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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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Fred De Jonge
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:De Jonge, Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred"
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred" De Jonge from Hoek, Holland talking about his family heritage, his schooling, the war and Germans invading Belgium, France, and Holland, changes in food and farming, German soliders billeted in the village and how it affected them, V1 and V2 rockets, Canadians coming into the war, 2000
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  • Date Recorded:2006-01-17
  • Duration:01:02:54
Fiddler MacDonald T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Side A is a break down of Fiddler's war time experiences. Where he got his his training, and where he served. He gives out details about his injuries, and how he incurred them. He describes what it's like to be shot and how many Germans he killed. Mr. MacDonald also discusses what he did after the war, and how he came back to PEI on a
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  • Date Recorded:1994-11-08
  • Duration:01:03:46
Lloyd Gates T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gates, Lloyd
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family home, his siblings, the Upton Airfield, West Royalty, the mill pond, working as an engraver, his family background, the family mill and how it worked, his service in the RCAF during WWII, Operation Bodenplatte, his
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01
  • Duration:01:04:18
Keith Pratt T5 [Tape Five]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Keith
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wilson, Rob
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his trips to Boston and what he would bring back. He goes on to talk about working for the Metro Boston Transit Athority and how one day he saved a little girl who fell onto the tracks. After that he talks about his expeirences during the second world war and ghost stories on PEI. He finnishes up his final tape
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:57:04
Jim MacAuley
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacAuley, James A. "Jim"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James A. "Jim" MacAuley of Grand Tracadie, P.E.I. Prior to his death in 1999, Jim was the last living WWI veteran on the Island. Jim begins by telling about his birth in Tracadie and growing up in an orphanage. He then tells about his father's work as a fisherman, old fishing boats, and school. He then goes on
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:11
Gus Gregory T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory of Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about accidents at sea, the first draggers in the area, and local fish plants. He then talks about life on the draggers, the decline in fish numbers, and tuna fishing. He tells about rum running, fast cars, bootlegging in Souris, and liquor
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:55

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (6)
  • Gray, Tristan John (3)
  • MacKay, Paul (3)
  • Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul (2)
  • De Jonge, Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred" (1)
  • Gates, Lloyd (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Gregory, James Agustus "Gus" (1)
  • MacAuley, James A. "Jim" (1)
  • MacDonald, James "Fiddler" (1)
  • Pratt, Keith (1)
  • Wilson, Rob (1)
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Date Recorded

  • 1994 (1)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2009 (1)

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  • Interview (4)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • WWII (5)
  • 1930s (3)
  • 1945 (3)
  • 1940s (2)
  • 1863 (1)
  • 1872 (1)
  • 1917 (1)
  • 1918 (1)
  • 1920s (1)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1933 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1944 (1)
  • 1950s (1)
  • 1953 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1961 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • WWI (1)
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  • (-) Germany (6)
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