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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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Sterling MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, John "Sterling"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Sterling" MacDonald of Bridgetown, P.E.I. Sterling begins by talking about his beginnings as a blacksmith, and tells about his father's work as a blacksmith down in Nevada. He then tells about life in Charlottetown in the 1930s, horses, shoeing, and coal. He alks about sleighs and wagons, the decline in
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-30
  • Duration:01:03:56
Sandy Fraser
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fraser, Sandy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Sandy Fraser of Halifax, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Sandy talks about his family, the Halifax Explosion, growing up in Halifax, his parents, working at various hotels including the Nova Scotian in Halifax and the Charlottetown Hotel, bootleggers, WWII, taxi drivers, Charlottetown, and
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  • Date Recorded:2008-02-21
  • Duration:01:04:15
Ruth Stewart
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Louise Stewart (nee Garnhum) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, the last execution on P.E.I., the Whitlocks, growing up in Charlottetown, businesses and places around Charlottetown, going to Boston for surgery, school, her pet parrot, her husband, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1998-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:09
Roy Clow T8 [Tape Eight]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with a story of a horse that chewed tobacco. Roy then goes on to tell about a stolen keg of rum, and the first time he saw a skunk. The interview then moves on to the topic of capelin fishing. From there, Roy tells about trading rum for lumber at Compton's store, putting turnips in smoke stacks, and
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-15
  • Duration:01:35:57
Louise Hessian T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hessian, Louise
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Hessian of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Louise talks about her mother, women's work, lobster, Georgetown, summer vacations, the 1930s, the Hemphill girls, hockey, railway men, her father, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2009-01-19
  • Duration:00:31:56
Fred Black
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Black, Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick "Fred" Black of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Fred talks about his family history, Charlottetown, family businesses, school, his first jobs, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, his family going to California, the military history of his family, his
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:34:05
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
Charlie Bell T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about the Spanish Flu, breaking the roads, his father and his illnesses, his mother and her work as a postmistress, Eaton's catalogues, electricity, indoor plumbing, washing machines, Sundays, his
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-26
  • Duration:01:03:16

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (8)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (8)
  • Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie" (1)
  • Black, Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick (1)
  • Clow, Roy (1)
  • Fraser, Sandy (1)
  • Herring, Dr. Helen (1)
  • Hessian, Louise (1)
  • MacDonald, John "Sterling" (1)
  • Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1995 (1)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2008 (1)
  • 2009 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (8)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1930 (8)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Charlottetown, PE (8)
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