Fonds consists of materials created and collected by Mary Ruckman including a school art notebook, two autograph books, a high school graduation photograph, a postcard sent to Mary Ruckman's father featuring Harley Davidson motorcycles. The fonds also includes material related to Mary Ruckman's musical studies including a music exam and a music dictation book; and materials documenting her life in the Vauxhall and Scandia/Rainer area of Alberta including correspondence, a history of Vauxhall, a Christmas Day services pamphlet, two copies of The Vauxhall Advance, and a Union Bank of Canada Farmer's Handy Book Account.