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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
Ralph Matheson
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Matheson, Ralph
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ralph Matheson. In this interview Ralph talks about milk, cheese, New Glasgow, blacksmiths, firewood, doctors, midwives, thrashing, horses, tractors, cattle, the 1930s, peddlers, Christmas, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:22
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
Malcolm Irving
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Irving, Malcolm
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Date Recorded:1995-03-22
  • Duration:01:03:44
John and Lois Campbell T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Campbell (MacKay), Lois
  • Contributor:Campbell, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John and Lois (nee MacKay) Campbell of Graham's Road and New London, PEI. In this interview John and Lois talk about John's family background, the Campbell family farm, tractors, horses, farm machinery, potato farming, apples, blacksmiths, sleighs, how they met, their marriage, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-16
  • Duration:01:03:47
Helen Cudmore T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cudmore, Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Helen Cudmore of Brackley Point Road, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about Cudmore's corner and the store her family ran there, school, bartering, goods sold at the stores, neighbours, salesmen, prices at the store, suppliers, debts, Christmas, gas, tobacco, theft, her father's work as a postmaster, and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-22
  • Duration:01:03:30
Heffells T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
  • Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about horses, the Raynors, religion and Sundays, rum running, ghosts and forerunners, funerals, their half brother Jack and his mechanic work, doctors and home remedies, farm
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  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:10
Gus Gregory T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory from Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about life in the 1930s, fishing, and his father. He then talks about farming, electricity, horses, and blacksmiths. Gus then goes on to tell about fishing and different factories and fishing operations in the Souris area. He tells stories
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:02:57
Deighans T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose
  • Contributor:Deighan, Charles William "Charlie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Charles William "Charlie" and Rose (nee O'Keefe) Deighan of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview the Deighans talk about Charlie's work on the railway, Christmas, home remedies, Charlie's father, hockey and baseball, bootlegging, family history, Rose's family and life growing up in Newfoundland, how they met
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  • Date Recorded:1998-01-29
  • Duration:01:03:42
Clayton Ballum T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 grandfather making caskets and ghost stories. He then talks about home remedies, doctors, midwives, and planting by the moon. He then goes on to talk about tractors, horses, the 1956 ice storm, and the first telephones and cars. Clayton
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-10
  • Duration:01:03:55
Captain Thomas Trenholm T8 [Tape Eight]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
  • Abstract:This is the eighth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Tom begins by telling about the end of the schooner Marine. He then talks about his father's love for schooners and tells stories of going to Barbados. Tom then talks about becoming first mate at age 15, captain at 17, and the sinking
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  • Date Recorded:2002-01-13
  • Duration:01:03:36
Alvin MacSwain T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacSwain, Alvin
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Alvin MacSwain of Peters Road, P.E.I. It begins approximately 20 minutes into Side A of the second tape. The first portion of the tape is an interview with James Montgomery. Alvin talks about his service in WWII, crossing the Atlantic on the RMS Mauretania, his parents, going on leave during the war, Sundays,
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-14
  • Duration:00:43:51

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (12)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (12)
  • Ballum, Clayton N. (1)
  • Beer, William A. "Pud" (1)
  • Campbell (MacKay), Lois (1)
  • Campbell, John (1)
  • Cooke, Ralph (1)
  • Cudmore, Helen (1)
  • Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose (1)
  • Deighan, Charles William "Charlie" (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Gregory, James Agustus "Gus" (1)
  • Heffell, Harry Holbourn (1)
  • Heffell, Marjorie (1)
  • Irving, Malcolm (1)
  • MacSwain, Alvin (1)
  • Matheson, Ralph (1)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1995 (3)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (2)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2008 (1)

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  • (-) Interview (12)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1950 (12)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (2)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (2)
  • Souris, PE (2)
  • Summerside, PE (2)
  • Aldershot, England (1)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Belfast, PE (1)
  • Brackley Point, PE (1)
  • Brackley Point Road, PE (1)
  • Cape Breton, NS (1)
  • Cape Wolfe, PE (1)
  • Chepstow, PE (1)
  • Cherry Valley, PE (1)
  • Cudmore's Corner, PE (1)
  • Earnscliffe, PE (1)
  • Edinburgh, Scotland (1)
  • Emerald, PE (1)
  • Gaspe, QC (1)
  • Graham's Road, PE (1)
  • Grand Falls, NL (1)
  • Halifax, NS (1)
  • Howard's Cove, PE (1)
  • Hunter River, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Little Harbour, PE (1)
  • Louisbourg, NS (1)
  • Mt. Pleasant. PE (1)
  • New Glasgow, PE (1)
  • Parrsboro, NS (1)
  • Peters Road, PE (1)
  • Portland, ME (1)
  • Pownal, PE (1)
  • Read's Corner, PE (1)
  • Richibucto, NB (1)
  • Tea Hill, PE (1)
  • Tignish, PE (1)
  • Travellers Rest, PE (1)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (1)
  • Vernon Bridge, PE (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
  • Waterside, PE (1)
  • Wheatley River, PE (1)
  • Windsor, NL (1)
  • Winsloe, PE (1)
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