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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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William "Pud" Beer T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Beer, William A. "Pud"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with William A. "Pud" Beer of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Pud talks about restaurants and businesses in Charlottetown, fires, his name, Chinese restaurants, dances, hockey, running Peter Pan and other businesses, gas stations, his uncle Pope Beers, french fries and fried chicken,
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  • Date Recorded:2008-02-06
  • Duration:01:03:29
West Kent
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an recording of various interviewees about their memories of West Kent School in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Topics covered include teachers, rival schools, subjects, walking, sports, and various other topics related to West Kent School.
  • Date Recorded:1999-10-31
  • Duration:00:47:31
Walter MacLure T1 [ Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLure, Walter L.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Walter L. MacLure of West Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Walter talks about his family, his work as a carpenter and blacksmith, horses, farming, potato diggers, Gregor's Hotel, church, thrashing and meat.
  • Date Recorded:2003-12-11
  • Duration:01:03:44
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
Tiger MacKie T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKie, Eric Irvine "Tiger"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Tiger MacKie of Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. Tiger begins by telling about his early hockey days and first team. He then goes on to talk about playing with hockey stars like Eddie Shore, Tic Williams, and Gordie Drillon. Tiger talks about playing hockey in the 1930s and 1940s, and
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  • Date Recorded:1994-05-24
  • Duration:01:03:49
Syd Clay T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Minnie
  • Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the last of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about his background in the RAF, his paintings of aircraft and aviation history on the Island which were made into a calendar, the pilot Paul Sharpe, the pilot Elton Woodside, pilots Carl Burke and Joe Anderson, Carl Burke's rescues, the Submarine
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  • Date Recorded:2002-10-01
  • Duration:01:03:39
Susan Andrews
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrews (Jones), Susan
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Susan Andrews (nee Jones) of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Susan talks about her parents, the railway, Hazelbrook Station, taxis, Charlottetown, music lessons, home remedies, dairies, school, teaching, multiple sclerosis, orphans, Boston, blacksmiths, stores, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2002-08-08
  • Duration:01:03:17
St. Teresa Heritage Fair T2 [ Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:St. Teresa Heritage Fair
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is a recording of the St. Teresa Heritage Fair in St. Teresa, P.E.I. It includes various interviews with interviewees such as Father Francis Corcoran, Cecil Trainor, Mary Reggie MacDonald, and Johnny Bradley. Some topics covered include poetry, St. Teresa, songwriting, storytelling, parties and dances, school and teaching, and
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  • Date Recorded:2000-10-28
  • Duration:01:34:50
Sheldon and Florence Dixon
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dixon, Florence
  • Contributor:Dixon, Sheldon DeBlois
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Sheldon DeBlois and Florence (nee Leard) Dixon of North Tryon, P.E.I. In this interview Sheldon and Florence talk about his store, Chisholm's store, farming, horses, blacksmiths and carriage makers, pigs, eggs, chores, the Spanish Flu, electricity, fox ranching, school, Prince of Wales College, radio, a plane
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-05
  • Duration:01:35:08
Ruth VanIderstine T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth VanIderstine (formerly MacLeod, nee Furness) of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about MacCormack's store, Donald MacLeod, black clothes, the MacPhail Homestead, forerunners, UFOs, the phantom ship, ghosts, her psychic abilities, and traveling to Boston.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-03
  • Duration:01:02:36
Ruth Bell
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bell, Ruth Clements
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth (nee Clements) Bell of Montague, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about Western horses, her family, electricity, Maritime Electric, school, doctors, home remedies, snow, Montague, traveling in the winter, Charlottetown, WWII, business college, her husband Jack and his family, farming, planes, trains,
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:04:13
Roma Mulligan T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mulligan (Curley), Roma
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Roma Mulligan (nee Curley) of Kinkora and Freetown, P.E.I. In this interview Roma talks about murders in Shamrock, the Thistle and Shamrock and church socials, potato farming, house parties and music, Kinkora, her brothers, moonshine, politics, her mother, cooking, doctors, her family the in U.S., dances,
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:56
Robbie Robertson T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Robbie Robertson talks about the milkman, fishing, fish prices, leaving for the States due to money, local stores, his brothers going on the Harvest Excursion, farming potatoes, doctors and remedies, and more stories about his family.
