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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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Stanley Stavert T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stavert, John "Stanley"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with John "Stanley" Stavert of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Stanley tells about his work on lobster trap haulers, fishing draggers, artillery shells, and other equipment. He talks about his foundries, fires, ice travel, and cars. There is also mention of work he did during WWII.
  • Date Recorded:2001-01-26
  • Duration:01:03:49
Stanley Stavert T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stavert, John "Stanley"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Stanley" Stavert of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Stanley talks about his life growing up on his father's farm and how he became interested in working with machinery. He talks about what work was like on the farm, his family, and some of the first machines he saw. He tells about how he built his own furnace, got a
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-26
  • Duration:01:35:15
Roy Clow T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:Lloyd, Simon
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This tape begins with a conversation about the Garden of Eden sawmill, continued on from tape three. Roy then goes on to talk about Dan MacRae's gristmill, then raising and killing pigs, and then on to foxes and horses. Discussion of MacRae's mill continues, with some mention of Finlayson's mill. Side A ends with a short story about
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-24
  • Duration:01:03:38
Roy Clow T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Roy Clow begins by discussing the preparation of chickens by his neighbour Tompkins. He then goes on to talk about thrashing grain and black "smut" from the grain. Clow talks about his father's surgery in Boston for colorectal cancer, and how he took over the work at age nine while his father was ill. He then talks about mixing kelp
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-24
  • Duration:01:03:26
Olive Livingstone
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Livingstone, Olive Lois
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Olive Lois Livingstone of Charlottetown and New Perth, P.E.I. In this interview Olive talks about her family history, Sundays, home remedies and her birth, entertainment, Christmas, school, attending Prince of Wales College, teaching in the U.S., teaching children with polio, and major events of the early 20th
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  • Date Recorded:2001-05-09
  • Duration:00:31:32
Kay Jelley T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her husband Earle, her family, going to Prince of Wales College and her work as a teacher, home remedies, trips to Boston, religion and feuds between churches, and moving houses.
  • Date Recorded:2001-11-19
  • Duration:01:35:34
Jimmy Doyle T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Doyle, Jimmy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Jimmy Doyle begins with a discussion of Billy Moar, mussel mud, and working on the farm at age 13. Jimmy goes on to talk about various characters, the Callaghan's, his family, and working in the lumber woods. He also talks about western horses, how he met his wife Mary, Mary's side of the family, trading a horse
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  • Date Recorded:2001-05-03
  • Duration:01:03:19
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
Herb Schurman T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about weddings, the Cairn's Cup, John T. MacNally and family feuds, clothes, Maude the horse, George Walker, Ernie Walker, a runway horse from Ideal Dairy, Read's Corner, bootlegging, characters, livery stables, Olympia Ice Cream, Water
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  • Date Recorded:2001-03-01
  • Duration:01:03:06
Herb Schurman T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about cars, the Summerside waterfront, accidents, Milligan and Morrsion's, his brothers, his father's work for the Wyatt's, the Harvest Excursion, the pest house, horse sheds, dance halls, businesses in Summerside, restaurants, Reg Pope
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  • Date Recorded:2001-02-12
  • Duration:01:03:19
Ethel Park
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Park, Ethel Laliah
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ethel Park of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Ethel reads from a diary about the Cunninghams and memories of that side of her family. Topics covered throughout the interview include family, Stellarton, her father and his work, horses, traveling, mills, stores, the Harvest Excursion, the Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:2001-02-22
  • Duration:01:34:30
Eddie Easter T3 [Tape Three]
  • 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 churches, his uncle Jim, Tuplin's mill, blacksmiths, horses, apple trees, crows, pigs, stumping, hauling mussel mud, cars, radio, fox ranching, rum running, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-08-26
  • Duration:01:03:13
Eddie Easter T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 traveling on the ice, horses, home remedies, potato farming, groceries, eggs, the Titanic, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, school, thrashing, snowstorms, trains, Billy the Farmer, the Tuplins, and
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  • Date Recorded:2001-08-26
  • Duration:01:03:03
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
Captain Thomas Trenholm T7 [Tape Seven]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
  • Abstract:This is the seventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by talking about Maritime harbours, particularly Louisbourg, and tells about fishing and different vessels. He tells of old sailors and friends, and tells a story about going down to the Caribbean. He talks about
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  • Date Recorded:2001-06-24
  • Duration:01:03:29
Belfast/Skye Ceilidh
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is a recording of a music and interviews from a Ceilidh at Wood Islands, P.E.I. The recording includes various short interviews, music and dancing, Gaelic phrases, and stories about Scottish heritage. Some musicians and interviewees on the tape include Ann Martin, William Stewart, Rev. Matheson, and Duncan McInnis.
  • Date Recorded:2001-04-23
  • Duration:01:03:19
Avila Rogers T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Rogers (Mathieson), Avila
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Avila Rogers (nee Mathieson) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Avila talks about courting, house parties, her father's work, a visit from Prince Edward, ice cream parlours, businesses in Charlottetown, Minnie McGee, home remedies, Christmas, school, Prince of Wales College, her siblings, the family
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-17
  • Duration:01:03:38

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (17)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (17)
  • Easter, Edward B. "Eddie" (3)
  • Clow, Roy (2)
  • Schurman, Herbert B. (2)
  • Stavert, John "Stanley" (2)
  • Doyle, Jimmy (1)
  • Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay" (1)
  • Livingstone, Olive Lois (1)
  • Lloyd, Simon (1)
  • MacKinnon (Nicholson), Jessie (1)
  • Park, Ethel Laliah (1)
  • Rogers (Mathieson), Avila (1)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (1)
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Date Recorded

  • (-) 2001 (17)

Genre

  • (-) Interview (17)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • 1930s (7)
  • 1920s (6)
  • 1918 (3)
  • 1920 (3)
  • WWII (3)
  • 1912 (2)
  • 1917 (2)
  • 1919 (2)
  • 1923 (2)
  • 1929 (2)
  • 1934 (2)
  • 1935 (2)
  • 1948 (2)
  • Early 1900s (2)
  • WWI (2)
  • 1815 (1)
  • 1819 (1)
  • 1835 (1)
  • 1884 (1)
  • 1905 (1)
  • 1913 (1)
  • 1914 (1)
  • 1916 (1)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1932 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1945 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1957 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1962 (1)
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Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (7)
  • Summerside, PE (4)
  • Indian River, PE (3)
  • Montague, PE (3)
  • Stellarton, NS (3)
  • Boston, MA (2)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (2)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Bedeque, PE (1)
  • Belle River, PE (1)
  • Borden, PE (1)
  • Cape Breton, NS (1)
  • Cape Cod, MA (1)
  • Clow's Wharf, PE (1)
  • Early 20th century (1)
  • Earnscliffe. PE (1)
  • Eldon, PE (1)
  • Freeland, PE (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Louisbourg, NS (1)
  • Monestary, NS (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • New Glasgow, NS (1)
  • New Perth, PE (1)
  • Pictou County, NS (1)
  • Port Daniel, QC (1)
  • Skye, Scotland (1)
  • Summerville, PE (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
  • West Royalty, PE (1)
  • Wood Island, PE (1)
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