Nan Tucker McEvoy Papers
1905-2015
Physical Description: Cartons 1-24; Cartons 76-85; Boxes 1-2; Oversize Boxes 1-6, 8, 14
Scope and Content Note
Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence; personalia; materials related to her marriage to Dennis McEvoy and to her
political activities; calendars, appointment books, and address books; materials related to her professional employment and
institutional work (volunteer activities); travel files; news clippings and magazines with stories and information about McEvoy
and her family; social registers; and her cookbooks and other books (some of which are inscribed to her).
Carton 1
Correspondence A-St
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from Adlai Stevenson, Jackie Kennedy, Hillary and Bill Clinton, and outgoing correspondence from Nan Tucker
McEvoy
Carton 2
Correspondence Su-Z
approximately 1953-1998
Scope and Content Note
General correspondence by year
Carton 3
Nion McEvoy Correspondence
Carton 4
John Nef Correspondence
1957-1964
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters from Marc and Vava Chagall to John Nef
Carton 5
Correspondence - Greeting Cards
approximately 1980s-2015
Scope and Content Note
Includes condolences on the death of Phyllis de Young Tucker (1988)
Carton 6
Personal Papers
Scope and Content Note
Documents, notebooks, notes, news articles by Nan Tucker McEvoy, scrapbook, diary
Carton 7
Personal Papers
Scope and Content Note
Files related to 1408 35th St. NW, Nan Tucker McEvoy's Washington D.C. residence
Carton 8
Nan McEvoy and Dennis McEvoy
Scope and Content Note
Materials relating to the period of Nan and Dennis McEvoy's marriage: wedding announcement, financial documents, clippings,
personal property inventories, materials re: Japan and Reader's Digest, and divorce papers, and all correspondence between
Nan and Dennis McEvoy.
Carton 9
Political Activities
Scope and Content Note
Materials related to Nan McEvoy's political activities, including campaign documents and correspondence from candidates; political
pins and ribbons belonging to her.
Carton 10, Carton 11, Carton 12
Calendars, Appointment Books, and Address Books
Scope and Content Note
Carton 10 contains calendars and Appointment Books, 1955-1986 (incomplete). These include some journal-type entries, especially
re: Peace Corps work. Carton 11 contains calendars, 1982-2004; a birthday book; and address books, 1960s-2000s. Container
12 contains address books, 1960s-2000s; Nan McEvoy's rolodex entries; and Nion Tucker, Sr.'s livestock pins.
Carton 13
Professional Employment and Institutional Work
Scope and Content Note
Includes professional employment, 1960s-1970s, and Institutional Work (volunteer activities), 1970s-2000s (A-N). Includes
employment with the Peace Corps, Population Council and Preterm, and volunteer and service work with multiple institutions
Carton 14
Institutional Work (N-Z), 1970s-1990s
Carton 15, Carton 16
Institutional Work, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Content Note
Carton 15 contains materials from the 1980s-1990s (bulk); Carton 16 contains materials from the 1970s-1980s (bulk)
Carton 17, Carton 18
Travel Files
1979-2008
Scope and Content Note
Carton 17 contains travel files, 1979-1995. These include correspondence, receipts, itineraries, notes re: the Smithsonian
Board of Trustees, photos, ephemera, and files for trips related to the development of McEvoy Ranch (Badia di Coltibuono).
Carton 18 contains travel Files, 1996-2008; and artifacts and ephemera (such as name tags, postcards, and pamphlets)
Carton 19
Clippings and Magazines
approximately 1940s-2003
Scope and Content Note
Clippings and magazines that contain information about Nan McEvoy and/or the McEvoy family.
Carton 20
Social Registers/Directories, 1990s-2002
Carton 21, Carton 22
Cookbooks
Scope and Content Note
Carton 21 contains cookbooks autographed by authors with dedications to Nan McEvoy. Carton 22 contains autographed cookbooks
with dedications, and Nan McEvoy's personal cookbooks and recipe clippings
Carton 23
General Books
Scope and Content Note
Some are autographed by authors. Includes "New Garden Design," featuring McEvoy Ranch
Carton 24
Personalia
Scope and Content Note
Includes Nan McEvoy yearbook, awards and honors, ephemera and memorial materials, personal documents, and correspondence,
1937-2015. Also includes estate documents re: Yukiko Kurishima, who worked as McEvoy's housekeeper in Washington, D.C., 1980s-1989
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Personalia
Scope and Content Note
Photographs printed on foamcore: Nan Tucker McEvoy Lung Cancer Research Institute, University of California San Francisco
(UCSF), and rendering of Nan Tucker McEvoy Terrace (UCSF); two books of images of the Celebration of the Nan Tucker McEvoy
Distinguished Professorship in Thoracic Surgical Oncology at UCSF; booklet with photographs of a California Historical Society
appreciation event for Nan Tucker McEvoy
oversize_box 2, Folder 1-2
Photographs, Personalia, and Memorials
Scope and Content Note
Folder 1 contains resolutions, certificates of recognition and memorials to Nan Tucker McEvoy; Folder 2 contains photographs
and personalia belonging to Nan Tucker McEvoy, including an invitation to the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and a photograph
of JFK signed to Nan Tucker McEvoy.