  • Date Recorded:1998-10-02
  • Duration:01:03:52
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 Cooke
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cooke, Ralph
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ralph Cooke of Cape Wolfe, P.E.I. He begins by talking about fishing at Cape Wolfe, Riley's lobster cannery, lobster fishing, and his beginnings as a fisherman at age 11. He then goes on to talk about changes in cod fishing over the years, the Cooke family name, Christmas, life growing up, his grandparents, and
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-17
  • Duration:01:35:28

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (51)
  • MacKay, Paul (46)
  • Gray, Tristan John (6)
  • Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul (4)
  • Andrews (Jones), Susan (1)
  • Beer, William A. "Pud" (1)
  • Bell, Ruth Clements (1)
  • Buell, Milton (1)
  • Carver, Gordon (1)
  • Clark, Howard (1)
  • Clay, Edwin (1)
  • Clay, Minnie (1)
  • Clay, Sydney "Syd" (1)
  • Cooke, Ralph (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Cudmore, Helen (1)
  • Dixon, Florence (1)
  • Dixon, Sheldon DeBlois (1)
  • Edwards, Gwen (1)
  • Farrell, Leo (1)
  • Gallant, John "Ralph" (1)
  • Gay, Gordon "Bus" (1)
  • Graham (White), Vivian (1)
  • Graham, Austin (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Gregory, James Agustus "Gus" (1)
  • Grigg (MacLennan), Greta (1)
  • Johnston, Astrid (1)
  • Kennedy, Ivan Borden (1)
  • MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck" (1)
  • MacCallum, Grace Eliza (1)
  • MacCann (MacMillan), L. Jean (1)
  • MacDonald (Malone), Amy (1)
  • MacDonald, Elmer Joseph (1)
  • MacDonald, Jimmy "The Lake" (1)
  • MacDougall, Everett (1)
  • MacKie, Eric Irvine "Tiger" (1)
  • MacLellan, Elmer George (1)
  • MacLure, Walter L. (1)
  • MacNevin (MazKenzie), C. Irene (1)
  • McCann (MacMillan), L. Jean (1)
  • McCarvill, Vernon (1)
  • Mellish, Harry Campbell (1)
  • Millar, Layton (1)
  • Millar, Olive (1)
  • Monaghan, Ambrose Ignatius (1)
  • Moore, John (1)
  • Mulligan (Curley), Roma (1)
  • Murnaghan, Andrew Robert (1)
  • O'Hanley, Joe (1)
  • Paynter (Andrews), Joyce (1)
  • Pratt, Keith (1)
  • Rea (MacMillan), Florence (1)
  • Reid, Gavin David (1)
  • Reid, Pansy Maria (Myers) (1)
  • Robertson, Robbie (1)
  • Smith (Hardy), Mildred (1)
  • St. Teresa Heritage Fair (1)
  • Swan (Watts), Grace (1)
  • Trainor, John (1)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (1)
  • VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth (1)
  • Wooton, George (1)
  • Young (Mossey), Nellie Mary (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1993 (1)
  • 1994 (1)
  • 1995 (5)
  • 1996 (5)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (5)
  • 1999 (6)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2002 (4)
  • 2003 (7)
  • 2006 (3)
  • 2007 (3)
  • 2008 (1)
  • 2010 (3)

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  • (-) Interview (51)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1940s (51)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (17)
  • Halifax, NS (7)
  • Souris, PE (5)
  • Summerside, PE (4)
  • Cardigan, PE (2)
  • Crapaud, PE (2)
  • England (2)
  • Montague, PE (2)
  • Mt. Albion, PE (2)
  • New Glasgow, NS (2)
  • North Tryon, PE (2)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (2)
  • Upton, PE (2)
  • Victoria, PE (2)
  • Albany, PE (1)
  • Alberton, PE (1)
  • Annandale, PE (1)
  • Apple Valley, PE (1)
  • Baltimore, MD (1)
  • Bideford River, PE (1)
  • Black River, PE (1)
  • Bloomfield, PE (1)
  • Bloomsfield, PE (1)
  • Bonshaw, PE (1)
  • Borden-Carleton, PE (1)
  • Boston, MA (1)
  • Boughton River, PE (1)
  • Brackley Point, PE (1)
  • Breadalbane, PE (1)
  • Bridgetown, PE (1)
  • Bunbury, PE (1)
  • Canavoy, PE (1)
  • Cape Wolfe, PE (1)
  • Cavendish, PE (1)
  • Cherry Hill, PE (1)
  • Coleman, PE (1)
  • Covehead, PE (1)
  • Dromore, PE (1)
  • Duvar, PE (1)
  • East Point, PE (1)
  • Ellerslie, PE (1)
  • Freetown, PE (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • Glace Bay, NS (1)
  • Glenwood, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Holland (1)
  • Holman's Island, PE (1)
  • Hope River, PE (1)
  • Howard's Cove, PE (1)
  • Hunter River, PE (1)
  • Kellys Cross, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Kington, England (1)
  • Kinkora, PE (1)
  • La Havre, France (1)
  • Lot 16, PE (1)
  • Milton, PE (1)
  • Minto, NB (1)
  • Montreal, QC (1)
  • Mount Pleasant, PE (1)
  • Mt. Herbert, PE (1)
  • Mt. Pleasant, PE (1)
  • Mt. Stewart, PE (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
  • Murray River, PE (1)
  • Nassau (1)
  • New Radnor, England (1)
  • New York (1)
  • Noble, ON (1)
  • North Lake, PE (1)
  • North River, PE (1)
  • Nova Scotia (1)
  • O'Leary, PE (1)
  • Orwell, PE (1)
  • Pictou, NS (1)
  • Pictou County, NS (1)
  • Pictou Island, NS (1)
  • Pisquid, PE (1)
  • Pittsburgh, PA (1)
  • Piusville, PE (1)
  • Port Hill, PE (1)
  • Pownal, PE (1)
  • Richibucto, NB (1)
  • Rose Valley,PE (1)
  • Seal Island, NS (1)
  • Searletown, PE (1)
  • Shamrock, PE (1)
  • South Melville, PE (1)
  • Spring Park, PE (1)
  • St. Peter's, PE (1)
  • St. Peters, PE (1)
  • St. Teresa, PE (1)
  • Stanley Bridge, PE (1)
  • Sudbury, ON (1)
  • Sutton, England (1)
  • Tarantum, PE (1)
  • Vernon Bridge, PE (1)
  • West Covehead, PE (1)
  • Winsloe, PE (1)
  • York, PE (1)
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