Northern BC Archives

Letter from Mary Fallis regarding Ocean to Alpine publication

2006.33.2
Item
8 October 1992

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Consists of 1 letter from Mary Fallis to Bob Harkins accompanying her gift of a copy of Ocean to Alpine

Ocean to Alpine: A British Columbia Nature Guide by Joy and Cam Finlay

2006.33.1
Item
1992

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

1 255-page nature guidebook published by Lone Pine Publishing in Edmonton in 1992

Postcard to Mary Fallis from unidentified sender

2000.11.1.5
Item
21-Jul-37

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing birthday greetings and salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Oxford" England

Postcard to Mary Fallis from the [Loures ?]

2000.11.1.11
Item
12-Aug-52

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from San Francisco and is postmarked "San Francisco -- Calif"

Postcard to Mary Fallis from George

2000.11.1.12
Item
25-Sep-50

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from New York City and is postmarked "New York, N.Y."

Postcard [to Mary Fallis ?] from Lorne Henry

2000.11.1.16
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[December 19-?]

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expresses Christmas greetings

Postcard to Mary Fallis from [her] Mother

2000.11.1.17
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19-Jul-41

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard identifying location of Mother in Callander, Ont. and Mary's interest in receiving correspondence

Personal Papers and Correspondence

2000.11.1
Series
1932 - 1997

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Series consists of materials relating to Mary Fallis’ personal relationships with family, friends and colleagues; her camp experiences with the Alpine Club of Canada; and the pursuit of her own interests in botanical identification and poetry. Types of materials found in this series include incoming and outgoing correspondence, personal diaries and expedition notes, and a scrapbook created within a copy of "Canadian Home Journal", vol. 17, no.6, October 1920

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Dorothy

2000.11.1.2
Item
1-Jun-49

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard pertains to University Women's Club activities and is postmarked "Pointe Au-Pere - Father Point" [Quebec]

Postcard to Mary Fallis from George

2000.11.1.13
Item
23-Sep-50

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expresses attempts at using colour film for the first time and is postmarked "New York, N.Y."

Letter to Mary Fallis from Thomas Vincent

2000.11.1.20
Item
11-Nov-91

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Typed letter expresses shared interest in maritime poets and landscapes

[Draft ?] correspondence

2000.11.1.21
Item
Oct-95

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Handwritten letter by Mary Fallis regarding Canadian poetry and her early childhood in Nova Scotia

[Personal diary] 1980 Repulse Bay, Churchill

2000.11.1.22
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1-7 July 1980

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Handwritten diary documenting a trip to Hudson's Bay, Repulse Bay and Churchill, 1-7 July 1980. Diary includes newspaper cutouts, and dried leaves

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Ethel

2000.11.1.6
Item
9-Apr-54

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from abroad and is postmarked "London" England

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Kim

2000.11.1.7
Item
[August 193?]

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from the Rhine

Postcard to Mary Fallis from her niece [Tayrani ?]

2000.11.1.8
Item
3-Aug-52

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from the Helsinski Winter Olympics and is postmarked "Helsinki - Helsingfors"

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Vinrai ?

2000.11.1.9
Item
20-Jul-52

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from the Helsinski Winter Olympics and is postmarked "Helsinki - Helsingfors"

Postcard to Mary Fallis from [her] Mother

2000.11.1.15
Item
2-Jun-51

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard describes a June parade and plans for their visit in Nova Scotia, and is postmarked "Berwig, N.S."

Postcard to Mary Fallis from 'E'

2000.11.1.19
Item
19 [September?] 1952

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expresses perfection of the trip and is postmarked "Interlaken" [Switzerland]

Letter to Mary Fallis from Valerie Haig-Brown

2000.11.1.1
Item
3-Dec-97

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Handwritten letter pertains to advice on publishing companies

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Ruth

2000.11.1.3
Item
19-Aug-64

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard pertains to travels through England and into France and is postmarked "Paris"

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Renee [Martins ?]

2000.11.1.4
Item
7-Jul-52

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expresses salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Dollar" Scotland

Postcard to Mary Fallis from unidentified sender

2000.11.1.10
Item
31-Jul-48

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expressing salutations from New Carlisle

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Francis [Trevett ?] Mathews

2000.11.1.14
Item
29-Dec-49

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard provides more information on its image: the Edgar Allen Poe shrine. It is postmarked "Richmond, V.A."

Postcard to Mary Fallis from Margaret

2000.11.1.18
Item
22-May-40

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Postcard expresses salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Chicago Ill. - Jackson Park Sta."

Notes and slide identification key for trip from Ft. St. James to Takla Lake

2000.11.1.24
Item
1-7 July 1972

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Notes and slide identification key for 1967 Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition

2000.11.1.25
Item
Jul-67

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Slide identification key for images taken during the trip to Churchill and Repulse Bay

2000.11.1.23
Item
1-7 July 1980

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Magazine clipping

2000.11.1.30
Item

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Two-sided magazine clipping. Verso: a shadow profile of a man with spectacles, a moustache and a cigar; artist signature noted but unidentified. Recto: a woman [?] holding a penguin by the throat beside the waters edge and a canoe; artist signature noted but unidentified; caption reads: “manchor a l’Inaccessible”

Scrapbook within Canadian Home Journal, Vol. 17, No.6

2000.11.1.31
Item
Oct-20

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

This Toronto publication was utilized as a scrapbook into which articles regarding horticulture and poetry were pasted

Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition pamphlet

2000.11.1.26
Item
Jul-67

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Within the pamphlet was found a newspaper cutout believed to be from the "Vancouver Sun", entitled: "Galloping Glaciers Roll on Thin Film of Water"

Notes and slide identification key for trip from Alberta border to Bathurst Inlet, N.W.T

2000.11.1.29
Item
Jul-79

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Bathurst Inlet Lodge information brochures

2000.11.1.27
Item
[July 1979]

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Information brochures pertain to the regional flora and fauna of Bathurst Inlet as well as introducing the Lodge itself

[Personal diary] Northwest Territories, Bathurst Inlet

2000.11.1.28
Item
[July] 1979

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Publications

2000.11.3
Series
1932 - 1932

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Series consists of publications made or received by Mary Fallis during the course of her professional, personal and academic activities.

The Totem

2000.11.3.1
Item
1932

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Item consists of one annual yearbook published by the University of British Columbia and offered as a record of the year’s activities to the student body as a whole and more particularly to the Graduating Class of 1932. This yearbook indicates those academic and extracurricular activities Mary Fallis was involved in during her final year at university

Mary Fallis fonds

2000.11
Fonds
1920 - 1995

Fonds consists of records relating to the life of Mary Fallis. Documented are aspects of her personal life and interests, club affiliations and environmental campaigns. Types of materials found within this fonds include slides, photographs, postcards, letters, personal diaries, an annual yearbook, and a scrapbook. The fonds is arranged into the following series: Photographic Material, Personal Papers and Correspondence, and Publications

Photographic Material

2000.11.2
Series
1939 - 1995

Part of Mary Fallis fonds

Series consists primarily of slides and some photographic prints documenting Mary Fallis’ involvement with the Alpine Club of Canada –Vancouver Section, her interest in Northern landscapes and its peoples, her environmental activism in the Prince George area, and her passion for botany and photographic composition.

Trafalgar Square [fountain detail]