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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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Royal White T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:White, Royal
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Royal White of Murray Harbour and Murray River, PEI. In this interview Royal talks about shipping, various goods and fish he hauled with his vessels, the different vessels he owned, doctors, storms, fishing, lobsters, Salmon, cod, Newfoundlanders, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-03-28
  • Duration:01:04:08
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
MacKinnons T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKinnon, Bob
  • Contributor:MacKinnon, Queenie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Bob and Queenie MacKinnon begins with a brief mention of a nearby burial site. The conversation quickly changes to Ings' dam and hauling ice to cool milk. Bob then tells about his first tractor and talks about local gristmills. The MacKinnons then tell about their first radios, and Queenie tells a funny story about
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-03
  • Duration:00:31:53
Louise Hessian T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Colin
  • Contributor:Colin, and Thomson, Robyn
  • Contributor:Hessian, Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Hessian of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Louise talks about memories of her father James "Jimmy" Gilbert, his death, her mother's coping with his death, her mother's baking and other memories, Christmas, education and teaching, her grandparents, mixed marriages, and Uncle Steve.
  • Date Recorded:2009-09-19
  • Duration:01:03:27
Katherine Dewar
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dewar, Katherine
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Katherine Dewar of Summerside, PEI. In this interview Katherine talks about her family and their involvement in politics, her father's work with horses and cars, her father's work as Sheriff in Summerside, her mother's work as Deputy Sheriff, politics, the 1956 ice storm, and various stories about prisoners
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  • Date Recorded:2009-02-09
  • Duration:01:04:10
John and Lois Campbell T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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, PEI. In this interview John and Lois talk about their marriage, hockey, childbirth, home remedies, Christmas, traveling by horse and sleigh, deep snow and storms, electricity, indoor plumbing, appliances, Lois' father, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-16
  • Duration:00:34:50
Jessie MacKinnon
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKinnon (Nicholson), Jessie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jessie MacKinnon (nee Nicholson) of Eldon, P.E.I. In this interview Jessie talks about school, doctors and midwives, her family background, home remedies, her grandparents, going to the dentist, traveling, sleighs, WWI, lobsters, boarding houses, going to business college, Charlottetown, stores, Belle River,
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-10
  • Duration:01:35:07
Greta Grigg T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Grigg (MacLennan), Greta
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Greta Grigg (nee MacLennan) of Port Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Greta talks about big families, chores and housework, horses, storms, mussel mud, potato farming, traveling on the railway, Tyne Valley, working as the postmistress, getting the strap in school, women's rights, airplanes, WWII and rationing,
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  • Date Recorded:2006-02-01
  • Duration:01:03:05
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
Duck Acorn
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Acorn, Frank "Duck"
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Thomson, Robyn
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Frank "Duck" Acorn of PEI. In this interview Duck Acorn talks about his childhood, working at the races, the first races and Old Home Week, and the changing ways of training horses and racing them.
  • Date Recorded:1995-08-14
  • Duration:00:42:44
Captain Ben Pike T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pike, Captain Ben
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Captain Ben Pike of Burin, Newfoundland. In this interview Captain Pike continue to tell about taking the Abegweit to Chicago. He also talks about a Captain's Dinner on the Abegweit, being stuck in the ice, the Joyce M. Smith, his service on the Abegweit, and the tidal wave of 1929.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-17
  • Duration:00:30:11
Andrew Murnaghan T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, Andrew Robert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about mussel mud, mills, his grandfather's family and their work as coopers, cheese makers, strong men, peddling beef, coal, tractors, thrashing, horsepower, electricity, ice houses, trucks, and fish.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-18
  • Duration:00:25:22

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (12)
  • MacKay, Paul (10)
  • Acorn, Frank "Duck" (1)
  • Campbell (MacKay), Lois (1)
  • Campbell, John (1)
  • Colin (1)
  • Colin, and Thomson, Robyn (1)
  • Cooke, Ralph (1)
  • Dewar, Katherine (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Grigg (MacLennan), Greta (1)
  • Hessian, Louise (1)
  • MacKinnon (Nicholson), Jessie (1)
  • MacKinnon, Bob (1)
  • MacKinnon, Queenie (1)
  • Mollison (Jenkins), Fran (1)
  • Murnaghan, Andrew Robert (1)
  • Pike, Captain Ben (1)
  • Thomson, Robyn (1)
  • White, Royal (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1995 (2)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2007 (1)
  • 2009 (2)

Genre

  • (-) Interview (12)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1959 (12)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (4)
  • Montague, PE (2)
  • Summerside, PE (2)
  • Bayfield Street, Charlottetown, PE (1)
  • Belle River, PE (1)
  • Bethel, PE (1)
  • Burlington, Ontario (1)
  • Cape Tormentine, PE (1)
  • Cape Wolfe, PE (1)
  • Chicago, IL (1)
  • Earnscliffe, PE (1)
  • Eldon, PE (1)
  • France (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Graham's Road, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Howard's Cove, PE (1)
  • Kelvin Grove, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Kenya (1)
  • Labrador (1)
  • Lennox Island, PE (1)
  • Murrary Harbour, PE (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • Port Hill, PE (1)
  • Richibucto, NB (1)
  • Tignish, PE (1)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
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