism.@

These are generally replies to letters from JP about

above subjects, prompted by printed articles on

letters which are included.

Incl: Wedemeyer, A.C. TLS May 15, 1952

Stevenson, Adlai TLS Dec. 6, 1952

Grew, Joseph C. TLS Jan. 31, 1954

Flanders, Ralph (Sen.) TLS April 20, 1954,

March 31, 1954

Kennan, George TLS Nov. 12, 1951

Loeb, William (Manchester Union Leader)

TLS Nov. 6, 1951

Alsop, Joseph TLS Sept. 6, 1951

Taft, Robert (Sen.) TLS July 23, 1951

Saltonstall, Leverett TLS May 3, 1951

Welles, Sumner TLS April 25, 1951

Willkie, Wendell TLS April 6, 1935

F2 Incl: Galantiere, Lewis TLS July 28, 1951

1954-1966

Krock, Arthur TLS May 22, 1961

Schlesinger, Arthur Jr. TLS Dec. 1, 1958

Douglas, Paul H. (Sen.) TLS Aug 12, 1957

Vincent, John Carter ALS Sept. 1957?

F3 Incl: Lewis, Anthony TLS March 28, 1975

1964-1975

Cousins, Norman TLS Dec. 6, 1971

Dec. 28, 1971

Nov. 11, 1970

Morton, Thruston B. (Sen.) TLS Oct. 5, 1967

Knowles, John ALS 1967

TLS Nov. 28, 1967

Tuchman, Barbara ALS On postcard 1966

Humphrey, Hubert TLS Oct. 8, 1964

Correspondence Files Individual name files

Adkins, Elmer 1943-1944.

Letters and manuscript. Recommended for

Award of Legion of Merit by JP

Bott, Josephine & Alan, 1944-1952

Brunoff, Michel de (editor, French Vogue)

Cheshire, Leonard, d. 1992

1950s-1970s Letters and printed material

re: Cheshire Homes

Clark, James Albert, 1927-

Incl: letters from Mrs. Theodore Washburn

Baldwin, daughter.

Davis, Michael

From and about articles

The Douglas Family (relatives)

Hatch, Francis Whiting

Letters, clips

Pollock, Henry M., 1938

Superintendent of Mass. Memorial Hospital

Reardon, Paul

All printed

Vincent, John Carter and wife

Letters incl: Fairbank, John K.

Yoxall, Harry (member Sainsbury Club 1945-1978.)

Wyzanski, Charles d. 1986

1973. Including manuscript by JP at Tavern

Club

Subject Files

A (Foreign Affair Politics, Personal, B.U. Medical Center)

China & State Dept. 1951 -

Drafts of letters

Clips, brochures, articles

Lowell, Ralph TLS

Civil Liberties, Pro & Con

Printed

Extremism

Printed clips

JP letter, 1952

Goldwater, 1964

Clips, White House Luncheon menu Oct. 6, 1964

In Memoriam & Tributes (Living People)

Including some by JP

Includes memorial to brother

Brochures, etc.

Mass. Memorial Hospital Centennial, 195_

Printed

Menace of Communism

Incl: material from Robert Welch (John Birch

Society)

Canham, Erwin TLS April 21, 1952

Nostalgia - 2 files

Kennedy, Edward TLS Nov 13, 1972

Paintings - receipts

Social Affairs

(Tavern Club, Union Club)

Solzenitsyn

2 letters JP

Paige Chase Stone

Box 2

Trouble with Conservative Economists

Address to Boston Economic Club Feb, 1948 by JP

(Slightly condensed, 1973.)

Clips and letters

University Hospital.

1968 talk

1971 117th annual meeting

University Hospital Gifts by JP

Letters 6 photos.

Vietnam

JP notes, clips

Vietnam & Nixon

Watergate 1973-74.

B (Business files)

Baldwin Locomotive Works, 1940-1953

Correspondence

Bay State Milling Company 1956-1958

Correspondence

Electric Power & Light Co. Mandatory Plans

1947-1948, correspondence and ALo, the Poor Preferred Stockholder@ by JP, Typescript, 7p

New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. 1948

Rate increases

Correspondence, clips

Security & Exchange Commission 1933-1948.

Discussions and articles

Correspondence - 7 clips

SEC Re: purchases of Securities 1942

Winnipeg Electric 1952-1953

Clips, correspondence 7 reports

C Family Files

Elwyn Greeley Preston, 1866-1951, father.

Correspondence

Memorials

Documents

Photos.

Will and Material re ABoulderwood@

Emily Brown Preston, 1871-1951, mother

Documents

Clara Hill Brown, 1847-1933. mother of Emily Brown

File includes diary of Caroline Frances

Herrick, 1836 & transcript.

Hiram D. Preston, brother of Elwyn and Clara F.

Preston, sister or Elwyn

Documents and letters

Philip Marshall Brown, brother of Emily, uncle of

JP, 1875-1966?

Diplomat

taught at Williams College

Correspondence, articles by him, 1960-1966.

Letter: Dulles, John Foster TLS Oct. 9, 1956

Eva S. Preston, wife

Letters of condolence at her death

Photos, 1989 tribute, and some for others

D TRAVEL

1928-1977 Many files contain mimeo letters to

family at home

1928 Trip & Related.

Pauls, Etienne. Letters

1950 France, England, Switzerland

Bills, postcards

1953 France, Italy (See also Yoxall)

12 mimeo letters to children. Reprinted in

brochure AThis I Must See@

1954 The West. 2 items

incl: 1949 description

1956 France, Egypt, Greece, etc.

Mimeo letters to family, etc.

1957 France and Norway

Mimeo letters to family

1959 Spain and Portugal via England and France


1960 Scotland

Mimeo letter to family and signed menu

1960-61 New Zealand


1961 Germany and Austria


Clip

Fishing license with his photo

1963 Switzerland and Austria


1964 Fishing: England, Scotland, Norway


1967 France & England

Sainsbury Club Dinner Program

Drafts for letters.

1969 Canal Boat England & France AThe Narrow Boat@ Mimeo narrative

1972 QE 2 England

Maps of voyage

AQE 2" Typescript narrative.

1973 Russia

Notes

1976 Palinarus & Apollo Cruise

Notebook

Yoxall, Harry TLS April 19, 1972

1977 Orient Express, London, Istanbul, Switzerland

Notes.

E WRITINGS

APoems Family and Friends@ Some by JP, some by others

AHilltopper Pieces@ North Hill publication to which JP contributed.

19

ATalks - General Medical@ 1957-1960 with some correspondence and Publicity.

ATalks - Hosp. BUMC etc.@

Preston, Jerome (6/10/04)

Preston, Jerome

6/10/04

Preliminary Listing

Added to Box 2

I. Manuscripts.

A Untitled article re: JB by Ellen B. Cutler (granddaughter of JB), June 26,

2003; includes one TLS from Cutler to Bari Walsh, editor of Arts and

Sciences at Boston University re: publication of article. [F. 51]

Preston, Jerome (9/25/11) Page 1 of 1

Preston, Jerome #BU 1484

9/25/11 Preliminary Listing

Box 4 I. Diaries and Journals. A. World War I diary, transcript, TS, 59 p., Feb. 19 - June 26, 1917. [F. 1]