CA CMBS CMBS Personal Papers: Ratzlaff; Photographs: NP119.
Fonds
1926-1988
The Erich L. Ratzlaff fonds consists primarily of printed materials and textual records, such as correspondence, articles, reports, and minutes. The records were created as a result of Ratzlaff's work as teacher at Mennonite Educational Institute, editor of the Mennonitische Rundschau, and radio commentator. The fonds reflects his love for Poland, publishing, and church and conference work. Some of the documents are in the Polish language.
The surviving records of the Eriksdale Mission field include a Sacramental Register, pertaining to Baptisms, 1913-1928, Marriages, 1922-1927, and Burials, 1922-1928; and Membership Rolls and records of the Session, including Communion rolls and members and officers lists, 1914-1938.
The surviving records of the Eriksdale United Church include the following: Sacramental Register, pertaining to Baptisms, 1927-1964, Marriages, 1928-1965, and Burials, 1928-1964; records of the Session, including minutes, 1952-1970; records of the Board of Managers, 1919-1989; records of Annual Congregational Meetings and Annual Reports, 1922-1989; records pertaining to the Board of Stewards and church property, including minutes, financial records, and correspondence with Board of Home Missions, 1919-1989; and records of lay associations, including the Ladies Aid and U.C.W., 1922-1991.
The fonds consists of: file folder containing correspondence re: sale of property and clergy notes re: expenses and parish stats; Sacramental Registers (1915-1968); Record of Service books (1912-1968); still image. Research File.
The fonds consists of Canonical Documents; Property records including correspondence re: Heritage Designation; Vestry Minutes; photographs, and a research file containing information on parish history.
This fonds comprises some of the English-language publications by Icelandic scholar Erlendur Haraldsson regarding parapsychological and deathbed phenomena such as mediums, reincarnation, and other experiences surrounding death, including books, article offprints, and a bibliography to 2014.
Fonds consists of one DVD on which the interview done in October, 2008 was recorded. In the interview, Mr. Berry relates his own and his father's history in Reston, MB, and his own experiences in Carberry, MB, including references to tournament baseball in the 1940s with the Carberry team and some of the players and executive, the presence of the RAF and the Canadian Air Force training schools that still existed in Carberry when he arrived, the origin of Spruce Woods Provincial Park, and the building of roads from Carberry to the Trans Canada Highway and to Glenboro.