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BANC MSS 2022/232
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Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Nan Tucker McEvoy collection
Creator:
McEvoy, Nan Tucker, 1919-2015
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2022/232
Physical Description:
approximately 133.05 linear feet
(85 cartons, 2 boxes, 16 oversize boxes)
Physical Description:
119 CD-R discs
Date (inclusive): 1893-2015
Abstract: This collection documents the personal and professional life and charitable work of Nan Tucker McEvoy. There are also materials
related to her mother, Phyllis de Young Tucker, her father Nion Tucker, Sr., her brother Nion Tucker, Jr., and the de Young
family, as well as organizational records for the San Francisco Chronicle and the McEvoy Ranch, olive oil producers in Petaluma,
California.
Physical Description: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language of Material:
English
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Collection is open for research.
No future additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Nan Tucker McEvoy collection was given to The Bancroft Library in 2022 by Nion McEvoy.
There are no alternative forms of this collection.
Nan Tucker McEvoy was a media executive, Democratic Party activist, olive oil producer, and philanthropist. She was born Phyllis
Ann Tucker in San Mateo, California in 1919 to Nion Tucker and the former Phyllis de Young. Her grandfather, M.H. de Young,
founded the San Francisco Chronicle with his brother in 1865. McEvoy was a reporter at the paper in her twenties, and was
chair of Chronicle Publishing from 1981-1995. She left San Francisco to work as a reporter for the New York Herlad Tribune
and Washington Post. She married publishing executive Dennis McEvoy in 1948 and divorced him two years later. While in Washington,
D.C., McEvoy worked for the Peace Corps and was active in her close friend Adlai Stevenson's 1956 presidential campaign. In
1965, she helped open the D.C. office of the Population Council. In 1971, along with Peace Corps colleagues, she co-funded
Preterm, an abortion clinic for low-income women in Washingto, D.C. McEvoy served on the board of many insitutions, including
the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She lived in Washington, D.C. for 36 years
before returning to San Francisco. In 1990, she established the McEvoy Ranch, producer of organic extra virgin olive oil,
in Petaluma, California. McEvoy devoted most of her time to the ranch after she retired, and her son, Nion McEvoy, took over
the operation in 2014. Nan Tucker McEvoy died in San Francisco in 2015.
[Identification of item], Nan McEvoy collection , BANC MSS 2022/232,The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Arranged to the container level
Processed by Alison Moore, Jaime Henderson, and Marjorie Bryer in 2022 and 2023
De Young family business papers, 1877-1991 (BANC MSS 2004/262 c)
This collection documents the personal and professional life and charitable work of Nan Tucker McEvoy. There are also papers
related to her mother, Phyllis de Young Tucker, her father Nion Tucker, Sr., her brother Nion Tucker, Jr., and the de Young
family, as well as organizational records for the San Francisco Chronicle and the McEvoy Ranch, olive oil producers in Petaluma,
California. The collection is divided into five series: Nan Tucker McEvoy papers; Phyllis de Young Tucker Papers; San Francisco
Chronicle Records; and McEvoy Ranch Records.
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privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Access to audio-visual materials, including SoundScriber disks, may be restricted due to technical limitations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
McEvoy, Nan Tucker, 1919-2015 -- Archives
McEvoy Ranch
San Francisco Chronicle (Firm)
Tucker, Phyllis de Young, 1892-1988 -- Archives