Mary Quayle Innis Diary 1964-1968

January 5

1964. Sun. Ian & Mrs. D. to church. Hugh & Lorraine came. Walked round park, boys on sleighs. Drove home with Hugh & Lorraine.

1965. Tues. Dountoun & returned D's [unclear]. Mild. Ordered groceries. Worked on Mrs. S.

1966. Wed. Lovely April Day. With Beulah to Past Pres. luncheon at Faculty Club. Very nice. Wrote letters.

1967. Thu. Cut out skirts for Anne. Finished Anne's cable sweater. Called up Lorraine.

1968. Fri. Cold. To Fri. group at Club. Mrs. Kidd on India. Very good. Lunch. Dell & I to travel agent. 2 chapters from Clarke Irwin.

January 6

1964. Mon. Term begins. Heaps of mail & many people in. Walk to library. Mild & wet.

1965. Wed. To Reference library. Met Stewart Wallace. Worked on Mrs. S.

1966. Thu. Shopped - got electric broom. Agreed to go on Religion in Schools Com. & also with Don Gillies to meet Anglicans.

1967. Fri. To Relig. Educ. Com. 4 briefs - very tiring. Cold & snowing.

1968. Sat. Cold. Hugh called up. Worked on revision of chapter. To store & library.

January 7

1964. Tues. Went to bank. Lovely mild day. Had my hair done. Dinner in Falconer.

1965. Thu. To bank & library. Wrote to Wendy & D. Lorraine called up.

1966. Fri. Snowing hard. To hear Miss Brown speak on Rare Book Room & thanked her. Wrote letters. Cleaned silver.

1967. Sat. To store. Heavy snow, soon melting. Took sheets to laundry. Waxed hall floor.

1968. Sun. 2 degrees. Terribly cold. To church - communion service. Hugh called up - has a bad cold. Worked on revision.

January 8

1964. Wed. Mary D. called up on way to Wpg. To Univ. library. To U.W.C. to hear Miss McRae speak on old Ont houses - very good.

1965. Fri. Dense fog all day. Stayed in - my cold very bad. Helen came in evening.

1966. Sat. Very cold. Shopped. Wrote letters. To Locke library. Reading London Sun. Times. Reading Gandhi's autobiog.

1967. Sun. To church. Snowing & cold. Vida called up. Wrote letters, knitted & read - restful.

1968. Mon. 3 degrees below 0. To Clarke, Irwin with mss. Had my hair done & shopped. Typed on revision & wrote letters. Letter from Anne.

January 9

1964. Thu. Raining. Letter from A. Lunch with Helen Hogg. Scholarship Com. 3-6 very tired. dinner Cody.

1965. Sat. Worked on S. & stayed in. Clear & colder. Helen here for supper.

1966. Sun. To church, milder & damp. Hugh, Lorraine, Paul & Joan came for supper. Very good time, but tired.

1967. Mon. Read briefs. Shopped & to library.

1968. Tues. 1 degree. snowing hard. Sent mss. to Clarke Irwin. Looked up points in library. Letter from Donald. radio