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Mr. Thompson currently has ~700 hours of field recordings stored on audio-cassette in his home, along with an additional ~100 hours recorded on video. This is surely one of the richest single troves of oral history in Eastern Canada – a treasure of both provincial and regional significance -- and Mr. Thompson has partnered with the UPEI Library to digitize this collection and make elements of it available on-line.

Unless otherwise indicated, all content appearing in this collection are the copyright of Reg "Dutch" Thompson. The recordings are made available for purposes of research and private study; reuse or reproduction for any other purpose requires the permission of the copyright holder.

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Vernon McCarvill T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vernon McCarvill talking about working at the general store, grading eggs, moving mussle mud, swamp sand, his family, horse and sleighs, diptheria and the undertaker, home remedies, leaving Prince Edward Island and moving around until he settled in Ontario, working with Canada Packers and travelling with the
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-17
  • Duration:01:35:17
Smith Sisters
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Smith, Ausline Axworthy
  • Contributor:Smith, Dorothy Chandler
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ausline and Dorothy Smith. In this interview the Smith Sisters talk about their parents, midwives, doctors, family, skating and hockey, Christmas, Wheatley River, cars, school, home remedies, postal workers, potato picking, WWII, courting, marriage, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:28
Roland Pickering T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pickering, Roland
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about snowstorms, his ancestors, blacksmiths, family, ships, Peter McNutt, lobster factories, fishing, the Halifax Explosion, WWI, the Spanish Flu, courting, his wife, home remedies, the phantom ship, cars, Jim Tuplin, the Merchant Marines, WWII, and various
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:15
Robbie Robertson T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview Robbie Robertson talks about his family, his father being a fisherman and his mother dying when he was young, one brother joining the Navy along with other locals, burials then and now, and different kinds of coffins. He goes on to talk about his school days, the prices of fish, his first time lobster fishing and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:34
Remeberance '86
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Langille, Clyde
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mellish, Ken
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is a tape titled Remembrance '86. It is a recording of interviews with Ken Mellish and Clyde Langille. Some topics covered include WWI, WWII, training in England, medals, kilts, and getting wounded.
  • Date Recorded:1986
  • Duration:00:31:30
Maude Palmer
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Palmer, Maude
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Maude Palmer talking about her grandparents, brothers and sisters, being named for her Aunt Maude Thayer, her job in a telephone office in Boston, her first car ride in a Buick, chores on the farm, local church people, home remedies, trading eggs for goods at the local store, baking with her mother, jobs for
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-14
  • Duration:01:34:51
Mary Sage T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Sage, Mary
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Mary Sage talking about her grandparents on both sides of her family, home remedies, becoming a teacher, quiet Sundays, her father's workshop, the ferry lodge being built, leaving PEI for Nova Scotia to get a job, stories about her father and his many jobs, Christmas time, Dr. Lester and the death of her mother
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  • Date Recorded:2007-01-16
  • Duration:01:35:27
Mary Morrissey
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Morrissey, Mary
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Mary Morrissey talking about her grandparents from Springfield, home rememdies, her father James and his farm, her mother and coils of hay, teaching school and women's jobs, getting sick with the Spanish Flu, her first teaching jobs, polio affecting her brother Leo, a travelling tailor, self sufficinecy, her big
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-08
  • Duration:01:03:20
Marguerite Howatt
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Howatt, Marguerite
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Marguerite Howatt. In this interview Marguerite talks about her family history, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, home remedies, lobster factories, her husband, couring, the 1930s, house parties, WWII, religion, cars, the Tuplins, foxes, radio, church, doctors, hockey and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:10
MacRae Sisters T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacRae, Evelyn
  • Contributor:MacRae, Mary
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mary and Evelyn MacRae. In this interview the sisters talk about they lighthouse they lived in, church, boats, cars, lobster canneries, their father, their siblings, movies, Christmas, blacksmiths, home remedies, their mother, rum running, their grandparents, Sundays, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-21
  • Duration:01:03:31
Mac Dixon T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dixon, Mac
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about shipping, thrashing, horses, moonshine and rum, politics, hockey, house parties, fiddlers, Steven Sherren the pilot, traveling, Bill Creamer, ghosts, Sundays, lobster, Jimmy Quinn, Martha Walker, WWII, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:58:31
Louis Cantelo T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Brown, Robert
  • Contributor:Cantelo, Louis
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. Also included in this interview is Robert Brown. In this interview Louis and Robert talk about the Belfast Riot, ancestors, cars, mills, boxing, mills, water witches and wells, tanning, trapping, living in Boston, firewood, apples, Seven Mile Road, and various other topics
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  • Date Recorded:2000-03-01
  • Duration:01:02:50
Leslie Evans
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Evans, Leslie
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Leslie Evans. In this interview Leslie talks about church, cider, his father, coffins, home remedies, cars, horses, funerals, WWI, church bells, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:10
Joe O'Hanley T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:O'Hanley, Joe
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Joe O'Hanley. In this interview Joe talks about his family history, fishing, lobster canneries, drownings, home remedies, Dr. Roddie, superstitions, Gaelic, horses, butchers, shoveling snow for the railway, jobs he did, potato farming, chewing tobacco, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:38
Hester Linkletter
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Linkletter, Hester
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Hester Linkletter talking about driving a Model-T Ford, her birth and familly home, her mother Irene Bell, aunt Helen Smith Bell, and her grandfather Albert Bell and how much she loved them, meeting her husband, teaching and how much she was paid, school days, home rememdies, Christmas time, her aunt Patience
