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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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Violet MacEachern
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Violet MacEachern (nee MacCannell) of Long Creek and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Violet talks about her family, WWI, growing up in Charlottetown, the SS Harland, William Drake and his meat shop, coal, milk, ships in the harbour, White's Restaurant, Prince of Wales College, Prince Street School,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-16
  • Duration:01:03:34
Sadie Acorn
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Acorn (Farquharson), Sadie Irene
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Sadie Irene Acorn (nee Farquharson) of Montague and Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Sadie talks about school, the family farm, home remedies, horses and sleighs, Christmas, boarding in Charlottetown while attending Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, teaching, traveling, Sundays, Christmas, card games
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  • Date Recorded:2000-11-28
  • Duration:01:03:46
Olive Livingstone
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Livingstone, Olive Lois
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Olive Lois Livingstone of Charlottetown and New Perth, P.E.I. In this interview Olive talks about her family history, Sundays, home remedies and her birth, entertainment, Christmas, school, attending Prince of Wales College, teaching in the U.S., teaching children with polio, and major events of the early 20th
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  • Date Recorded:2001-05-09
  • Duration:00:31:32
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
Muriel MacKay T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Muriel
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Muriel MacKay of Albany, P.E.I. In this interview Muriel talks about her family history, Christmas, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching, horses, chores on the farm, trips to Charlottetown and Summerside, cars, snowstorms, funerals, pack peddlers,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-04
  • Duration:01:03:33
Louise Hessian T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Colin
  • Contributor:Colin, and Thomson, Robyn
  • Contributor:Hessian, Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Hessian of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Louise talks about memories of her father James "Jimmy" Gilbert, his death, her mother's coping with his death, her mother's baking and other memories, Christmas, education and teaching, her grandparents, mixed marriages, and Uncle Steve.
  • Date Recorded:2009-09-19
  • Duration:01:03:27
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
Kay Jelley T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her husband Earle, her family, going to Prince of Wales College and her work as a teacher, home remedies, trips to Boston, religion and feuds between churches, and moving houses.
  • Date Recorded:2001-11-19
  • Duration:01:35:34
Jim MacAuley
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacAuley, James A. "Jim"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James A. "Jim" MacAuley of Grand Tracadie, P.E.I. Prior to his death in 1999, Jim was the last living WWI veteran on the Island. Jim begins by telling about his birth in Tracadie and growing up in an orphanage. He then tells about his father's work as a fisherman, old fishing boats, and school. He then goes on
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:11
James Montgomery T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetow, P.E.I. It appears on Side A of Alvin MacSwain Tape Two. In this interview James tells about chewing tobacco, going to business college in Charlottetown, working at Bruce Stewart and Co., his first car ride, selling candy, Charlottetown in 1918, and the last hanging
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-11
  • Duration:00:19:36
James Montgomery T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview James talks about his work as a traveling salesman selling candy and an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company. He also talks about general stores, Christmas, college, cars, mills, entertainment, Charlottetown, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-07
  • Duration:01:03:39
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
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
Celia McCloskey T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCloskey (MacEachern), Mary Cecilia "Celia"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Cecilia "Celia" McCloskey (nee MacEachern) of Bear River and Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Celia talks about her family, her father's service in WWI, shipwrecks, the Spanish Flu, doctors and home remedies, moving to Charlottetown, school, shopping, cars, pack peddlers, radio, dances, her husband and
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  • Date Recorded:2002-02-18
  • Duration:01:03:20

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (14)
  • MacKay, Paul (13)
  • Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim" (2)
  • Acorn (Farquharson), Sadie Irene (1)
  • Cantelo, Louis (1)
  • Colin (1)
  • Colin, and Thomson, Robyn (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Gill, Eddy (1)
  • Gill, Johnny (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Hessian, Louise (1)
  • Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay" (1)
  • Livingstone, Olive Lois (1)
  • Lowe, Eleanor Mary (1)
  • MacAuley, James A. "Jim" (1)
  • MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet (1)
  • MacKay, Muriel (1)
  • McCloskey (MacEachern), Mary Cecilia "Celia" (1)
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Date Recorded

  • 1995 (3)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2001 (2)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2009 (1)

Genre

  • (-) Interview (14)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1918 (14)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Charlottetown, PE (14)
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