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 pertains to University Women's Club activities and is postmarked "Pointe Au-Pere - Father Point" [Quebec]
Postcard expresses attempts at using colour film for the first time and is postmarked "New York, N.Y."
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
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
Item is a photo of a man in a suit sitting on the back of a carved Chinese lion
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
Mountain range and cloud covered sky reflected in an unidentified lake
Shot of the [Nechako River] cutbanks framed by a Cottonwood tree
Detail of Mahonia aquifolium in flower
Detail of Mahonia aquifolium in fruit
Detail of Sagittaria latifolia
Habitat of Sagittaria latifolia
Remains of a tree fallen by a beaver
Habitat of Rosa and Castilleja in flower
Frontal detail of Rosa in flower
Detail of Rosa in fruit
Frontal detail of Mahonia aquifolium in flower
Detail of Mahonia aquifolium in flower
Frontal detail of Penstemon in flower
Habitat of Platanthera and Castilleja in flower
Autumnal foliage of one red and one golden bush
Mist over the Yellohead Bridge / railroad bridge [?] taken from the river bank
Poplar [Populus] stand and its image being reflected in the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser rivers
Autumnal shot of Prunus habitat
Large marmot sitting on a boulder with a snowcapped mountain in the distance
Landscape shot with snowcapped mountain in background, confierous trees in foreground
Habit of three overlapping red mushrooms
Frontal detail of Andromeda polifolia in flower
Habitat of Rubus chamaemorus in flower
Overhead view of habit of Drosera rotundifolia
Detail of Platanthera in flower
Detail of orange fungus, moss and dried leaves
Habit of orange fungi on forest floor
Frontal detail of Fritillaria lanceolata in flower
Lonicera involucrata
detail of leafless, fruiting Viburnum edule
Habit of fruiting Viburnum edule
Detail of Viburnum trilobum in flower