oversize_box 3, Folder 4-5
Personalia
1929-1987
Scope and Content Note
Folder 4 contains certificates of recognition to Phyllis Ann Tucker, 1968-1987. Folder 5 contains a certificate of holy communion
for Phyllis Ann Tucker, 1929, and other religious materials; United Nations Conference Committee certificate for Phyllis Ann
Tucker; and magazine clippings featuring Phyllis Ann Tucker
oversize_box 14, Folder 15
Certificate
1966
Scope and Content Note
Notes appointment of Nan Tucker McEvoy as Representative of the United States of America to the Fourteenth Session of the
General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizations, signed by Lyndon B. Johnson
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Olive Oil Personalia
2000-2005
Scope and Content Note
Pioneer Award to Nan Tucker McEvoy from the California Olive Oil Council, 2005; gold medal awards for olive oil from Los Angeles
County Fair, 2000, 2003-2005; bronze medal award for wine label design from Los Angeles County Fair, 2004
Box 1, Box 2
Family Personalia
Scope and Content Note
Box 1 contains two rolled Plenary Indulgences for Phyllis de Young Tucker and family; invitation to Christmas Eucharist, Trinity
Catholic Church, 1970; poem "The Partridge Tree" by Katherine Hoskins. Box 2 contains a memorial from board of directors of
the Panama Pacific International Exposition re: the death of Katherine de Young; memorial for Charles de Young Elkins; clippings
about Adlai Stevenson
oversize_box 3, Folder 6-7
Family Personalia
approximately 1905-1954
Scope and Content Note
Folder 6 contians certificates of appointment to Nion Tucker as a member of board of directors, 1A District Agricultural Association,
1944-1948; marriage license for Nion R. Tucker and Phyllis de Young, 1918; map of Burlingame, San Mateo and Hillsborough,
1925; certificate of memorial to Nion R. Tucker from the California Legislature, 1950; and diploma for Nion R. Tucker, Sacramento
High School, 1905. Folder 7 contains a certificate of memorial for Kathleen Yvonne (de Young) Thieriot, 1954; Christmas cards
from Ruth Elkus and Antoinette and Warren Howell; two certificates in Italian; and a drawing of the de Young mansion
oversize_box 4, Folder 8-10
Newspapers and Newspaper Clippings, primarily about Adlai Stevenson
Scope and Content Note
Includes clippings about Stevenson's death
Carton 76, Carton 77, Carton 78, Carton 79, Carton 80, Carton 81, Carton 82, Carton 83
Personal Financial Records
Scope and Content Note
Cartons 76-77 contain charitable contributions, 1978-1989 and 1990-1998. Cartons 78-82 contain financial records binders and
the Nan Tucker McEvoy Foundation binders, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 2001-2002, 2003, 2006-2007. Carton 83 contains financial records
Carton 83
Memorials and Condolences to Nan McEvoy
Scope and Content Note
Donations made in Nan McEvoy's memory; condolence cards re: Nan McEvoy's death
Carton 84
Books
Scope and Content Note
Books by Adlai E. Stevenson signed to Nan McEvoy; other books signed to Nan McEvoy; Livestock Judging Handbook belonging to
Nion Robert Tucker; The Whole Truth and Nothing But by Hedda Hopper, signed to Phyllis Tucker McEvoy
Carton 85
Scrapbook and Artifact
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook of letters from Nan McEvoy to Phyllis and Nion Tucker about her 1930s travel, including in Nazi Germany; hard hat
for Nan McEvoy, de Young Museum Project
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Scrapbooks
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbook of Nan Tucker McEvoy, 1938-1939; and scrapbook with "Phyllis DeYoung 1918" on the cover that includes a folder of
loose clippings that has been tucked inside
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New de Young Museum Design; Articles [about the de Young family]
Scope and Content Note
Design plans, New de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park, June 2000; design presentation, The New de Young Museum, Museum Store,
June 2003; Holiday magazine, September 1953; One Hundred Years of History: Worcester Telegram, Sunday Telegram, 1984
Phyllis de Young Tucker Papers
1893-1989
Physical Description: Cartons 25-49; Oversize Box 2; Oversize Box 7; Oversize Boxes 9-13
Biography
Phyllis de Young Tucker (1892-1998) was one of the owners of the San Francisco Chronicle, and a director of the Chronicle
Publishing Co. Tucker was a civic leader in San Francisco. Her charitable work included founding Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Tucker's husband was banker Nion Tucker, her father was M.H. de Young, and her daughter was Nan McEvoy Tucker.
