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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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Roy Clow T5 [Tape Five]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Roy Clow tells stories of the Georgetown Exhibition, showing cattle and the brawls that broke out between Gerogetown and Lower Montague. He then goes on to speak of metal working and repairs of cast iron goods and how he arrived in the fishing business. Roy Talks about how he paid $72 for his boat, and made his own gear, along with
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:24
Roy Clow T14 [Tape Fourteen]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy starts with a conversation continued on from tape thirteen. Roy tells about piloting ships into harbours. He then briefly talks about a murder in Georgetown before telling a story about a fire at Boon Thompson's. Roy then goes on to talk about shearing sheep, carding mills, and fires in Montague. An interview
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  • Date Recorded:2006-09-04
  • Duration:01:36:17
Roy Clow T10 [Tape Ten]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with the remainder of a conversation about Ben Clow and his homemade blueberry wine. Roy then goes on to tell about Ben's fox ranch, property, and family. The conversation then turns to schooners and rum runners, and then on the Boughton Island. Roy then tells about the bounty set on crow and how
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:55:39
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
Janie MacQuarrie T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacQuarrie (Llewellyn), Janie May
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Janie May MacQuarrie (nee Llewellyn) of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Janie talks about school, her work as a nurse, her first trip to Charlottetown, traveling by horse and sleigh, radios, entertainment, funerals, forerunners, ferries, her family, her husband, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2000-11-29
  • Duration:00:47:50
Janie MacQuarrie T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacQuarrie (Llewellyn), Janie May
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Janie May MacQuarrie (nee Llewellyn) of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Janie talks about her family, Peter Morrison, home remedies, church, her father's lobster cannery and other canneries in the area, Christmas, growing up in Georgetown, Boughton Island, school, the Georgetown Exhibition, and various
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  • Date Recorded:2000-11-29
  • Duration:01:35:03
Friday Walker
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Spurgeon William "Friday" Walker of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Friday talks about his grandfather and father working as harness makers, his work on the railway, trains, shipping, his nickname, hockey, doctors, rum running, Georgetown, cars, blacksmiths, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2000-11-28
  • Duration:01:34:57
Frances Llewellyn T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Llewellyn (Lavers), Frances
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Frances Llewellyn (nee Lavers) of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Frances talks about traveling over the ice, Georgetown, hats, homemade clothing, orphans, her family, her brother's service in WWII, horses, traveling, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:32:09
Frances Llewellyn T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Llewellyn (Lavers), Frances
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Frances Llewellyn (nee Lavers) of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Frances talks about her family, Christmas, her mother's work as a midwife, a murder in 1930, Captain Fairchild, self sufficiency, the 1930s, hockey and skating, Georgetown, home remedies, doctors, berry picking, Seymour Knight, church,
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:04:15
Estelle Bolger T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about Joe Bun Gaudet and playing on the radio, Christmas, her family, the Georgetown Exhibition, her husband Lenie, dancing, playing music, working in the barbershop, earthquakes, and helping the doctors.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-16
  • Duration:01:03:38
Estelle Bolger T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about her family, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, her mother, her father, her family's barbershop, Bob Fraser, Georgetown, cars, ice, a murder in the 1930s, snowstorms, and rats.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-09
  • Duration:01:02:49
Estelle and Lenie Bolger T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie"
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle and Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about Lenie's fiddle playing and other fiddlers, their families, how they met and courted, Estelle's work as a lady barber, the Halifax Explosion, and home remedies.
  • Date Recorded:2004-04-20
  • Duration:01:03:54

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (12)
  • MacKay, Paul (11)
  • Bolger, Estelle (3)
  • Clow, Roy (3)
  • Llewellyn (Lavers), Frances (2)
  • MacQuarrie (Llewellyn), Janie May (2)
  • Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Hessian, Louise (1)
  • Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday" (1)

Date Recorded

  • 2000 (3)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2006 (3)
  • 2009 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (11)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1930s (12)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Georgetown, PE (12)
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