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-07
  • Duration:01:34:36
Fred Coles T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:Coles, Fred
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:The interview with Fred Coles continues with discussion about WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, seeing the Hindenburg, the Depression, local farms, local stores, mussel mud, and his church and burial place. The interview switches over to Roy Clow who talks about his life as a child and playing in a boat with George Miller
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-03
  • Duration:01:03:28
Evelyn MacFarlane
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacFarlane, Evelyn
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Evelyn MacFarlane. In this interview Evelyn talks about hotels, tourism, her family background, family, school, home remedies, WWI, the Spanish Flu, hockey, blacksmiths, pack peddlers, Todd Hollow, cars, the 1930s, religion, her husband, bushing the ice, traveling, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-28
  • Duration:00:49:17
Elmer McInnis T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:McInnis, Elmer
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Thomson, Robyn and MacKay, Paul
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer McInnis of Lorne Valley West, PEI. In this interview Elmer McInnis talks about his early childhood and his family, meeting his wife Mable, working on the farms, his favorite horses, the Spanish Flu and World War I.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:50
Elmer Furguson T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Furguson, Elmer
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer Furguson. In this interview Elmer talks about his family history, his parents, the railway, his siblings, WWII, Christmas, school, Market Square, Davis and Fraser's, Canada Packers, killing pigs, the Halifax Explosion, horses, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:31
Elizabeth MacEwan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacEwan, Elizabeth
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Elizabeth MacEwan. In this interview Elizabeth talks about her ancestors, ice travel, horses, blacksmiths, the Harland, general stores, pack peddlers, Christmas, her family, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, church, the family farm, cheese, cattle, cars, doctors and midwives, electricity, skating, ships, airplanes
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:28
Edith Pryce
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pryce, Edith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Edith Pryce talking about her family history and being raised by her grandparents, her grandfather an expert cabinet maker, Christmas, her sister Lois, her father and drives to the beach, working at her father's business repairing car tires, stores on Kent Street, a boarding house, Montreal, the china cabinet
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-11
  • Duration:01:34:36
Dorothy MacLure
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLure, Dorothy
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This in an interview with Dorothy MacLure. In this interview Dorothy talks about the MacKenzie family, her family history, home remedies, fishing, blacksmiths, berry picking, school, religion, church, cars, South Granville, potato picking, teaching, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Christmas, her siblings, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:50
Clarisse Gallant T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, Clarisse
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Clarisse Gallant. In this interview Clarisse talks about Cudmore's store, her parents, speaking French, tuberculosis, midwives, quiet Sundays, religion, cars, mills, chores, horses, peddlers, blacksmiths, home remedies, Christmas, house parties, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:51
Charlie Fraser T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fraser, Charlie
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Chalrie Fraser from Georgetown. In this interview he talks about his grandparents, home remedies, moving to Georgetown after his father died in WWI, his mother the seamstress, childhood memories about Georgetown, his first job, changes in Georgetown, the Georgetown Exhibition, the Georgetown Station and working
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  • Date Recorded:2002-04-01
  • Duration:01:03:33
Bill Bruce
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bruce, Bill
  • Contributor:Bruce, John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Bill Bruce. In this interview Bill talks about his ancestors, cars, Sydney, flying, airplanes, WWII, Upton Airfield, Buzz Burling, pilots, Elton Woodside, bootleggers, St. Pierre, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:17:49
Bertha Ross T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Ross, Bertha
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Bertha Ross talking about church socials, her mother growing potatoes, moving to Bridgetown, the world wars, blacksmiths, the Halifax Explosion, traveling, her mother's family visiting from Boston, lobsters, her father, old age, and people not living as long.
  • Date Recorded:2004-02-04
  • Duration:00:53:45
Arthur Hughes T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Hughes, Arthur
  • Contributor:Hunter, Eileen
  • Contributor:Hunter, Tom
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview with Arthur Hughes he talks about dances and house parties, moonshine and rum running, the Roman Catholic and Protestant divide, his mother and her family, the Hughes side of his family, changes after the war, the Great Depression, flour and sugar bags made into clothing, thrashing, and the Charlottetown liverly
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:00:38
Arthur Hughes T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Hughes, Arthur
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Arthur Hughes talking about eggs saving farms because they are good for bartering, the family farm, cattle and cows, differences in growing potatoes, picking and spraying them, the first fertilizers, growing wheat, horses, apple orchards, the Milligan and Morrison race track, fish peddlers, lobster prices and
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:34:57
Addie Hamm T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Hamm, Addie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Addie speaks about how the Haifax Explosion rattled her front door, good times at Irish wakes, her favorite jams, quilting as a past time, Catholic and Protestant relations in Bunbury, local train stations, marine hospitals, weavers, and how she learned tailoring and dressmaking in Charlottetown. Her love of the needle and thread
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-24
  • Duration:00:31:50
Addie Hamm T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Hamm, Addie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Addie Hamm of Bunbury, PEI talks about growing up in the 1920s and 1930s. She and Dutch chat about her first memories when she and her younger brother had a funeral for a dead chicken, sending care packages to the wrong soldier, and "Indians" in Bunberry. Mrs. Hamm also touches on other topics such as her family name, trains, the
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-24
  • Duration:01:03:45

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  • Charlottetown, PE (13)
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