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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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Tommy Duncan T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Duncan (Sweet), G. Pearl
  • Contributor:Duncan, Thomas S. "Tommy"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Thomas S. "Tommy" and G. Pearl (nee Sweet) Duncan of Woodstock, P.E.I. In this interview Tommy and Pearl talk about his age, school, doctors and his appendicitis, traveling to Summerside, home remedies, family, general stores, Coleman, Christmas, bartering, WWI, politics, horses, trains, cars, tractors, how
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  • Date Recorded:2000-10-06
  • Duration:01:34:31
Ralph Gallant T3 [Tape Three]
  • 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 home remedies, family, potato farming, blacksmiths and sleighs, how he met his wife, working in coal mines, his parents, his dog, horses, his time spent in jail for making moonshine, foxes, cars, radio, and Amelia's
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  • Date Recorded:1999-02-11
  • Duration:01:03:27
Oscar Campbell
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Campbell, Robert "Oscar"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Robert "Oscar" Campbell of Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Oscar tells about his family and life growing up in Borden, German P.O.W.s, the Spanish Flu, working as a diver for the CNR and on the ferries, rum running and bootlegging, hockey, cars, The Singing Cowboy, and The Great Depression.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:01:36:08
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
Maisie Adams T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Adams (Lamont), Maisie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about her family, rum running and bootlegging, her brother Donald, cars, radio, traveling, dances and house parties, Christmas, horses, planting by the moon, home remedies, Jim Sims, ghosts and forerunners, school,
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  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:05
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
Kathleen Cameron T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cameron, Kathleen C.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Kathleen C. Cameron of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Kathleen talks about coal, farm animals, horses, going to the Union Commercial College in Summerside, her stenography work, different jobs she had, Brace and MacKay's, CNR, fox ranching, movie houses, traveling, trains, her family, the Harvest
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  • Date Recorded:1998
  • Duration:01:04:18
Jack and Mary Rodd T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D.
  • Contributor:Rodd, Jack
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jack and Mary D. (nee MacCaull) Rodd of Charlottetown and Winsloe, P.E.I. In this interview Jack and Mary talk about their family farms, cars, foxes, Bedeque, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching business school, doctors and midwives, Sundays and church, the Boer War, and apple orchards.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-18
  • Duration:01:03:18
Herb Schurman T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about weddings, the Cairn's Cup, John T. MacNally and family feuds, clothes, Maude the horse, George Walker, Ernie Walker, a runway horse from Ideal Dairy, Read's Corner, bootlegging, characters, livery stables, Olympia Ice Cream, Water
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  • Date Recorded:2001-03-01
  • Duration:01:03:06
Herb Schurman T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about cars, the Summerside waterfront, accidents, Milligan and Morrsion's, his brothers, his father's work for the Wyatt's, the Harvest Excursion, the pest house, horse sheds, dance halls, businesses in Summerside, restaurants, Reg Pope
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  • Date Recorded:2001-02-12
  • Duration:01:03:19
Herb Schurman T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about Christmas, snow and snowplowing, Crystal Rink, German POWs, his family, doctors and home remedies, school, characters, cars, his brother's service in WWI, the Halifax Explosion and the Spanish Flu, life growing up in Summerside,
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  • Date Recorded:2000-11-24
  • Duration:01:03:39
Herb Schurman T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about working for M. F. Schurman, his job with Brace MacKay, building his first home, working with the railway, his work at the post office, nicknames of people around Summerside, the Perry boys and bootlegging, courting and entertainment
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  • Date Recorded:2000-10-06
  • Duration:01:03:44
Heffells T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
  • Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about their family background, their parents, blacksmiths, horses, school, chores, farming, WWI and WWII, fox ranching, potato farming, Christmas, pack peddlers, cars, sleighs, and horse races.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:37
Harold Linkletter T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 home remedies, horses, rum running, dance halls, Summerside, mills, his ancestors, tuberculosis, his parents and grandparents, forerunners and superstitions, foxes, Western horses, cars, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-09-30
  • Duration:01:03:28
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
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
Ernest MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Ernest
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ernest MacDonald talking about walking many miles, his mother taking care of older people, working on the sea as a cook, his ship being blown up, becoming a fisherman while most of his family were farmers, what he liked about living on the water, storms on the water, and the family farm.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:00:57:17
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
Enid Birch T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 her music education, playing the organ, winters, driving, cars, movies, fox ranching, Summerside, the Titanic, WWI, her family, school, the Spanish Flu, blacksmiths, funerals, Christmas, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-13
  • Duration:01:03:18
Elmer Waugh T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Waugh, Audrey
  • Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Elmer Waugh of f Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. It includes his wife Audrey Waugh (nee Simmons). This interview begins with Audrey telling about her relation to King George III and Queen Elizabeth. She also talks about how she and Elmer met. Then Elmer tells about farming, potatoes,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-28
  • Duration:01:03:36
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

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (22)
  • MacKay, Paul (21)
  • Schurman, Herbert B. (4)
  • Birch, A. Enid (2)
  • Waugh, Elmer (2)
  • Adams (Lamont), Maisie (1)
  • Bryan, Gladys (1)
  • Cameron, Kathleen C. (1)
  • Campbell, Robert "Oscar" (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Duncan (Sweet), G. Pearl (1)
  • Duncan, Thomas S. "Tommy" (1)
  • Easter, Edward B. "Eddie" (1)
  • Gallant, John "Ralph" (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Heffell, Harry Holbourn (1)
  • Heffell, Marjorie (1)
  • Linkletter, Harold (1)
  • MacDonald, Ernest (1)
  • MacKay, James "Keir" (1)
  • MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie" (1)
  • Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D. (1)
  • Rodd, Jack (1)
  • Waugh, Audrey (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1997 (3)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (5)
  • 2000 (3)
  • 2001 (3)
  • 2003 (6)
  • 2010 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (22)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1920s (22)

Subject - Place

  • (-) Summerside, PE (22)
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