Scope and Content Note
Consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence; personalia; diaries and personal notebooks; Nion Tucker, Sr. and Nion Tucker,
Jr. papers; family papers; subject files; materials related to her organizational work (volunteer activities); financial records;
scrapbooks; newspaper clippings; and Soundscriber discs.
Carton 25
Correspondence, approximately 1893-1960s
Scope and Content Note
Contains early correspondence; correspondence by name, A-Z; and mixed general files
Carton 26
Correspondence - General 1920s-1980s
Scope and Content Note
Unsorted. Bulk dates are 1950s-1970s; outgoing from Phyllis de Young Tucker, 1903-1904 and 1940s-1980s
Carton 27, Carton 28
Correspondence - Nan McEvoy to Phyllis Tucker
1945-1969
Scope and Content Note
Partially sorted. Carton 27 dates from 1945-1956, and Carton 28 dates from 1957-1969
Carton 31
Personal Papers
Scope and Content Note
These date from approximately 1917-1970 and include documents for Tucker family members; notes; writing/reminiscences; invitations;
stationery samples; material re: sale of the de Young family home on California Street
Carton 32, Carton 33
Diaries/Personal Notebooks/Miscellaneous Small Binders
1917-1969
Scope and Content Note
Carton 32 contains diaries 1917-1963 (incomplete). Note: some diaries are locked. Carton 33 contains diaries, approximately
1964-1966; personal notebooks, 1930s-1950s; and miscellaneous small binders. There are cotillion notes, recipes, birthday
books, etc., 1930s-1969
Carton 34
Nion Tucker, Sr./Nion Tucker, Jr. Papers
1918-1952
Scope and Content Note
Includes documents, correspondence, clippings, yearbooks, and San Francisco Opera Association and Marine Corps materials.
Materials from the Marine Corps includes a telegram re: the death of Nion Tucker, Jr. at Iwo Jima, 1945
oversize_box 2, Folder 3
Nion Robert Tucker, Jr. Personalia
Scope and Content Note
Certificate of holy communion for Nion Robert Tucker, Jr., 1929; diploma awarded to Nion Robert Tucker, Jr. from the Santa
Barbara School, 1940; certificate of memorial, Nion Robert Tucker, Jr., signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945
Carton 35
Other Family Members' Personal Papers; Rogue's Roost
Scope and Content Note
Papers re: the de Young family, the Deane family, Joseph Chevigny (who worked as house staff for the Tucker family), and Dominica
Oillarburu (who worked as house staff for the Tucker family). Rogue's Roost was the de Young family enclave in Oregon. There
are records re: its design and building, furnishings, materials, designer files (including correspondence) landscaping, documents
re: the 1964 flood, and inventories, 1929-1960s
Carton 36
Rogue's Roost; Subject Files A-M
Scope and Content Note
Rogue's Roost materials, approximately 1948-1980s; Subject Files, 1940s-1970s (bulk 1950s). Includes correspondence, government
documents, and publications re: Rogue River dams; correspondence re: property maintenance, sale, and donation of land. Subject
files are arranged alphabetically, and folder titles are original to Phyllis Tucker.
oversize_box 7, Folder 11-12
Architectural Drawings and Maps, including Oregon and Tokyo, Japan
Scope and Content Note
Folder 11 contains architectural drawing and renderings of Tucker Memorial Chapel, near Klamath Falls, OR, 1947; map, Flounce
Rock Ranch, Jackson County, Oregon, 1941; architectural plans, Miss Tucker's room (unidentified home). Folder 12 contains
a map of Rogue River (Oregon); architectural plan, Reader's Digest residence, Tokyo, Japan
Carton 37
Subject Files N-Z; Organizational Work - Various, A-P
Scope and Content Note
Subject Files, 1940s-1970s (bulk 1950s). Organizational [volunteer] Work - Various, 1935-approximately 1971 (bulk 1950s).
