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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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Wally Andrew T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is the third tape of four with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by finishing a discussion from Tape Two about his father's Cadillac. He then talks about why it was called The Submarine and mentions another car called The Grasshopper. He then talks about the old roads and trips to New
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-29
  • Duration:01:35:22
Sterling MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, John "Sterling"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Sterling" MacDonald of Bridgetown, P.E.I. Sterling begins by talking about his beginnings as a blacksmith, and tells about his father's work as a blacksmith down in Nevada. He then tells about life in Charlottetown in the 1930s, horses, shoeing, and coal. He alks about sleighs and wagons, the decline in
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-30
  • Duration:01:03:56
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
Ruth Stewart
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Louise Stewart (nee Garnhum) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, the last execution on P.E.I., the Whitlocks, growing up in Charlottetown, businesses and places around Charlottetown, going to Boston for surgery, school, her pet parrot, her husband, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1998-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:09
Roy Clow T8 [Tape Eight]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with a story of a horse that chewed tobacco. Roy then goes on to tell about a stolen keg of rum, and the first time he saw a skunk. The interview then moves on to the topic of capelin fishing. From there, Roy tells about trading rum for lumber at Compton's store, putting turnips in smoke stacks, and
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-15
  • Duration:01:35:57
Raymond Patton T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Patton, Raymond
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Raymond Patton begins with talk about lobster canneries and doreys, before moving on to ghost stories and the phantom ship near Merigomish. Ray then tells about his first radio, playing the fiddle at dances, and the very musical Murdock family. He then tells stories about Stormy Sandy and Jim Henderson.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:31:55
Polly Gulak T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gulak (Bezan), Polly
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Polly Gulak (nee Bezan). In this interview Polly talks about farming, growing up in Manitoba, her family, languages she speaks, Christmas, horses, chores as a child, home remedies, cooking, livestock, milking, homemade clothes and goods, cars, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2009-09-10
  • Duration:01:04:25
Louise Hessian T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hessian, Louise
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Hessian of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Louise talks about her mother, women's work, lobster, Georgetown, summer vacations, the 1930s, the Hemphill girls, hockey, railway men, her father, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2009-01-19
  • Duration:00:31:56
Lorne Francis
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Francis, Lorne
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lorne Francis of Fortune Bridge, PEI. In this interview Lorne talks about his father's carriage shop and the family business, sleighs, horses, wagons, famous people he knew, cars, school, potatoes, rum running, life in the 1930s, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2003-01-23
  • Duration:01:02:07
Lillian Doull Clark
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clark (Doull), Lillian
  • Contributor:Clark, Howard
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lillian (nee Doull) Clark and her husband Howard. In this interview they talk about family, ice boats, Cape Traverse, deep snow, lobster canneries, transportation, ferries, and discuss various topics while looking at their photo album.
  • Date Recorded:1996-05-10
  • Duration:01:03:43
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
Jim Moore
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Moore, James Arthur "Jim"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James A. "Jim" Moore of Crapaud, P.E.I. Jim begins by telling a story about Dr. Hillcoat and his family, then tells about the Crapaud Hall, local businesses, and the locals mills. He mentions electricity, radio, and blacksmiths. He then talks about the skating rink in Victoria, wakes and funerals, community
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-12
  • Duration:01:04:14
Jennie MacLean T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLean (Maynard), Jennie Pearl
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jennie Pearl MacLean (nee Maynard) of Port Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Jennie talks about farming, potatoes, wakes and funerals, Sundays, the Yeos, entertainment, Summerside, traveling, planes, mussel mud, courting, her wedding, her trip to Boston, airplanes, electricity, living in Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:1999-02-04
  • Duration:01:02:53
Ivan and Kaye MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald (Beck), Katherine "Kaye"
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Ivan Moar
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ivan Moar and Katherine "Kaye" (nee Beck) MacDonald of Brudenell, PEI. In this interview Ivan and Kaye talk about how they met, farming, courting, their wedding and honeymoon, Kaye's teaching, Prince of Wales College, midwives and doctors, home remedies, family, Wellington McNeill and horses, cattle, prices,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-11-07
  • Duration:01:03:19
Howard Schurman
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Howard
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Howard Schurman of Summerside. In this interview Howard talks about his family home, being a farmer, his education, staying home during WWI, The Bedeque Ddairy, horses, foxes, The Halifax Explosion, rum running, the 1930s, dogs, ice boats, telephones and radios, his deed to the Schurman home, politics, mussel
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  • Date Recorded:1994-10-31
  • Duration:01:03:28
Herb Schurman T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about working for M. F. Schurman, his job with Brace MacKay, building his first home, working with the railway, his work at the post office, nicknames of people around Summerside, the Perry boys and bootlegging, courting and entertainment
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  • Date Recorded:2000-10-06
  • Duration:01:03:44
Fred Black
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Black, Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick "Fred" Black of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Fred talks about his family history, Charlottetown, family businesses, school, his first jobs, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, his family going to California, the military history of his family, his
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:34:05
Ethel Park
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Park, Ethel Laliah
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ethel Park of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Ethel reads from a diary about the Cunninghams and memories of that side of her family. Topics covered throughout the interview include family, Stellarton, her father and his work, horses, traveling, mills, stores, the Harvest Excursion, the Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:2001-02-22
  • Duration:01:34:30
Dr. Helen Herring
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Herring, Dr. Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Helen Herring of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about her father and other men who worked on the ice boats at Cape Traverse, her husband's work on the railway, the Halifax Explosion and the end of WWI, fishing, Christmas, and hockey games. She also talks about entertainment, trains,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:29
Dr. Gordon Lea T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Lea, Dr. R. Gordon
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Dr. R. Gordon Lea of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dr. Lea talks about WWII, cars, his education, his father, cattle, politics, church, family, the Rogersons, electricity, Victoria, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-05
  • Duration:01:03:06
Charlie Bell T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about the Spanish Flu, breaking the roads, his father and his illnesses, his mother and her work as a postmistress, Eaton's catalogues, electricity, indoor plumbing, washing machines, Sundays, his
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-26
  • Duration:01:03:16
Charlie Bell T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about attending Prince of Wales College, the phantom ship, WWI and his uncle Fred Bell, The Great Depression, Holman's, radios, Jim Crockett, forerunners, his teaching career, and his work as a
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-07
  • Duration:01:03:26
Bill Price T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Price, Bill
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. In this interview Bill talks about the tavern in Kington, beer making, WWI, tough times in the 1920s and 1930s, his family who lived in Canada, old family lineages, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his birth, doctors, home remedies, farming, cooking, coal mining, transportation, and cider
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  • Date Recorded:1997-03-24
  • Duration:01:03:24

