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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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Walter MacLure T2 [ Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLure, Walter L.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Walter L. MacLure of West Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Walter talks about smoking meat, ice, traveling, gristmills, Christmas, lobster, hockey, cars, the Hindenburg, carpentry, lumber, electricity, livery stables, Charlottetown, and snow. There is also mention of church, Falconwood,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-11
  • Duration:01:03:56
Wally Andrew T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is the second tape of four with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by telling about their farm and property, the Falconwood Insane Asylum and the Poorhouse, and a story about a helper on his farm. He then goes on to tell about their ice cutting business. He mentions Billy Drake, ice
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-22
  • Duration:01:03:38
Vern Handrahan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Handrahan, Vern
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vern Handrahan of Charlottetown, one of only two Islanders to play Major League Baseball. Vern begins the interview by telling about playing baseball growing up. He then talks about his journey through the minor leagues, playing in both Canada and the United States, and how he finally made it to the big leagues
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  • Date Recorded:1994-08-10
  • Duration:00:57:11
Tommy Duncan T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Duncan (Sweet), G. Pearl
  • Contributor:Duncan, Thomas S. "Tommy"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Thomas S. "Tommy" and G. Pearl (nee Sweet) Duncan of Woodstock, P.E.I. In this interview Tommy and Pearl talk about his age, school, doctors and his appendicitis, traveling to Summerside, home remedies, family, general stores, Coleman, Christmas, bartering, WWI, politics, horses, trains, cars, tractors, how
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  • Date Recorded:2000-10-06
  • Duration:01:34:31
Syd Clay T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Minnie
  • Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the last of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about his background in the RAF, his paintings of aircraft and aviation history on the Island which were made into a calendar, the pilot Paul Sharpe, the pilot Elton Woodside, pilots Carl Burke and Joe Anderson, Carl Burke's rescues, the Submarine
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  • Date Recorded:2002-10-01
  • Duration:01:03:39
St. Teresa Heritage Fair T1 [ Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:St. Teresa Heritage Fair
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is a recording of the St. Teresa Heritage Fair in St. Teresa, P.E.I. It includes various interviews with interviewees such as John Roach, Johnny Gill, Leo Gill, Karen Smith, and Deanna Curran. Topics covered include trapping, animal pelts, baseball, food, blacksmiths, horseshoeing, the railway, and fiddlers.
  • Date Recorded:2000-10-28
  • Duration:00:47:40
Sheldon Coffin
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Coffin, Sheldon
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Sheldon Coffin begins with Sheldon telling about his job as a brakeman for the Canadian National Railway Company. Sheldon then goes on to tell about sleeping in the cars, the change from steam to diesel, and becoming a conductor in 1958. Sheldon then describes the railway runs and stations all over P.E.I. He then
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  • Date Recorded:1998-04-24
  • Duration:00:47:17
Ruth VanIderstine T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth VanIderstine (formerly MacLeod, nee Furness) of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about MacCormack's store, Donald MacLeod, black clothes, the MacPhail Homestead, forerunners, UFOs, the phantom ship, ghosts, her psychic abilities, and traveling to Boston.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-03
  • Duration:01:02:36
Roy Clow T17 [Tape Seventeen]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This tape begins with a story of Roy stealing his brother's car, continued on from tape sixteen. Roy briefly talks about his family before beginning a story about fires in Montague, which quickly changes to a story about cars. Roy then tells about how his brother Stanley died of typhoid fever, and then goes on to continue his story
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  • Date Recorded:2007-08-25
  • Duration:01:04:01
Mildred Smith
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Smith (Hardy), Mildred
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mildred Smith (nee Hardy) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mildred talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, snow, telephones, trains, traveling on the ice, school, Charlottetown businesses, her first husband, WWII, Christmas, markets, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2010-04-20
  • Duration:01:04:17
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
Louis MacDonald T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Louis Richard
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about working in Halifax, WWII, pack peddlers, his father, hockey, school, winters, the telephone, North River, Jack Ellsworth, rum running, Cornwall, clothes, stores, the Upton Airfield, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2002-11-25
  • Duration:01:03:41
Louis Cantelo T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • 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. In this interview talks Louis about his ancestors, the Belfast Riot, mills, slavery, bears, Christmas, farming, sheep, nicknames, sea captains, school, shipping, Bridgetown, fairs, horsepower, cars, courting, life during the 1930s, religion, funerals, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-07
  • Duration:01:33:13
Lorne Valley
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McInnis, Elmer
  • Contributor:Shaw, Raymond
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Raymond Shaw and Elmer McInnis at the Lorne Valley graveyard. In this interview Raymond and Elmer talk about Lorne Valley, the graveyard, families from the area, and family ancestry.
  • Date Recorded:1996-07-30
  • Duration:00:31:51
Laurie Blue Farm
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Phelan, Peter Joseph
  • Contributor:Power, Emmett Augustine
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This recording is titled Laure Blue Farm and includes interviews with Peter Phelan, Emmett Power, and various others. Topics covered include thrashing, blacksmiths, horses, farming, strawberries, plowing, tractors, trucks, home remedies, preparing for winter, pork, and the phases of the moon.
  • Date Recorded:2000-09-08
  • Duration:01:03:14

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  • (-) 1950s (43)

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  • Charlottetown, PE (14)
  • Souris, PE (5)
  • Summerside, PE (5)
  • Cardigan, PE (3)
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  • Mt. Stewart, PE (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
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  • New Glasgow, NS (1)
  • North Lake, PE; (1)
  • Orwell, PE (1)
  • Peters Road, PE (1)
  • Pictou, NS (1)
  • Pictou Island, NS (1)
  • Quebec (1)
  • Rochester, NY (1)
  • Sackville, NB (1)
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  • Springfield, PE (1)
  • Springhill, NS (1)
  • St. Andrews, PE (1)
  • St. Peters, PE (1)
  • St. Teresa, PE (1)
  • Stellarton, NS (1)
  • Toronto, ON (1)
  • Tracadie, PE (1)
  • Urbainville, PE (1)
  • Vancouver, BC (1)
  • Various locations on PEI (1)
  • Vimy, France (1)
  • Wellington, PE (1)
  • Wellsville, NY (1)
  • West Covehead, PE (1)
  • Wilmot Valley, PE (1)
  • Woodstock, PE (1)
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