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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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Walter MacLure T2 [ Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLure, Walter L.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Walter L. MacLure of West Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Walter talks about smoking meat, ice, traveling, gristmills, Christmas, lobster, hockey, cars, the Hindenburg, carpentry, lumber, electricity, livery stables, Charlottetown, and snow. There is also mention of church, Falconwood,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-11
  • Duration:01:03:56
Wally Andrew T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is the second tape of four with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by telling about their farm and property, the Falconwood Insane Asylum and the Poorhouse, and a story about a helper on his farm. He then goes on to tell about their ice cutting business. He mentions Billy Drake, ice
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-22
  • Duration:01:03:38
Vern Handrahan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Handrahan, Vern
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vern Handrahan of Charlottetown, one of only two Islanders to play Major League Baseball. Vern begins the interview by telling about playing baseball growing up. He then talks about his journey through the minor leagues, playing in both Canada and the United States, and how he finally made it to the big leagues
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  • Date Recorded:1994-08-10
  • Duration:00:57:11
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
Mildred Smith
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Smith (Hardy), Mildred
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mildred Smith (nee Hardy) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mildred talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, snow, telephones, trains, traveling on the ice, school, Charlottetown businesses, her first husband, WWII, Christmas, markets, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2010-04-20
  • Duration:01:04:17
Louis Cantelo T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cantelo, Louis
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. In this interview talks Louis about his ancestors, the Belfast Riot, mills, slavery, bears, Christmas, farming, sheep, nicknames, sea captains, school, shipping, Bridgetown, fairs, horsepower, cars, courting, life during the 1930s, religion, funerals, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-07
  • Duration:01:33:13
Jean Down T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Down (Hamm), Jean
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jean Ross (need Hamm) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Jean talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, how she met her husband, school, her aunt Addie Hamm, her parents, and readings of her father's letters from his service in WWI.
  • Date Recorded:2007-02-07
  • Duration:01:03:41
Helen Cudmore T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cudmore, Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Helen Cudmore. In this interview Helen reads from her diary that spans from the 1930s to the late 1950s. There is mention of storms, WWII, prices, power outages, hockey, and traveling.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-11
  • Duration:00:22:09
Hattie Hughes T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hughes, Hattie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Hattie Hughes from Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Hattie talks about staying with her aunt Charlotte in Charlottetown, her cousin Charlie Ryan, her husband, Sundays, school, poverty, midwives, Lottie Coates, doctors, big families, home remedies, her mother's funeral, Cardigan, hauling ice, and working
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  • Date Recorded:2004-02-02
  • Duration:01:03:37
Gordon Stewart T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart, Gordon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Gordon Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about what Charlottetown was like when he was a growing up, snow removal and roads, exhibitions, the end of WWI, summer vacation, fishing, hockey, curling, baseball, bootleggers and rum runners, and old businesses in
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-27
  • Duration:01:03:23
Ginger MacKay
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKay, Sterling Robert "Ginger"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Sterling Robert "Ginger" MacKay and John MacEachern of Charlottetown, P.E.I. The interview beings with Ginger talking about the history of the healing springs and his grandfather. Ginger and John then tell about the different people healed by the springs, the water itself, spirituality, plans for the future, and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-24
  • Duration:01:03:55
George Wooton T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wooton, George
  • Abstract:This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about the Orient Hotel, church picnics and other social gatherings and entertainment, Charlottetown, his work in journalism and photography, fires, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2006-02-07
  • Duration:01:03:10
Dave Mills
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mills, David Neil
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with David Neil Mills of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dave talks about his model train, his father's work on the railway, diesel engines, water towers, roundhouses, railway workers, taxis, businesses in Charlottetown, cars, day trips, and various other topics about the railway.
  • Date Recorded:2003-06-25
  • Duration:01:03:47
Albert Murnaghan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, John Albert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Albert Murnaghan of Stratford and Fort Augustus, P.E.I. In this interview Albert talks about growing up in Charlottetown, school, Market Square, coal, snowstorms, rum running, businesses in Charlottetown, murder, and the Harland.
  • Date Recorded:2004-01-03
  • Duration:01:35:51

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (14)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (14)
  • Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally" (1)
  • Cantelo, Louis (1)
  • Clay, Minnie (1)
  • Clay, Sydney "Syd" (1)
  • Cudmore, Helen (1)
  • Down (Hamm), Jean (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Handrahan, Vern (1)
  • Hughes, Hattie (1)
  • MacEachern, John (1)
  • MacKay, Sterling Robert "Ginger" (1)
  • MacLure, Walter L. (1)
  • Mills, David Neil (1)
  • Murnaghan, John Albert (1)
  • Smith (Hardy), Mildred (1)
  • Stewart, Gordon (1)
  • Wooton, George (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1994 (1)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (3)
  • 2004 (3)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2007 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

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Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1950s (14)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Charlottetown, PE (14)
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