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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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Tom and Eileen Hunter
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hunter, Eileen
  • Contributor:Hunter, Tom
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Tom and Eileen Hunter of West Royalty, P.E.I. In this interview Tom and Eileen talk about the changes in West Royalty, local businesses, Prince of Wales College, how they met, their wedding and honeymoon, Tom's service with the RAF during WWII, Tom's life in Scotland and his service in the war, plane crashes,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-02-21
  • Duration:01:03:33
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
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
Jack and Mary Rodd T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D.
  • Contributor:Rodd, Jack
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jack and Mary D. (nee MacCaull) Rodd of Charlottetown and Winsloe, P.E.I. In this interview Jack and Mary talk about their family farms, cars, foxes, Bedeque, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching business school, doctors and midwives, Sundays and church, the Boer War, and apple orchards.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-18
  • Duration:01:03:18
Grace Swan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Swan (Watts), Grace
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Grace Swan (nee Watts) of York, P.E.I. In this interview Grace talks about her family, doctors, Christmas, WWI, the Spanish Flu and other illnesses, midwives, pack peddlers, York, the family farm, school, religion and Sundays, flour bag clothes, socials, Market Square, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01-05
  • Duration:01:35:55
Gordon Stewart T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart, Gordon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Gordon Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about his family history and their involvement with the fire department. He talks about the changes in firefighting over the years, fires in Charlottetown, Stewart's Bakery, businesses in Charlottetown, Large's livery stables, Ho's Chinese
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-27
  • Duration:01:03:49
Ella Willis T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Willis (Edwards), Ella
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ella Willis (nee Edwards) of Hampshire, P.E.I. In this interview Ella talks about Charlottetown, music lessons, the railway, WWI, school, the Spanish Flu, snow, her work as a nurse, Hunter River, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2006-11-30
  • Duration:01:03:00
Earl Kennedy
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Kennedy, Earl
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Earl Kennedy. In this interview Earl talks about oak trees that his family bought from the Norton family which still stand on his property and his father's return from WWI with tuberculosis.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-22
  • Duration:00:09:34
Dr. Helen Herring
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Herring, Dr. Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Helen Herring of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about her father and other men who worked on the ice boats at Cape Traverse, her husband's work on the railway, the Halifax Explosion and the end of WWI, fishing, Christmas, and hockey games. She also talks about entertainment, trains,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:29
Dr. Harold Yeo
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Yeo, Dr. Harold E.
  • Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Harold E. Yeo of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dr. Yeo talks about his family, life growing up in Charlottetown, teaching, attending medical school at McGill University, his first practice, house calls, snowstorms and traveling in the winters, and Lettie MacKinnon's maternity house.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-13
  • Duration:00:31:48
Celia McCloskey T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCloskey (MacEachern), Mary Cecilia "Celia"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Cecilia "Celia" McCloskey (nee MacEachern) of Bear River and Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Celia talks about her family, her father's service in WWI, shipwrecks, the Spanish Flu, doctors and home remedies, moving to Charlottetown, school, shopping, cars, pack peddlers, radio, dances, her husband and
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  • Date Recorded:2002-02-18
  • Duration:01:03:20
Avila Rogers T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 movies and plays, growing up in Charlottetown, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, life in the 1930s, her family and their involvement in politics, her family history, growing up on Water Street,
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  • Date Recorded:2001-01-17
  • Duration:01:35:00

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (12)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (12)
  • Clay, Minnie (1)
  • Clay, Sydney "Syd" (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Herring, Dr. Helen (1)
  • Hunter, Eileen (1)
  • Hunter, Tom (1)
  • Kennedy, Earl (1)
  • McCloskey (MacEachern), Mary Cecilia "Celia" (1)
  • Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D. (1)
  • Rodd, Jack (1)
  • Rogers (Mathieson), Avila (1)
  • Stewart, Gordon (1)
  • Swan (Watts), Grace (1)
  • Willis (Edwards), Ella (1)
  • Yeo, Dr. Harold E. (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2007 (2)

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  • Interview (12)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1919 (12)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Charlottetown, PE (12)
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