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 publications made or received by Mary Fallis during the course of her professional, personal and academic activities.
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
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
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.
Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta
Panorama shot of the McLeod Lake
Wildflowers in foreground, hayfield and farm equipment in background
Detail of Mahonia aquifolium in flower
1 255-page nature guidebook published by Lone Pine Publishing in Edmonton in 1992
Consists of 1 letter from Mary Fallis to Bob Harkins accompanying her gift of a copy of Ocean to Alpine
Habit of Cornus stolonifera Michx in autumnal foliage
Leaf strewn pathway leading through woodland - Cottonwood Island ?
Habit of Castilleja and Rosa
Rivers edge and gravel road below the Nechako cutbanks
Postcard expressing birthday greetings and salutations from abroad and is postmarked "Oxford" England
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 Christmas greetings
Postcard identifying location of Mother in Callander, Ont. and Mary's interest in receiving correspondence
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
Shot of Nechako River and cutbanks taken from Cache Island located in Prince George, British Columbia
Detail of Mahonia aquifolium in fruit
Habitat of Sagittaria latifolia
Detail of Rosa in flower
Detail of Rosa in flower
Habit of Rosa in transition from flowering to fruiting
Detail of Mahonia aquifolium in fruit
Habitat of a pair of mushrooms
Habitat of Smilacina racemosa in fruit
Habit of Erythronium gradiflorum in flower
Habit of Cypripedium montanum in flower
Habitat of Cornus [stolonifera ?]
Detail of Polyporus emerging through Cornus canadensis leaves on forest floor
Branch tracery of Betula [?] tree