Jay McEvoy papers
name: label: Creator
content: McEvoy, Jay D., 1909-2004
label: Names
content: California Palace of the Legion of Honor
label: Names
content: Courvoisier Galleries (San Francisco, Calif.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- California -- San Francisco
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1997 by Jay McEvoy.
creator: label: Creator
content: McEvoy, Jay D., 1909-2004
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art dealer; San Francisco, Calif. Operated Courvoisier Galleries.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mcevjay
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Papers consist of business and personal letters, 1955-1995, organizational minutes and by-laws of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Patrons of Art and Music, 1957-1970s, during the period that McEvoy was the financial director of the Palace of the Legion of Honor; and a scrapbook of the Courvoisier Galleries, 1939-1941, containing exhibition announcements, catalogs, and newspaper articles about exhibitions. Among the artists who exhibited were Peter Hurd, Millard Sheets, Jean Varda, Abraham Rattner, Charles Howard, Adaline Kent, DeWitt Peters, and Frederic Taubes.