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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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Violet MacEachern
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Violet MacEachern (nee MacCannell) of Long Creek and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Violet talks about her family, WWI, growing up in Charlottetown, the SS Harland, William Drake and his meat shop, coal, milk, ships in the harbour, White's Restaurant, Prince of Wales College, Prince Street School,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-16
  • Duration:01:03:34
Syd Clay T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Minnie
  • Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd and his wife Minnie talk about Syd's arrival in Charlottetown with the RAF, how they met, their wedding, entertainment for the RAF men in Charlottetown, Syd's life in England, Sid's return to Canada after WWII, and war grooms and airmen Syd served with.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-25
  • Duration:01:03:45
Muriel MacKay T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Muriel
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Muriel MacKay of Albany, P.E.I. In this interview Muriel talks about moving out West to Saskatoon, teaching, washing machines, church, her husband George and his political career that includes serving as Lieutenant Governor, quilts, and home remedies.
  • Date Recorded:1996-01-04
  • Duration:00:48:04
Muriel MacKay T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Muriel
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Muriel MacKay of Albany, P.E.I. In this interview Muriel talks about her family history, Christmas, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching, horses, chores on the farm, trips to Charlottetown and Summerside, cars, snowstorms, funerals, pack peddlers,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-04
  • Duration:01:03:33
Lloyd Weeks T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
  • Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-24
  • Duration:01:35:37
Kay Wood T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about playing hockey, old businesses in Victoria, traveling, courting, trips to Charlottetown, electricity, family, farm work, voting, illnesses, fishing, schooners, ghosts and phenomenons, Sundays, radios, the
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-05
  • Duration:01:03:27
Hilda MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald (MacPhee), Margaret Matilda "Hilda"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Margaret Matilda "Hilda" MacDonald (nee MacPhee) of Clearspring and Selkirk, P.E.I. In this interview Hilda talks about the Halifax Explosion, her family, ghosts, Selkirk, Christmas, horses, homemade soap and butter, trading eggs for groceries, music and dances, fiddlers, rum running and moonshine, Captain Dicks
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-26
  • 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
Grace MacCallum
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacCallum, Grace Eliza
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Grace Eliza MacCallum of Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Grace talks about her family, school, farming, The Great Depression, the Halifax Explosion, Charlottetown, home remedies, nursing, Falconwood, trains, livestock, groceries, pack peddlers, Christmas, the Women's Institute, the Women's Christian
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-04
  • Duration:01:03:42
Edith Pryce
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pryce, Edith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Edith Pryce talking about her family history and being raised by her grandparents, her grandfather an expert cabinet maker, Christmas, her sister Lois, her father and drives to the beach, working at her father's business repairing car tires, stores on Kent Street, a boarding house, Montreal, the china cabinet
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-11
  • Duration:01:34:36
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
Alden Birt
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Birt, Alden James
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Alden James Birt of Charlottetown and Mt. Stewart, P.E.I. In this interview Alden talks about his work as a blacksmith and electrician, horses, school, his family, delivery men, coal, milkmen, Charlottetown, Market Square, the SS Harland, and rum running.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-10
  • Duration:01:03:15

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (12)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (12)
  • MacKay, Muriel (2)
  • Birt, Alden James (1)
  • Clay, Minnie (1)
  • Clay, Sydney "Syd" (1)
  • Cudmore, Helen (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Herring, Dr. Helen (1)
  • MacCallum, Grace Eliza (1)
  • MacDonald (MacPhee), Margaret Matilda "Hilda" (1)
  • MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet (1)
  • Pryce, Edith (1)
  • Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd (1)
  • Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam (1)

Date Recorded

  • (-) 1996 (12)

Genre

  • Interview (12)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • 1930s (6)
  • WWII (5)
  • 1920s (4)
  • WWI (4)
  • 1917 (3)
  • 1918 (3)
  • 1940s (3)
  • 1948 (3)
  • 1910 (2)
  • 1911 (2)
  • 1922 (2)
  • 1932 (2)
  • 1936 (2)
  • 1945 (2)
  • 1960s (2)
  • Early 1900s (2)
  • 1800s (1)
  • 1802 (1)
  • 1810 (1)
  • 1908 (1)
  • 1912 (1)
  • 1916 (1)
  • 1919 (1)
  • 1920 (1)
  • 1927 (1)
  • 1928 (1)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1930 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1949 (1)
  • 1950s (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1966 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1968 (1)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Charlottetown, PE (12)
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