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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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Kay Jelley T6 [Tape Six]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the last of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about a fire at Prince of Wales College, poetry, Christmas, ghosts, Lenie Bolger, dancing, church, homemade goods, peddlers, traveling, radio, nursing, Dr. George of O'Leary, and WWII blackouts and
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-07
  • Duration:01:03:39
Kay Jelley T5 [Tape Five]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the fifth of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her father's horses, family coming home from away for the summers, the name Swabey, her parents, her siblings, potato and berry picking, fish, and washing clothes.
  • Date Recorded:2004-01-07
  • Duration:01:03:42
Hattie Hughes T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hughes, Hattie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Hattie Hughes from Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Hattie talks about staying with her aunt Charlotte in Charlottetown, her cousin Charlie Ryan, her husband, Sundays, school, poverty, midwives, Lottie Coates, doctors, big families, home remedies, her mother's funeral, Cardigan, hauling ice, and working
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  • Date Recorded:2004-02-02
  • Duration:01:03:37
Harold Ross T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Ross, Harold
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Ross of Bideford, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about his father, digging wells, his father's lumber mill, Christmas, fishing, fox ranching, racetracks, snow, building the Western Road, taking down the RCAF base in Mt. Pleasant, his service in the Medical Corps during WWII, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:2004-04-20
  • Duration:01:03:45
Gordon Stewart T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart, Gordon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Gordon Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about what Charlottetown was like when he was a growing up, snow removal and roads, exhibitions, the end of WWI, summer vacation, fishing, hockey, curling, baseball, bootleggers and rum runners, and old businesses in
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-27
  • Duration:01:03:23
Albert Murnaghan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, John Albert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Albert Murnaghan of Stratford and Fort Augustus, P.E.I. In this interview Albert talks about growing up in Charlottetown, school, Market Square, coal, snowstorms, rum running, businesses in Charlottetown, murder, and the Harland.
  • Date Recorded:2004-01-03
  • Duration:01:35:51
Richie Smith
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Smith, Richard Bagnall "Richie"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Richard "Richie" Bagnall Smith of New Glasgow, P.E.I. In this interview Richie talks about family, home remedies, mills, horses, mussel mud, farming, potatoes, the 1930s, thrashing, tractors, foxes, sheep, eggs, blacksmiths, sleighs, school, Christmas, radio, cars, traveling, and his wedding.
  • Date Recorded:2004-02-17
  • Duration:01:03:43
Lester MacLeod T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about Tic Williams, how hockey has changed, old teams and players, Victoria, his father's meat business, coal, electricity, playing hockey in Denver, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2004-02-12
  • Duration:01:03:46
Lester MacLeod T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about growing up in Victoria, his family, home remedies, his father's meat and cattle business, doctors, the SS Harland, shipping cattle, playing hockey growing up, going to Denver with Tic Williams to play hockey, and various
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  • Date Recorded:2004-02-12
  • Duration:01:03:40
Hattie Hughes T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hughes, Hattie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Hattie Hughes from Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Hattie talks about her family, poverty and the 1930s, Christmas, school, chores, farming, her father, horses, homemade goods, salmon fishing, superstitions and ghost stories, Pound Parties and Jenny Farrell, delivering the mail, Benny Binns, African
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  • Date Recorded:2004-02-02
  • Duration:01:03:31
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
Gordon Stewart T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart, Gordon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Gordon Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about his family history and their involvement with the fire department. He talks about the changes in firefighting over the years, fires in Charlottetown, Stewart's Bakery, businesses in Charlottetown, Large's livery stables, Ho's Chinese
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-27
  • Duration:01:03:49
Estelle and Lenie Bolger T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie"
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle and Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about their families, how they met, Estelle's background as a barber, Estelle's parents, and ghosts.
  • Date Recorded:2004-04-20
  • Duration:01:03:52
Estelle and Lenie Bolger T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie"
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle and Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about Lenie's fiddle playing and other fiddlers, their families, how they met and courted, Estelle's work as a lady barber, the Halifax Explosion, and home remedies.
  • Date Recorded:2004-04-20
  • Duration:01:03:54
Eleanor Lowe
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Lowe, Eleanor Mary
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Eleanor Mary Lowe of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Eleanor talks about her family, life growing up in the early 1900s, Prince of Wales College and Model School, local businesses in Charlottetown, movies, opera, traveling to Montreal and Toronto to study art, radio and telephones, and her work as an art
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  • Date Recorded:2004-09-29
  • Duration:01:03:28

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