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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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Louise Moase
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Moase (Cairns), Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Moase (nee Cairns) of New Annan, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her birth, the end of WWI, her family, home remedies, school, life in the 1930s, life on the farm, homemade goods, her husband, her wedding, traveling in the winter, storms, Summerside, quiet Sundays, entertainment, and
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  • Date Recorded:1999-10-29
  • Duration:00:47:36
Leo Farrell T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Farrell, Leo
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about organic potato farming, horses, mussel mud, orchards, cheese and cheese factories, pack peddlers, seafood, a cable ferry, fox ranching, rum, playing the fiddle, dances, entertainment, restaurants, radio, fiddle players, and a plane crash in
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:03:42
Johnny Reid T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Reid, Johnny Henry
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Johnny Henry Reid of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Johnny talks about his parents and his family history, Charlottetown, Christmas, school, schooners and the waterfront, selling moonshine, Johnny's Fish and Chips, working in Amherst, his marriage, the Prince Edward Lounge, Stompin' Tom Connors, and
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  • Date Recorded:2009-03-17
  • Duration:01:04:00
Everett MacDougall T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDougall, Everett
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Everett MacDougall of Glenwood and Vernon Bridge, PEI. In this interview Everett talks about blacksmiths, his father and grandfather, his father's store, horses, dating, cars, rum running, Glenwood and O'Leary, businesses, traveling salesmen, mussel mud, egg grading, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01
  • Duration:01:04:03
Elmer Waugh T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Waugh, Audrey
  • Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Elmer Waugh of f Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. It includes his wife Audrey Waugh (nee Simmons). This interview begins with Audrey telling about her relation to King George III and Queen Elizabeth. She also talks about how she and Elmer met. Then Elmer tells about farming, potatoes,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-28
  • Duration:01:03:36
Captain Thomas Trenholm T11 [Tape Eleven]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Mary
  • Abstract:This is the eleventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. This interview begins with a discussion about eating different seabirds. Tom then begins a story about his father's muzzle-loader, but changes to the topic of cod and haddock fishing before finishing his original story. He then goes
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  • Date Recorded:2006-12-14
  • Duration:01:35:33
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
Pat Hennessey T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hennessey, Patrick John "Pat"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Patrick John "Pat" Hennessey of Souris and St. Catherines, P.E.I. In this interview Pat talks about cheese factories, his family background, his father's work as a blacksmith, farming, potatoes, mills, sleighs, horses, going to Saskatchewan on the Harvest Excursion, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-15
  • Duration:01:04:13
Mickey Place T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about his life in the United States, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, Governor's Island, his family, The Great Depression, school, Prince of Wales College, working at a bank, and gender roles.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-14
  • Duration:01:03:10
Leo Farrell T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Farrell, Leo
  • Contributor:Johnston, Astrid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about sleighs, blacksmiths, carriages, traveling, cars, farm equipment, shopping, Christmas, doctors, the Spanish Flu, school, electricity, and fox ranching. Leo also plays the fiddle with Astrid Johnston accompanying him on the piano.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:03:18
Harry Mellish
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mellish, Harry Campbell
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harry Mellish of New Glasgow, P.E.I. In this interview Harry talks about ice, milk, his grandparents, his cousin Billy Moar, his father, blacksmiths, cars and driving, roads, farming, Cavendish, his carpentry work, his mother, doctors, home remedies, his service in the air force during WWII, airplanes, radios
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  • Date Recorded:2002-02-25
  • Duration:01:03:56
Harold Ross T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Ross (MacDonald), Velma
  • Contributor:Ross, Harold
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold and Velma (nee MacDonald) Ross of Bideford, PEI. In this interview Velma and Harold talk about family, home remedies, ancestors, school, how they met, courting, their wedding and marriage, WWII, Christmas, changes over the years, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2004-04-20
  • Duration:00:45:03
Harold Leslie
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Leslie, Harold
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Harold Leslie of Souris, P.E.I. Harold talks about his family history, the last bear on the Island, general stores, and transportation. He tells about his father's work as a section foreman for the railway, and goes on in great detail telling stories about his own work with railway. He tells about railroad rails
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-17
  • Duration:01:03:38
Grace Swan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Swan (Watts), Grace
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Grace Swan (nee Watts) of York, P.E.I. In this interview Grace talks about her family, doctors, Christmas, WWI, the Spanish Flu and other illnesses, midwives, pack peddlers, York, the family farm, school, religion and Sundays, flour bag clothes, socials, Market Square, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01-05
  • Duration:01:35:55
Gill Bros. T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gill, Eddy
  • Contributor:Gill, Johnny
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Johnny and Eddy Gill, and continues on from Tape 1. They talk about working in their father's shop, blacksmithing, farm machinery, mills, and a local tailor shop. They then tell a story of their father caught in a snowstorm, they talk about ships and schooners, and tell about how transportation has changed over
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:35:37

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  • (-) MacKay, Paul (19)

Date Recorded

  • 1995 (3)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999 (4)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2002 (3)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2007 (2)
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  • (-) 1926 (19)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (6)
  • Halifax, NS (4)
  • Barbados (3)
  • Louisbourg, NS (3)
  • Amherst, NS (2)
  • Boston, MA (2)
  • Cape Breton, NS (2)
  • Lunenburg, NS (2)
  • Newfoundland (2)
  • Souris, PE (2)
  • Summerside, PE (2)
  • Vernon River, PE (2)
  • Alexandra, PE (1)
  • Bideford, PE (1)
  • Black Point, PE (1)
  • Bridgetown, PE (1)
  • British Guiana (1)
  • Cardigan, PE (1)
  • Cavendish, PE (1)
  • Coleman, PE (1)
  • Devonshire, England (1)
  • Elliotvale, PE (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Glenwood, PE (1)
  • Governor's Island, PE (1)
  • Guyana (1)
  • Herring Island, PE (1)
  • Ireland (1)
  • Lot 16, PE (1)
  • Lynn, Massachusetts (1)
  • Marie, PE (1)
  • Miscouche, PE (1)
  • Montague, PE (1)
  • Mt. Pleasant, PE (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
  • Murray River, PE (1)
  • New Annan, PE (1)
  • New Perth, PE (1)
  • New York, NY (1)
  • O'Leary, PE (1)
  • Parrsboro,NS (1)
  • Peakes, PE (1)
  • Peakes Station, PE (1)
  • Pictou, NS (1)
  • Pisquid Pond, PE (1)
  • Port Daniel, QC (1)
  • Pugwash, NS (1)
  • Rosehill, PE (1)
  • Saskatchewan (1)
  • Sydney, NS (1)
  • Toronto, ON (1)
  • Vernon, PE (1)
  • Wallace, NS (1)
  • Wilmot Valley, PE (1)
  • York, PE (1)
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