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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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Wally Andrew T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is the third tape of four with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by finishing a discussion from Tape Two about his father's Cadillac. He then talks about why it was called The Submarine and mentions another car called The Grasshopper. He then talks about the old roads and trips to New
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-29
  • Duration:01:35:22
Ruby Chappell
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Chappell (Gamester), Ruby Mae
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruby Mae Chappell (nee Gamester) of North Granville, P.E.I. In this interview Ruby talks about her family, her grandparents death in an accident, trains, Breadalbane, traveling, cars, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, doctors, Christmas, life on the family farm, horses, church, peddlers and delivery men, house
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  • Date Recorded:2003-03-22
  • Duration:01:03:48
Ray Brooks T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Brooks, David "Ray"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the last of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Ray begins by talking about emigration from the Island and his family. He also talks about the Compton's, ghost stories, Hedley Penny, firewood, winters, electricity, indoor plumbing, Prowse's store, Gaelic, and airplanes. He then mentions rats, mills,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-10
  • Duration:01:03:50
Ray Brooks T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Brooks, David "Ray"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Ray begins by talking about apples, tractors, horses, potato farming, pesticides, hockey, doctors, sheep, and wool. He then talks about cats and dogs, snow storms, buterching pigs and cattle, meat, and food storage. He also tells about stores and
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-10
  • Duration:01:03:42
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
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
Hester Linkletter
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Linkletter, Hester
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Hester Linkletter talking about driving a Model-T Ford, her birth and familly home, her mother Irene Bell, aunt Helen Smith Bell, and her grandfather Albert Bell and how much she loved them, meeting her husband, teaching and how much she was paid, school days, home rememdies, Christmas time, her aunt Patience
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-07
  • Duration:01:34:36
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
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

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (10)
  • MacKay, Paul (8)
  • Brooks, David "Ray" (2)
  • Gray, Tristan John (2)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (2)
  • Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally" (1)
  • Campbell, Robert "Oscar" (1)
  • Chappell (Gamester), Ruby Mae (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Linkletter, Hester (1)
  • MacDonald, Ernest (1)
  • Millar, Layton (1)
  • Millar, Olive (1)
  • Waugh, Elmer (1)

Date Recorded

  • (-) 2003 (10)

Genre

  • (-) Interview (10)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1923 (10)

Subject - Place

  • Summerside, PE (6)
  • Charlottetown, PE (3)
  • Beach Point, PE (2)
  • Cape Traverse, PE (2)
  • East Royalty, PE (2)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (2)
  • Alberton, PE (1)
  • Bedeque, PE (1)
  • Bideford River, PE (1)
  • Bloomsfield, PE (1)
  • Blue Shank Road, PE (1)
  • Borden-Carleton, PE (1)
  • Breadalbane, PE (1)
  • Cape Tormentine, PE (1)
  • Ellerslie, PE (1)
  • Halifax, NS (1)
  • Lower Bedeque, PE (1)
  • Lower Freetown, PE (1)
  • Magdalen Islands, QC (1)
  • Murray River, PE (1)
  • North Bedeque, PE (1)
  • Piusville, PE (1)
  • South Granville, PE (1)
  • Suffolk, PE (1)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (1)
  • West Point, PE (1)
  • Wilmot Valley, PE (1)
  • Wright's Bridge, PE (1)
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