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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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Vincent Elordieta T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Elordieta, Vincente Doroteo "Vincent"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about different jobs on ships, working on ships during WWII, the Panama Canal, storms at sea, superstitions, Sundays and funerals at sea, forerunners, U-boats, laying cable during WWII, being torpedoed, battles at sea,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-05-09
  • Duration:01:03:36
Sandy Fraser
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fraser, Sandy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Sandy Fraser of Halifax, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Sandy talks about his family, the Halifax Explosion, growing up in Halifax, his parents, working at various hotels including the Nova Scotian in Halifax and the Charlottetown Hotel, bootleggers, WWII, taxi drivers, Charlottetown, and
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  • Date Recorded:2008-02-21
  • Duration:01:04:15
Roy Clow T9 [Tape Nine]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview begins with Roy telling of his mother's chickens (and "clucking hens") and how she was able to pick out which eggs would be roosters using a candle. They then go one to talk about selling chickens and different breeds. Roy tells a story of a poorly cooked chicken in Halifax, and then continues to discuss his mother's
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  • Date Recorded:2006-02-01
  • Duration:01:03:14
Roy Clow T6 [Tape Six]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:*** Mainstreet Air Date - December 2008?
    Roy Clow begins by telling about oyster fishing in Vernon River. He goes on to tell about digging out a train engine that was stuck in the snow for a week. Roy then talks about Herring Island and the people who were living there. He talks about Clow's wharf and the schooners that carried
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  • Date Recorded:2002-01-29
  • Duration:01:03:33
Roy Clow T14 [Tape Fourteen]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy starts with a conversation continued on from tape thirteen. Roy tells about piloting ships into harbours. He then briefly talks about a murder in Georgetown before telling a story about a fire at Boon Thompson's. Roy then goes on to talk about shearing sheep, carding mills, and fires in Montague. An interview
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  • Date Recorded:2006-09-04
  • Duration:01:36:17
Roy Clow T13 [Tape Thirteen]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with stories about Roy's service in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He begins by telling about joining the navy and being given the duty of instructing new recruits due to his experience at sea. Roy then tells about his friend, Lester MacKeeman, and his experience as a Prisoner of War
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  • Date Recorded:2006-09-04
  • Duration:01:02:53
Roy Clow T12 [Tape Twelve]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Roy speaks of some of his firsts: buying his first boat, making his first moonshine and his first near death experience. He also talks of his neighbor Ben Miller and how he once stole a keg of rum from his brother Stanley. Roy also talks about work fishing when he was only 12, and about the time he and his good friend George once
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  • Date Recorded:2006-08-11
  • Duration:01:04:06
Roy Clow T10 [Tape Ten]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with the remainder of a conversation about Ben Clow and his homemade blueberry wine. Roy then goes on to tell about Ben's fox ranch, property, and family. The conversation then turns to schooners and rum runners, and then on the Boughton Island. Roy then tells about the bounty set on crow and how
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:55:39
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 T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bruce, Clive
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:An interview with Robbie Robertson and introducing his friend Clive Bruce. Robbie and Clive are on a tour and talking about the post office, the cheese factory, buying a farm with his brother, families of fisherman and farmers, and the 1883 August Gale. The interview changes to Clive Bruce's life and he talks about the Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-26
  • Duration:01:03:35
Rev. Donald Nicholson T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Nicholson, Rev. Donald
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about food, family, training to become an ordained minister, quiet Sundays, chores on the farm, horses, going out West on the Harvest Excursion, working in the United States with granite, the Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-21
  • Duration:01:03:25
Ralph Gallant T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about moving to Sasketchewan on the Harvest Excursion at age 14, life out West, signing up for WWII at age 15, his father and his service in WWI, the family home, horses, lobster fishing, his mother, and home remedies.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-11
  • Duration:01:03:21
Norbert Corcoran T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Corcoran, Norbert George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second tape of an interview with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. This tape begins with the continuation of a discussion from Tape One about mussel mud. Norbert then goes on to tell about fox ranching, farming, E. T. Botts and general stores, potatoes, chickens, fish, pigs, and machines. Next he tells about
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-03
  • Duration:01:03:51
Malcolm Irving
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Irving, Malcolm
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Date Recorded:1995-03-22
  • Duration:01:03:44
Louise Ravenhill
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Ravenhill, Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Ravenhill of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her family history and their immigration from England as Home Children. She tells about her father's tough life and the book she wrote about it.
  • Date Recorded:1996-01-12
  • Duration:00:31:53

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Date Recorded

  • 1994 (2)
  • 1995 (9)
  • 1996 (4)
  • 1998 (3)
  • 1999 (1)
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  • 2002 (4)
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  • 2008 (1)

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  • 1930s (17)
  • WWII (14)
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  • 1929 (8)
  • 1940s (7)
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  • (-) Halifax, NS (34)
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