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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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Keith Pratt T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about many different topics detailing his life in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rural Prince Edward Island. In this recording he talks about several of his firsts: his first expierences with planes, tractors, phones and radios. He also talks about evolution of egg grading stations, and what kind of people ate
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-24
  • Duration:01:03:51
Keith Pratt T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about how his grandfather came to live in West Prince and his grandfather opening the Pratt general store and the hardships that were incurred by everyone during The Great Depression. Other topics touched on in this recording include witches, Irish moss, being kicked out of church, and how Keith became a Conservative
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-17
  • Duration:01:03:42
Keith Pratt T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Jean
  • Contributor:Pratt, Kieth
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his early days on the railway and in Western PEI. He focuses on the widening of the railway tracks and the switch from steam to diesel. Jean Pratt makes an appearance on SIDE B when the conversation shifts to how they met and Mrs. Pratt's first opinions of the Island and its people.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-11
  • Duration:01:03:52
Keith Pratt T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his cameras and early childhood interacting with the railway. He speaks many times about shipping potatoes, turnips pigs and sheep, mentioning the special days that were had for shipping of the livestock and molasses.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-11
  • Duration:01:03:52
Keith Mutch T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mutch, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Keith Mutch. In this interview Keith talks about air crashes, school, farms, Keppoch, his family, foxes, home remedies, WWII, the Harland, shipping, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:30:13
Keith Mutch T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mutch, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Keith Mutch. In this interview Keith talks about cars, ice travel, tractors, the family farm, the marine hospital, his grandfather, Christmas, W. N. Tanton's Clockl Shop, watches, ice, traveling, milk, home remedies, horses, rum running, an air crash in Southport, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:11
John W. MacEachern
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John W.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John W. MacEachern. In this interview John talks about the hot springs, Canavoy, school, mills, horses, blacksmiths, his father, fishing, berries, cold storage, sharks and whales, Mt. Stewart, boats, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-24
  • Duration:01:03:30
John MacEachern T1[Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:John MacEachern talks about Prince Edward Island farms and how they have evolved during his lifetime. He talks about using the barter system and horsepower. Mr. MacEachern goes on to speak about the trains during the winter, fiddlers, foxes and ends off speaking about the local trickster Lester Hayden.
  • Date Recorded:1995-02-17
  • Duration:01:03:46
John MacEacharn T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview with John MacEachern he talks about drownings in Charlottetown, Lake Verde Station, other railways and train wrecks, having no electrical power during the 1930s, changing of German last names, the Harvest Trains/Excursions, blacksmiths, bad roads on PEI, teachers, and school taxes. He also goes on to talk about
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  • Date Recorded:1995-02-17
  • Duration:01:03:09
Joe O'Hanley T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 job at Canada Packers, fishing, J. Walter, Charlottetown in the 1940s, airplanes, alcohol, Christmas, church, blacksmiths, horses, foxes, cars, radio, WWII, school, the family farm, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:42
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
James Fiddler MacDonald T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:James "Fiddler" MacDonald has been called the best pitcher ever to be from Prince Edward Island; in this interview Mr. MacDonald speaks indepth on all matters baseball from the 1920s onward. Fiddler talks about uniforms, leagues, teams, crowds, pay, double headers, pitches, barnburning, drinking and the New York Colored Giants.
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  • Date Recorded:1994-04-01
  • Duration:01:03:41
James Banks T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Banks, James
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:James Banks interview continued with him talking about the Johnston murder, life as a child, Christmas, school, the Spanish Flu in 1918, playing the fiddle at dances, the first radio he heard and bought, his first car, stories about his father, and reasons for nicknames.
  • Date Recorded:1995-12-15
  • Duration:01:03:30
James Banks T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Banks, James
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Bank talking about Bill Blackett a man who lived to 105 years old, his father working on the parish farm and meeting his mother there, Father Francis, history of the Banks family, farmer's debt, mills run by different people, horsepower, the Halifax Explosion, bears on the Island, blacksmiths, different
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  • Date Recorded:1994-07-28
  • Duration:01:34:29
Jack Dixon
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dixon, Jack
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Jack Dixon playing songs.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:15:36

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