Arranged alphabetically, file titles original to Phyllis Tucker. Includes files on fundraising for the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival
Carton 38
Organizational Work - Various, S-Z (Partial)
Scope and Content Note
Files date from 1935-approximately 1971 (bulk 1950s)
Carton 39
Organizational Work - American Women's Voluntary Services, de Young Museum
Scope and Content Note
Files from the American Women's Voluntary Service date from approximately 1942-1958 and include minutes, correspondence, and
"Women Power" magazine. Files from the de Young Museum date from approximately 1960-1973, and include materials re: the opening
of the "New Memorial Museum," and Board of Trustees files
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Organizational Work - American Women's Voluntary Service
approximately 1940-1945
Scope and Content Note
Two Scrapbooks belonging to Phyllis Tucker
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Organizational Work - American Women's Voluntary Service
approximately 1940-1945
Scope and Content Note
Two Scrapbooks belonging to Phyllis Tucker
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Organizational Work - American Women's Voluntary Service
Scope and Content Note
Book dedicated to Phyllis Tucker from her American Women's Voluntary Service colleagues, with hand drawn watercolor illustrations
by Antonio Sotomayor, 1943; scrapbook of materials related to the American Women's Voluntary Service belonging to Phyllis
Tucker, approximately 1940-1945
Carton 40
Organizational Work - de Young Museum; Travel
Scope and Content Note
Files from the de Young Museum date from approximately 1960-1973 and include materials re: the opening of the "New Memorial
Museum," and Board of Trustees files. There are original Phyllis Tucker files on U.S. and world travel
Carton 41
Astrology, Horoscopes, Graphology, Financial Files and Inventories
Scope and Content Note
Astrology, Horoscopes, Graphology 1930s-1970s; Financial files and inventories, approximately 1940s-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s).
Files on astrology and handwriting analysis of friends and family, 1930s-1970s. The majority of the financial files are original
files for Phyllis Tucker (PT) and Nion Tucker (NT) and include taxes, investments
Carton 42, Carton 43, Carton 44
Financial Files and Inventories
Scope and Content Note
Majority are original files for PT and NT: taxes, investments, approximately 1940s-1970s (bulk 1960s-1970s)
Carton 45
Scrapbooks, Address Books, and Lists
Scope and Content Note
Includes Paul Elder-illustrated wedding album for Phyllis and Nion Tucker, titled, "The House that Jack Built" (1918); address
books, address lists, and Rolodex (undated)
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Scrapbooks
Scope and Content Note
Two scrapbooks belonging to Phyllis Tucker: one has general news clippings; and wedding, engagement, and other social announcements;
one has clippings and other materials related to dog shows
Carton 46
Clippings, Printed Material, and Sheet Music from the Collection of Phyllis and Nion Tucker
approximately 1919-1989
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Scrapbook of Condolences Received by Phyllis Tucker re: the Death of Her Husband, Nion Tucker
1950
Carton 47
Ephemera
Scope and Content Note
Includes travel, theater, and museum materials, self-improvement pamphlets, and postcards, 1930s-1970s (bulk 1950s)
Carton 48
SoundScriber Discs
1947-1956
Scope and Content Note
Recordings made by Phyllis Tucker to be transcribed by her secretary
Carton 49
Personalia
Scope and Content Note
Nion Tucker's bird banding and hunting log, approximately 1929-1934; Flounce Rock Ranch cattle business album; Nion Tucker
Jr.'s Purple Heart documents, 1945; Phyllis Tucker flower show correspondence, certificates of honor, and a book commemorating
a reception for President Theodore Roosevelt, 1903
San Francisco Chronicle Records
Physical Description: Cartons 50-56; Oversize Boxes 14-16
Carton 50, Carton 51, Carton 52, Carton 53, Carton 54, Carton 55, Carton 56
San Francisco Chronicle Files, 1980s-1990s
Scope and Content Note
Consists of original, unsorted files regarding management, ownership, and sale of the San Francisco Chronicle and related
properties, the hiring of a CEO in 1992, and the lawsuit between Nan McEvoy and Chronicle Publishing Company, 1995. Carton
52 includes files on the Tele-Communications, Inc. and Chronicle Publishing Company merger, 1995
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Reproductions, Mementos, Publications
Scope and Content Note
Folder 16 contains an oversize reproduction of "The McEvoy Chronicle," 2013; an oversize reproduction of San Francisco Chronicle
editorial, "The Torch Is Passed," 2000. Folder 17 contains a commemorative book, The Life of M.H. de Young, September 30,
1849-February 15, 1925. Folder 18 contains a memento with the image of U.S. Marines raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi
on Iwo Jima (offered by San Francisco Chronicle)
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Issues of This World (Published by The San Francisco Chronicle)
1944
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Front Pages and Copies of San Francisco Chronicle Issues
1870-1989
Scope and Content Note
Folder 19 contains front page, San Francisco Chronicle, July 17, 1870; front page, The Call - Chronicle - Examiner, San Francisco,
Thursday, April 19, 1906 (Earthquake); front page, San Francisco Examiner, February 7, 1961, Nan Tucker McEvoy as White House
guest. Folder 20 contains two newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle, August 14, 1945 and September 2, 1945 (end of World War
II). Folder 21 contains three newspapers: San Francisco Chronicle, October 18, 1989, October 19, 1989, and October 29, 1989
(1989 Bay Area earthquake)
McEvoy Ranch Records
Physical Description: Cartons 57-75; Oversize Box 7
Carton 57, Carton 58, Carton 59, Carton 60, Carton 61, Carton 62
Correspondence and General Management
approximately 1989-2010
Scope and Content Note
Much of the correspondence appears to be about ranch operations and management. Includes information on leases, land trusts,
LLC transfer agreements, system design for wind-generated electricity, water rights, grazing rights, and organic farming certification.
