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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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Frank Woodside
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Woodside, Frank
  • Abstract:This interview is with Frank Wooside, from Western PEI, talking about skating on Summerside Harbour, his family, blacksmiths, playing hockey, rink owners, rum runners, being a policeman in Summerside, and joining the army and seeing German planes. He goes on to talk about coming home from the war and being treated poorly, going
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:22
Fran Mollison
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mollison (Jenkins), Fran
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Fran Mollison (nee Jenkins) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Fran talks about her family, the Royal Packing Company, Dizzy Block, Charlottetown, J. D. Jenkins, delivery men, school, her work in radio and television, home remedies, the Brennan House in Summerside, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2002-02-15
  • Duration:01:03:33
Estelle Bolger T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about Joe Bun Gaudet and playing on the radio, Christmas, her family, the Georgetown Exhibition, her husband Lenie, dancing, playing music, working in the barbershop, earthquakes, and helping the doctors.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-16
  • Duration:01:03:38
Estelle Bolger T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about her family, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, her mother, her father, her family's barbershop, Bob Fraser, Georgetown, cars, ice, a murder in the 1930s, snowstorms, and rats.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-09
  • Duration:01:02:49
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
Ernie MacPherson
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ernest "Ernie" Melville MacPherson of Dunblane, P.E.I. Ernie talks about working in the lumber woods in Plaster Rock, catching the Spanish flu, his family, farming, farm machinery, snow, mussel mud, horse races on the ice, horses, pesticides and herbicides, and traveling.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:01:03:56
Ernest MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Ernest
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ernest MacDonald talking about walking many miles, his mother taking care of older people, working on the sea as a cook, his ship being blown up, becoming a fisherman while most of his family were farmers, what he liked about living on the water, storms on the water, and the family farm.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:00:57:17
Enid Birch T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Birch, A. Enid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about music, her husband, dances, politics, blacksmiths, doctors and home remedies, going to Summerside on the train, local businesses, food, electricity, mills, chores on the farm, life in the 1930s, and various
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:35:16
Enid Birch T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Birch, A. Enid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about her music education, playing the organ, winters, driving, cars, movies, fox ranching, Summerside, the Titanic, WWI, her family, school, the Spanish Flu, blacksmiths, funerals, Christmas, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-13
  • Duration:01:03:18
Elmer Waugh T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
  • Abstract:This interview is with Elmer Waugh of Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Elmer talks about his birth, snowstorms, his family, life growing up, potato farming, mussel mud, Wilmot Valley and the Blue Shank Road, Summerside, horses, cattle, cream, chickens, meat, and apples. He also tells about thrashing, tractors,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-28
  • Duration:01:36:15
Eddie Easter T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Easter, Edward B. "Eddie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Edward B. "Eddie" Easter of Indian River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Eddie talks about white sand, his family history, his work as a carpenter, the Tuplin side of his family, tough times, farming, food prices, trips to Summerside, traveling on the ice, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-08-26
  • Duration:01:03:33
Don MacNeil
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacNeil, Donald Stewart
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Donald Stewart MacNeil of Little Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Donald starts of by telling about his entry into WWII and his beginnings as a pilot. He talks about the first plane he saw, his first ride, and the first time he flew a plane. He then tells about barnstorming, different pilots over the
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  • Date Recorded:2003-03-14
  • Duration:01:00:14
Clayton Ballum T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Ballum, Clayton N.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his family and his background. He then goes on to tell a little about the first time he had electricity, milk, and potato picking. He tells of waking up with a dead man in his bed, a story about looking for a job, his mother's cooking, and
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-10
  • Duration:01:35:55
Charlie Fraser T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fraser, Charlie
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Chalrie Fraser from Georgetown. In this interview he talks about his grandparents, home remedies, moving to Georgetown after his father died in WWI, his mother the seamstress, childhood memories about Georgetown, his first job, changes in Georgetown, the Georgetown Exhibition, the Georgetown Station and working
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  • Date Recorded:2002-04-01
  • Duration:01:03:33

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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)

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)

Genre

  • (-) Interview (46)

Subject (name)

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)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Summerside, PE (46)
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