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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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Royal White T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:White, Royal
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Royal White of Murray Harbour and Murray River, PEI. In this interview Royal talks about Newfoundlanders, seabirds, schooners, Murray Harbour, Murray River, the Nellie J. Banks, sailors in his family, cars, stores, the hotel his mother ran, ice and ice travel, horses, whaling, swordfish, WWII, superstitions,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-03-28
  • Duration:01:04:01
Royal White T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:White, Royal
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Royal White of Murray Harbour and Murray River, PEI. In this interview Royal talks about shipping, various goods and fish he hauled with his vessels, the different vessels he owned, doctors, storms, fishing, lobsters, Salmon, cod, Newfoundlanders, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-03-28
  • Duration:01:04:08
Roy Clow T6 [Tape Six]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:*** Mainstreet Air Date - December 2008?
    Roy Clow begins by telling about oyster fishing in Vernon River. He goes on to tell about digging out a train engine that was stuck in the snow for a week. Roy then talks about Herring Island and the people who were living there. He talks about Clow's wharf and the schooners that carried
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  • Date Recorded:2002-01-29
  • Duration:01:03:33
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
Roland Pickering T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pickering, Roland
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about WWII, convoys, ships, burials at sea, Captain Pike, the Merchant Marines, rum running, sunken ships, drownings, French River, Christmas, potatoes, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:10
Merchant Navy
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Crew, Norman
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:James, Donald
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Yeaden, Edison
  • Abstract:This interview is with Donald James from Pleasant Harbor NS, Norman Crew from Newfoundland, and Edison Yeaden discussing the Merchant Navy. It starts off with Norman Crew and he is talking about the Merchant Navy, life at sea, ships carrying war-brides, children and wounded soldiers, his Newfoundland background and his family, air
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  • Date Recorded:2004-09-24
  • Duration:01:03:30
Fred Coles T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:Coles, Fred
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:The interview with Fred Coles continues with discussion about WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, seeing the Hindenburg, the Depression, local farms, local stores, mussel mud, and his church and burial place. The interview switches over to Roy Clow who talks about his life as a child and playing in a boat with George Miller
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-03
  • Duration:01:03:28
Deighans T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose
  • Contributor:Deighan, Charles William "Charlie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Charles William "Charlie" and Rose (nee O'Keefe) Deighan of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview the Deighans talk about their families, trains, home remedies, Rose's father who served in WWI, how they met, Charlie's service in WWII with the Black Devils, and Charlie's work with the railway after the war.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-29
  • Duration:01:03:40
Captain Thomas Trenholm T7 [Tape Seven]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
  • Abstract:This is the seventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by talking about Maritime harbours, particularly Louisbourg, and tells about fishing and different vessels. He tells of old sailors and friends, and tells a story about going down to the Caribbean. He talks about
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  • Date Recorded:2001-06-24
  • Duration:01:03:29
Captain Thomas Trenholm T11 [Tape Eleven]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Mary
  • Abstract:This is the eleventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. This interview begins with a discussion about eating different seabirds. Tom then begins a story about his father's muzzle-loader, but changes to the topic of cod and haddock fishing before finishing his original story. He then goes
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  • Date Recorded:2006-12-14
  • Duration:01:35:33
Alkie MacCormack
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacCormack, Ivan "Alkie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ivan "Alkie" MacCormack of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Alkie begins by telling the origin of his nickname. He then talks about playing baseball, Lefty McAleer, and the longest game. He goes on to tell about his service in Italy and Holland during WWII and meeting up with his brother Ken and Lefty in
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  • Date Recorded:1994-03-30
  • Duration:01:03:59

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (11)
  • MacKay, Paul (9)
  • Clow, Roy (3)
  • Gray, Tristan John (3)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (2)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (2)
  • White, Royal (2)
  • Coles, Fred (1)
  • Crew, Norman (1)
  • Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose (1)
  • Deighan, Charles William "Charlie" (1)
  • James, Donald (1)
  • MacCormack, Ivan "Alkie" (1)
  • Pickering, Roland (1)
  • Trenholm, Mary (1)
  • Yeaden, Edison (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1994 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (1)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2007 (2)

Genre

  • Interview (11)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • 1930s (7)
  • WWII (6)
  • 1920s (2)
  • 1926 (2)
  • 1941 (2)
  • 1943 (2)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1945 (2)
  • WWI (2)
  • 1916 (1)
  • 1917 (1)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1923 (1)
  • 1924 (1)
  • 1925 (1)
  • 1937 (1)
  • 1938 (1)
  • 1939 (1)
  • 1940 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1946 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1951 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1959 (1)
  • 1960 (1)
  • 1960s (1)
  • 1970s (1)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Newfoundland (11)
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