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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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Rosella McCarron-Gallant
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCarron-Gallant, Rosella
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Rosella McCarron-Gallant. In this interview Rosella talks about Minnie McGee and her family, her father and his work at Falconwood, chores on the farm, a ghost story about a lady in white, her ancestors coming to the Island from Ireland, fishing, and her wedding.
  • Date Recorded:1995-06-30
  • Duration:00:31:46
Rev. Donald Nicholson T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Nicholson, Rev. Donald
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about his family, religion, the MacDonaldites, Gaelic, nicknames, his grandparents and ancestors, fish and seafood, the family home, doctors, his brother Peter, gristmills, his father, and school.
  • Date Recorded:1995-12-21
  • Duration:01:03:37
Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Herlihy, Elwyn
  • Contributor:Hicks, Peter
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy. In this interview they talk about their ancestors, the family home, their barn, apples, and various topics related to the family farm.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:31:33
Mac Dixon T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dixon, Mac
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about the 1930s, blacksmiths, general stores, his father, hockey, Victoria, radio, cars, the Halifax Explosion, tractors, Christmas, teaching, rum, horses, mills, walking, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:21
Lorne Valley
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McInnis, Elmer
  • Contributor:Shaw, Raymond
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Raymond Shaw and Elmer McInnis at the Lorne Valley graveyard. In this interview Raymond and Elmer talk about Lorne Valley, the graveyard, families from the area, and family ancestry.
  • Date Recorded:1996-07-30
  • Duration:00:31:51
Kay Wood T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam
  • Abstract:This interview is with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about school, farming, her family, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, holidays, the general store, money, blacksmiths, transportation, courting, entertainment, church, pack peddlers, ghosts, skating, and hockey.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-05
  • Duration:01:03:31
Jean and Colin MacDonald T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Colin
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Jean
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Josephine "Jean" Bernadine and R. Colin MacDonald of St. Peters Bay, P.E.I. In this interview Jean and Colin talk about mussel mud, traveling on the ice, family history, WWI, Colin's work in shipyards, their father's practice and other local doctors, Christmas, butter, an various topics
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  • Date Recorded:1995-11-22
  • Duration:01:03:35
Jean and Colin MacDonald T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Colin
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Jean
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Josephine "Jean" Bernadine and R. Colin MacDonald of St. Peters Bay, P.E.I. In this interview Jean and Colin talk about their father Dr. Roddie MacDonald, the MacDonald family, education, St. Peters Bay and local businesses, pack peddlers, cheese and starch factories, lobster factories and fishing, and mussel
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  • Date Recorded:1995-11-22
  • Duration:01:03:46
Harold Martin
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Martin, Harold Neil
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Neil Martin of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Harold talks about his family, MacDonaldites, school, WWI, his Scottish heritage, religion, the Spanish Flu, funerals and undertakers, factories, ice, his father's work as a wheelwright and his time in Milwaukee, farming, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-20
  • Duration:01:03:40
Gordon Dockendorff
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dockendorff, Gordon
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Gordon Dockendorff. In this interview Gordon talks about his family history, Native Americans in Maine, crossing the ice, storms, his father, the 1930s, cars, bears, his ancestors, WWII, working in Charlottetown at a foundry, Bruce Stewart's, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:47:28
Friday Walker
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Spurgeon William "Friday" Walker of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Friday talks about his grandfather and father working as harness makers, his work on the railway, trains, shipping, his nickname, hockey, doctors, rum running, Georgetown, cars, blacksmiths, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2000-11-28
  • Duration:01:34:57
Dr. Helen Herring
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Herring, Dr. Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Helen Herring of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about her father and other men who worked on the ice boats at Cape Traverse, her husband's work on the railway, the Halifax Explosion and the end of WWI, fishing, Christmas, and hockey games. She also talks about entertainment, trains,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:29
Donald MacKay T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Donald B.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Donald B. MacKay of Cornwall and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about a car with no clutch, the family farm in Pleasant Valley, taverns, the Mugfords, the Cann's, his father and family, Reverend Donald Nicholson and his family, ghosts and murders, Gretna Green, church, horses and breeding,
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  • Date Recorded:1997-04-08
  • Duration:01:03:13
Dingwells T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dingwell, Roy Dell
  • Contributor:Dingwell, Wadron N.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Waldron N. and Roy Dell Dingwell of Souris, P.E.I. In this interview the brothers read old letter, receipts, and store orders from the 1800s and early 1900s. They also talk about their family history, the Hon. James Dingwell, snowstorms, cars and trucks, and trucking.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-04
  • Duration:01:03:34
Ann Byrne T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Byrne, Bridget "Ann"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Bridget "Ann" Byrne of Fort Augustus, P.E.I. In this interview Ann talks about horses, her family history, groceries and stores, chores on the farm, school, the royal family, Boston, pack peddlers, the Spanish Flu, Father James MacDonald, blacksmiths, cars, Charlottetown, picnics, blueberries, Christmas, and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-29
  • Duration:01:03:52

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (15)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (15)
  • Gray, Tristan John (3)
  • MacDonald, Colin (2)
  • MacDonald, Jean (2)
  • Byrne, Bridget "Ann" (1)
  • Dingwell, Roy Dell (1)
  • Dingwell, Wadron N. (1)
  • Dixon, Mac (1)
  • Dockendorff, Gordon (1)
  • Herlihy, Elwyn (1)
  • Herring, Dr. Helen (1)
  • Hicks, Peter (1)
  • MacKay, Donald B. (1)
  • Martin, Harold Neil (1)
  • McCarron-Gallant, Rosella (1)
  • McInnis, Elmer (1)
  • Nicholson, Rev. Donald (1)
  • Shaw, Raymond (1)
  • Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday" (1)
  • Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1995 (5)
  • 1996 (4)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 2000 (1)

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  • Interview (15)

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Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1800s (15)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (4)
  • Hartsville, PE (2)
  • Maine (2)
  • St. Peters Bay, PE (2)
  • Victoria, PE (2)
  • Argyle Shore, PE (1)
  • Bonshaw, PE (1)
  • Borden, PE (1)
  • Cape Traverse, PE (1)
  • Crapaud, PE (1)
  • Emyvale, PE (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Halifax, NS (1)
  • Hampton, PE (1)
  • Lake Verde, PE (1)
  • Lorne Valley, PE (1)
  • Milwaukee, WI (1)
  • Naufrage, PE (1)
  • Orwell, PE (1)
  • Pleasant Valley, PE (1)
  • Souris, PE (1)
  • Sturgeon, PE (1)
  • Vancouver, BC (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
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