Finding Aid to the Madeleine Tress Memoir Rainbows on my Ceiling Coll2014.115

Kyle Morgan
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Madeleine Tress memoir Rainbows on my Ceiling
creator: Tress, Madeleine
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.115
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet 1 folder
Date (inclusive): 2006
Abstract: A self-published, hard-cover memoir written by Madeleine Tress of San Francisco entitled Rainbows on my Ceiling, 2006. The memoirs "were written as an extended conversation with Jan Sibley, [Madeleine's] partner in love and life for 40 years."

Content Description

A self-published, hard-cover memoir written by Madeleine Tress of San Francisco entitled Rainbows on my Ceiling, 2006. The memoirs "were written as an extended conversation with Jan Sibley, [Madeleine's] partner in love and life for 40 years."

Biographical / Historical

"The memoir encompasses Madeleine's early childhood in New York and Jan's in Alaska; the paths they both took before they met, and the adventures they shared throughout the years. Jan taught in a ghetto school and Madeleine became an attorney. They traveled the world together and started a business in San Francisco. They became part of the gay community of that city and lived through the AIDS crisis. The memoir recalls those years, and the fascinating people they met along the way."
Source: Introduction from memoir.

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder #, or item name] Madeleine Tress Memoir Rainbows on my Ceiling, Coll2014-115, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Kyle Morgan, 2014.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Arthur Tess, July 2008.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Memoirs
Jewish lesbians
Lesbian couples
Tress, Madeleine

 

Madeleine Tress memoir Rainbows on my Ceiling 2006