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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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Warren Leard T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Leard, Warren
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview continues with Warren Leard talking about his father's broken leg and its effect on his work and life, Norwegian ship called the Nanby getting stuck on shore, woring in Lumber camps in New Brunswick, and what kinds of wood he worked with.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-24
  • Duration:01:03:26
Vernon McCarvill T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vernon McCarvill talking about working at the general store, grading eggs, moving mussle mud, swamp sand, his family, horse and sleighs, diptheria and the undertaker, home remedies, leaving Prince Edward Island and moving around until he settled in Ontario, working with Canada Packers and travelling with the
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-17
  • Duration:01:35:17
Vance MacKay
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKay, Vance
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vance MacKay of Campbellton, P.E.I. Vance begins by telling about his family history on both his father's side, MacKay, and his mother's side, Walsh. He then tells about doctors and midwives, home remedies, working at Pratt's store with Keith Pratt, egg grading, trains, and his first job picking potatoes. He
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-31
  • Duration:01:03:45
Stanley Stavert T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stavert, John "Stanley"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Stanley" Stavert of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Stanley talks about his life growing up on his father's farm and how he became interested in working with machinery. He talks about what work was like on the farm, his family, and some of the first machines he saw. He tells about how he built his own furnace, got a
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-26
  • Duration:01:35:15
Ruth Herlihy
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Herlihy (Campbell), Ruth
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Herlihy (nee Campbell) of , PEI. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, home remedies, midwives and childbirth, life on the family farm, the railway, school and teaching, peddlers, The Brae, house parties and entertainment, radio, silver foxes, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01-21
  • Duration:01:24:10
Ralph Gallant T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about home remedies, family, potato farming, blacksmiths and sleighs, how he met his wife, working in coal mines, his parents, his dog, horses, his time spent in jail for making moonshine, foxes, cars, radio, and Amelia's
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  • Date Recorded:1999-02-11
  • Duration:01:03:27
Ralph Gallant T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, Amelia
  • Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" and Amelia Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about his family, his service in WWII, his work in coal mines, and his time spent in jail. Amelia talks about her family, how she met Ralph and their marriage, raising their 14 children while working as a waitress
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  • Date Recorded:1997-10-22
  • Duration:01:03:44
Oscar Campbell
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Campbell, Robert "Oscar"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Robert "Oscar" Campbell of Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Oscar tells about his family and life growing up in Borden, German P.O.W.s, the Spanish Flu, working as a diver for the CNR and on the ferries, rum running and bootlegging, hockey, cars, The Singing Cowboy, and The Great Depression.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:01:36:08
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
Nina Brown
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Brown (Bernard), Nina E.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Nina E. Brown of New London, P.E.I. Nina begins by telling about Elton Woodside and his airplane and growing up in French River. She then talks about her grandparents, ancestors, and family. She goes on to tell about school, L. M. Montgomery, her husband Stanley, her step grandmother, and church. Nina then talks
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:54
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
Marconi
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is a recording about the first radio services in Summerside and Charlotteown with discussion about Holman's radio station, CFCY, radios, radio programs, and various other topics related to radio.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:31:23
Lee Taylor T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Taylor, Lee
  • Contributor:Taylor, Margaret
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Lee Taylor talking about his first time playing hockey and all the teams he played with and against between 1938 and 1939, getting in fights during those games, trips to away games and the bad roads and weather. He then goes on to talk about his family, St. Peters Island, and horse racing and breeding.
  • Date Recorded:1998-02-03
  • Duration:01:03:45
Layton Millar
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Millar, Layton
  • Contributor:Millar, Olive
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Layton Millar of Ellerslie, P.E.I. His wife Olive also partakes in the interview, and there is a period towards the end where his friend Edwin Dennis speaks for a few moments. Layton begins by telling about his family, farming, homemade clothes and goods, and potato farming. He talks about cattle, creameries,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-04
  • Duration:01:33:28
Keith Pratt T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about many different topics detailing his life in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rural Prince Edward Island. In this recording he talks about several of his firsts: his first expierences with planes, tractors, phones and radios. He also talks about evolution of egg grading stations, and what kind of people ate
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-24
  • Duration:01:03:51

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (46)
  • MacKay, Paul (36)
  • Gray, Tristan John (10)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (5)
  • Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul (5)
  • Bolger, Estelle (4)
  • Schurman, Herbert B. (4)
  • Birch, A. Enid (2)
  • Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" (2)
  • Gallant, John "Ralph" (2)
  • Linkletter, Harold (2)
  • MacKay, James "Keir" (2)
  • Ballum, Clayton N. (1)
  • Bishop, Henry L. (1)
  • Brown (Bernard), Nina E. (1)
  • Bryan, Gladys (1)
  • Campbell, Robert "Oscar" (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Dewar, Katherine (1)
  • Easter, Edward B. "Eddie" (1)
  • Fraser, Charlie (1)
  • Gallant, Amelia (1)
  • Heffell, Harry Holbourn (1)
  • Heffell, Marjorie (1)
  • Herlihy (Campbell), Ruth (1)
  • Hughes, Arthur (1)
  • Hunter, Eileen (1)
  • Hunter, Tom (1)
  • Leard, Warren (1)
  • Linkletter, Hester (1)
  • MacDonald, Ernest (1)
  • MacKay, Muriel (1)
  • MacKay, Vance (1)
  • MacLean (Maynard), Jennie Pearl (1)
  • MacNeil, Donald Stewart (1)
  • MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie" (1)
  • McCarvill, Vernon (1)
  • Millar, Layton (1)
  • Millar, Olive (1)
  • Mollison (Jenkins), Fran (1)
  • Pratt, Keith (1)
  • Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D. (1)
  • Rodd, Jack (1)
  • Stavert, John "Stanley" (1)
  • Taylor, Lee (1)
  • Taylor, Margaret (1)
  • Waugh, Elmer (1)
  • Woodside, Frank (1)
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Date Recorded

  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (4)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1999 (7)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2001 (4)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 2003 (13)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2007 (1)
  • 2009 (1)
  • 2010 (1)
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Subject - Time Period

  • 1930s (26)
  • 1920s (17)
  • WWII (14)
  • 1918 (12)
  • 1917 (11)
  • 1956 (10)
  • WWI (10)
  • 1929 (8)
  • 1923 (7)
  • 1913 (5)
  • 1919 (5)
  • 1938 (4)
  • 1940 (4)
  • 1940s (4)
  • 1941 (4)
  • 1943 (4)
  • 1945 (4)
  • 1912 (3)
  • 1914 (3)
  • 1915 (3)
  • 1916 (3)
  • 1920 (3)
  • 1922 (3)
  • 1925 (3)
  • 1932 (3)
  • 1939 (3)
  • 1949 (3)
  • 1950s (3)
  • 1960s (3)
  • 1899 (2)
  • 1927 (2)
  • 1930 (2)
  • 1931 (2)
  • 1933 (2)
  • 1934 (2)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1936 (2)
  • 1952 (2)
  • 1957 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • Early 1900s (2)
  • 1753 (1)
  • 1770 (1)
  • 1784 (1)
  • 1810 (1)
  • 1855 (1)
  • 1880s (1)
  • 1896 (1)
  • 1905 (1)
  • 1907 (1)
  • 1909 (1)
  • 1910 (1)
  • 1911 (1)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1928 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1962 (1)
  • 1971 (1)
  • 1974 (1)
  • 1985 (1)
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Subject - Place

  • (-) Summerside, PE (46)
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