The fonds consists of material relating to the life and work of John and Irene Wallace and the Beaverlodge Nursery, dating from 1946 to 1993. The records include 2597 slides taken at variety of locations featuring nursery and horticultural activities and a wide variety of plant material, a video presentation prepared using several of the slides, a 1980 catalogue, and a file of various clippings and historical information about John Wallace, his work, and the Beaverlodge Nursery.
The fonds is divided into two series: Slide Collection, and Clippings and Historical Information.
The series consists of 2597 colour slides dating from 1946 to 1988 and taken at variety of locations, including Beaverlodge Nursery and the Beaverlodge Experimental Station. Several of the slides feature John Wallace's various cultivars. The majority of the slides were presumably taken by either Irene or John Wallace, although some appear to be gathered from other sources.
The slides were originally housed in 10 binders and 2 slide carousels. Although the order of the slides within the binders and carousels has been maintained, the order of the binders and carousels themselves was imposed by the archivist according to the content of each.
The file consists of 251 slides dating from 1946 to 1988 from a variety of locations including the Beaverlodge Experimental Station and the Beaverlodge Nursery.There are 245 slides of apple and crabapple trees and fruit, 5 slides of pear trees, and one slide of pruning, including slides of some of John Wallace's crabapple cultivars: Albright, Arctic Dawn, and Snowcap. The slides have been numbered according to their original order within the binder labelled "Apples, Pears, Pruning", but blank spaces originally between some slides have been removed.
