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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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Ralph Gallant T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about moving to Sasketchewan on the Harvest Excursion at age 14, life out West, signing up for WWII at age 15, his father and his service in WWI, the family home, horses, lobster fishing, his mother, and home remedies.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-11
  • Duration:01:03:21
Pat Hennessey T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hennessey, Patrick John "Pat"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Patrick John "Pat" Hennessey of Souris and St. Catherines, P.E.I. In this interview Pat talks about cheese factories, his family background, his father's work as a blacksmith, farming, potatoes, mills, sleighs, horses, going to Saskatchewan on the Harvest Excursion, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-15
  • Duration:01:04:13
Norbert Corcoran T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Corcoran, Norbert George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. Norbert begins by telling about his family and what Christmas was like with sixteen children in the house. He then goes on to talk about his mother and all her hard work around the house, his grandparents and family who moved out to Saskatchewan for the Harvest
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-03
  • Duration:01:02:44
Keith Pratt T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Jean
  • Contributor:Pratt, Kieth
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his early days on the railway and in Western PEI. He focuses on the widening of the railway tracks and the switch from steam to diesel. Jean Pratt makes an appearance on SIDE B when the conversation shifts to how they met and Mrs. Pratt's first opinions of the Island and its people.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-11
  • Duration:01:03:52
Fred Coles T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Coles, Fred
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Fred Coles from Springvale talking about his childhood and family, the family farm, his father as a horse trader, his brothers working with the horses and him working more with cows, going on the Harvest Excursion, and the family's apple orchard.
  • Date Recorded:2003-12-03
  • Duration:01:03:15

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (5)
  • MacKay, Paul (4)
  • Gray, Tristan John (2)
  • Coles, Fred (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Gallant, John "Ralph" (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Hennessey, Patrick John "Pat" (1)
  • Pratt, Jean (1)
  • Pratt, Kieth (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1999 (2)
  • 2003 (3)

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  • Interview (5)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • 1930s (3)
  • 1920s (2)
  • 1926 (2)
  • 1885 (1)
  • 1900 (1)
  • 1905 (1)
  • 1909 (1)
  • 1910 (1)
  • 1914 (1)
  • 1917 (1)
  • 1919 (1)
  • 1920 (1)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1923 (1)
  • 1925 (1)
  • 1927 (1)
  • 1936 (1)
  • 1950s (1)
  • 1952 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • WWI (1)
  • WWII (1)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Saskatchewan (5)
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