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Creators and Contributors

  • (-) MacKay, Paul (23)

Date Recorded

  • 1994 (1)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (4)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2003 (3)
  • 2007 (1)
  • 2008 (1)
  • 2009 (2)

Genre

  • Interview (23)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1930 (23)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (8)
  • Summerside, PE (4)
  • Crapaud, PE (3)
  • Victoria, PE (3)
  • Cape Traverse, PE (2)
  • Halifax, NS (2)
  • Montague, PE (2)
  • Bedeque, PE (1)
  • Belle River, PE (1)
  • Black Point, PE (1)
  • Borden, PE (1)
  • Boston, MA (1)
  • Bridgetown, PE (1)
  • Brudenell, PE (1)
  • East Royalty, PE (1)
  • Fortune Bridge, PE (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Inglis, MB (1)
  • Kington, England (1)
  • London, England (1)
  • Merigomish, NS (1)
  • Miscouche, PE (1)
  • Mount Royal, PE (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
  • Nevada (1)
  • New Glasgow, NS (1)
  • Panmure Island, PE (1)
  • Pictou County, NS (1)
  • Port Hill, PE (1)
  • Pugwash, NS (1)
  • Rosehill, PE (1)
  • Stellarton, NS (1)
  • Suffolk, PE (1)
  • Westmoreland, PE (1)
  • Wright's Bridge, PE (1)
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