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
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
Handwritten letter pertains to advice on publishing companies
Postcard expressing salutations from New Carlisle
Postcard expressing salutations from San Francisco and is postmarked "San Francisco -- Calif"
Postcard expressing salutations from New York City and is postmarked "New York, N.Y."
Postcard expresses attempts at using colour film for the first time and is postmarked "New York, N.Y."
Postcard provides more information on its image: the Edgar Allen Poe shrine. It is postmarked "Richmond, V.A."
Postcard describes a June parade and plans for their visit in Nova Scotia, and is postmarked "Berwig, N.S."
Postcard expresses Christmas greetings
Postcard identifying location of Mother in Callander, Ont. and Mary's interest in receiving correspondence
Postcard expresses salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Chicago Ill. - Jackson Park Sta."
Postcard expresses perfection of the trip and is postmarked "Interlaken" [Switzerland]
Postcard pertains to University Women's Club activities and is postmarked "Pointe Au-Pere - Father Point" [Quebec]
Typed letter expresses shared interest in maritime poets and landscapes
Handwritten letter by Mary Fallis regarding Canadian poetry and her early childhood in Nova Scotia
Handwritten diary documenting a trip to Hudson's Bay, Repulse Bay and Churchill, 1-7 July 1980. Diary includes newspaper cutouts, and dried leaves
Within the pamphlet was found a newspaper cutout believed to be from the "Vancouver Sun", entitled: "Galloping Glaciers Roll on Thin Film of Water"
Information brochures pertain to the regional flora and fauna of Bathurst Inlet as well as introducing the Lodge itself
Postcard pertains to travels through England and into France and is postmarked "Paris"
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”
This Toronto publication was utilized as a scrapbook into which articles regarding horticulture and poetry were pasted
Postcard expresses salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Dollar" Scotland
Postcard expressing birthday greetings and salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Oxford" England
Postcard expressing salutations from abroad and is postmarked "London" England
Postcard expressing salutations from the Rhine
Postcard expressing salutations from the Helsinski Winter Olympics and is postmarked "Helsinki - Helsingfors"
Postcard expressing salutations from the Helsinski Winter Olympics and is postmarked "Helsinki - Helsingfors"
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.
Item depicts two unidentified boys seated side by side in a wingback chair.
Item depicts a church in a park like setting featuring a statue
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia
Blank postcard was in a collection of miscellaneous postcards put aside by Mary Fallis. It is believed the image depicted played a significant role in Mary's early life in Nova Scotia