Includes Maurizio Castelli, Jeff Creque; the establishment of McEvoy Ranch (permits, water, farm equipment acquisition); architects
(Appleton/BAMO); land permits; land, dams and ponds, springs, septic, and purchase of Rapanelli olive press
Carton 63, Carton 64
Comptroller/Accounting Files re: Establishment of McEvoy Ranch
Carton 65
Bound Studies, Reports on McEvoy Ranch
approximately 1991-1996, 2004
Carton 66
Harvest Parties
1995-2012
Carton 67, Carton 68
Marketing - Branding/Packaging
oversize_box 7, Folder 13
Label Design, McEvoy Ranch Olive Oil
oversize_box 7, Folder 14
Building Elevation Drawings, McEvoy Ranch Olive Pressing Facility
Carton 69
Finance Binders
1990-1996
Processing Information
Some records have been removed from binders and put in files for ease of access
Carton 70
Media Clipping Binders
2006-2007
Carton 71
Clipping Files and Magazines
Carton 72, Carton 73
McEvoy Ranch Video Library
1987-2004
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to audio-visual materials may be restricted due to technical limitations.
Scope and Content Note
There are 47 VHS tapes and one cassette audiotape. There is a list in Carton 72 that has more information about each tape.
Some tapes are numbered. These are primarily stories about McEvoy Ranch, McEvoy olive oil, or California olive oil. Most
are from television programs; some may have been produced by McEvoy Ranch. Titles were taken from the tapes/cassette.
Carton 72: 20 VHS tapes; Wine Country Living, 2003; Evening Magazine, 2001; San Antonio Living, 2002; Bay Area Backroads,
1998, 2003 (2 videos); California Heartland (LA), 2003; Bay Cafe, 1999 (2 copies); Prime News, World Today (CNN), 1997, 1998
(2 videos, 2 copies of each); Channel 7 News at 11:30, with McEvoy Chef Gerald Gass, 1998 (2 copies); Tasting Napa, 2002;
Olive Oil: A Timeless Classic for Today's Consumer, National Association for the Specialty Food Trade; The Best of Out of
the Way, 2004; McEvoy Store, KQED-TV, 2003; California Olive Oil, 6 segments, 1997 (2 copies)
Carton 73: 27 VHS tapes. The Bountiful Basket: The Olive Story, 2000; McEvoy Ranch Olive Oil [Bay Area Backroads?] (10 copies);
The Ultimate Kitchen; Bay Café; Olive Oil Show; Wine Country Living, 2003; McEvoy Ranch, Employee Party, 2000; Oprah Winfrey,
1999; McEvoy Ranch (60 minutes, repeat) (3 copies); California Heartland (Sacramento); Epicurious, Episode #38, Gourmet Every
Day, 2001; Celebrity Chef's Kitchens – T.C.; O Is for Olive Oil, Weir, Cooking in the Wine Country, 1999; California Country
Program, 1987; unlabeled tape with note "Dub express – please make 5 DVD's and 1 VHS copy"; McEvoy Ranch. One audiotape: Dining
Around with Gene [illegible, 11-12]/Gerald Glass, [2000]
Carton 74, Carton 75
"Sapothecary" - Jill Lee Files; McEvoy Products; McEvoy Art Collection
