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Recording Details: Louis MacDonald T1 [Tape One]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:23:48 Discussion about the background of Cornwall and his family history; Cornwall, Pye's Corner, 1920, Post Road, iceboats, Jack Ellsworth, cheese maker, Dockendorff, blacksmiths, Walsh, Lord Selkirk, Colville, William Leonard, Joanna O'Connor, Irish Cathloics, Margaret Mullally, Isabel Leonard, Women's Institute, school, teachers. 

SIDE A 00:23:48 -- 00:30:18 Discussion about his siblings and the family farm; WWII, UPEI, Leo MacDonald, Annandale, 1931, potato prices, William Leonard, 1934, lobster price, 1930s, strawberry prices. 

SIDE A 00:30:18 -- 00:31:47 Discussion about doctors; doctors, Dr. Murchison. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.

SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:35:12 Discussion about doctors continues, with mention of tuberculosis; doctors, Dr. Murchison, doctor fees, tuberculosis. 

SIDE B 00:35:12 -- 00:45:53 Discussion about his brothers Victor and George and service in WWI and WWII; Victor MacDonald, WWI, 105th Battallion, PEI Highlanders, 1920, POW camps, Red Cross, Red Cross parcels, WWII, Germans. 

SIDE B 00:45:53 --00:47:18 Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion. 

SIDE B 00:47:18 -- 00:57:03 Discussion about the end of WWI, with mention of telephones and illnesses; Armistice Day, WWI, 1918, party line, 1916, illnesses, tuberculosis, 1919. 

SIDE B 00:57:03 -- 00:59:49 Discussion about Tiny Matheson and ghost stories; ghosts, ghost stories, Tiny Matheson, Spanish Flu, forerunners. 

SIDE B 00:59:49 -- 01:03:42 Discussion about his father and the MacDonalds, with mention of Jack Axe; MacDonalds, George MacDonald, Angus David MacDonald, Glenfinnan, Jack Axe, auctioneers. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:42.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacDonald, Louis Richard

Playing Time:
01:03:42

Interview Date(s):
2002-11-00

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about the background of Cornwall, his family history, his siblings, the family farm, doctors, WWI and WWII, telephones, illnesses, ghosts, his father, the MacDonalds, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
Cornwall, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1918, 1919, 1917, WWI, WWII, 1920, 1931, 1934, 1930s

Rights Information:
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