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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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Norbert Corcoran T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Corcoran, Norbert George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second tape of an interview with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. This tape begins with the continuation of a discussion from Tape One about mussel mud. Norbert then goes on to tell about fox ranching, farming, E. T. Botts and general stores, potatoes, chickens, fish, pigs, and machines. Next he tells about
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-03
  • Duration:01:03:51
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
Louise Moase
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Moase (Cairns), Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Moase (nee Cairns) of New Annan, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her birth, the end of WWI, her family, home remedies, school, life in the 1930s, life on the farm, homemade goods, her husband, her wedding, traveling in the winter, storms, Summerside, quiet Sundays, entertainment, and
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  • Date Recorded:1999-10-29
  • Duration:00:47:36
Layton Millar
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Millar, Layton
  • Contributor:Millar, Olive
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Layton Millar of Ellerslie, P.E.I. His wife Olive also partakes in the interview, and there is a period towards the end where his friend Edwin Dennis speaks for a few moments. Layton begins by telling about his family, farming, homemade clothes and goods, and potato farming. He talks about cattle, creameries,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-04
  • Duration:01:33:28
Keir MacKay T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, James "Keir"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with James "Keir" MacKay of Darnley and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Keir talks about working on the farms of Herb Ramsay and George McGoughan. He talks about cars, hidden rum, bootleggers, and snowstorms. He tells about being an apprentice blacksmith with the Peakes brothers, and tells
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-28
  • Duration:01:03:55
Harold Linkletter T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about the 1956 ice storm, electricity, the telephone, radio, quiet Sundays and church, Summerside, blacksmiths, the circus, ice races, livery stables, the Spanish Flu, the 1929 earthquake, his birth, traveling, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-09-30
  • Duration:00:36:00
Gladys Bryan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bryan, Gladys
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Gladys Bryan of Summerside, PEI and Saint John, New Brunswick. In this interview Gladys talks about her family, home remedies, tough times, religion, living in Saint John, her husband and his mail route, PEI, farming, entertainment, neighbours, illnesses, Christmas, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2010-02-15
  • Duration:00:59:19
Frank Woodside
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Woodside, Frank
  • Abstract:This interview is with Frank Wooside, from Western PEI, talking about skating on Summerside Harbour, his family, blacksmiths, playing hockey, rink owners, rum runners, being a policeman in Summerside, and joining the army and seeing German planes. He goes on to talk about coming home from the war and being treated poorly, going
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:22
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
Ernie MacPherson
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ernest "Ernie" Melville MacPherson of Dunblane, P.E.I. Ernie talks about working in the lumber woods in Plaster Rock, catching the Spanish flu, his family, farming, farm machinery, snow, mussel mud, horse races on the ice, horses, pesticides and herbicides, and traveling.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:01:03:56
Enid Birch T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Birch, A. Enid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about music, her husband, dances, politics, blacksmiths, doctors and home remedies, going to Summerside on the train, local businesses, food, electricity, mills, chores on the farm, life in the 1930s, and various
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:35:16
Elmer Waugh T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
  • Abstract:This interview is with Elmer Waugh of Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Elmer talks about his birth, snowstorms, his family, life growing up, potato farming, mussel mud, Wilmot Valley and the Blue Shank Road, Summerside, horses, cattle, cream, chickens, meat, and apples. He also tells about thrashing, tractors,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-28
  • Duration:01:36:15
Eddie Easter T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Easter, Edward B. "Eddie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Edward B. "Eddie" Easter of Indian River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Eddie talks about white sand, his family history, his work as a carpenter, the Tuplin side of his family, tough times, farming, food prices, trips to Summerside, traveling on the ice, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-08-26
  • Duration:01:03:33

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (13)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (13)
  • Birch, A. Enid (1)
  • Bolger, Estelle (1)
  • Bryan, Gladys (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Easter, Edward B. "Eddie" (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Linkletter, Harold (1)
  • MacKay, James "Keir" (1)
  • MacKay, Muriel (1)
  • MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie" (1)
  • Millar, Layton (1)
  • Millar, Olive (1)
  • Moase (Cairns), Louise (1)
  • Waugh, Elmer (1)
  • Woodside, Frank (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1996 (1)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2003 (4)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2010 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (13)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1918 (13)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Summerside, PE (13)
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