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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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Vincent Elordieta T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Elordieta, Vincente Doroteo "Vincent"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the third of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about different jobs on ships, working on ships during WWII, the Panama Canal, storms at sea, superstitions, Sundays and funerals at sea, forerunners, U-boats, laying cable during WWII, being torpedoed, battles at sea,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-05-09
  • Duration:01:03:36
Valerie Arsenault
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Arsenault (Gallant), Valerie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Valerie Arsenault (nee Gallant) of Bloomfield, P.E.I. In this interview Valerie talks about her family, twist tobacco, home remedies, the Spanish Flu, tough times, Christmas, shopping, food, entertainment, peddlers, her friends, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-01-25
  • Duration:00:39:23
Russell Bernard
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bernard, Russell Daniel Henry
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Russell Daniel Henry Bernard of Hunter, PEI. In this interview Russell talks about growing up in Hunter River, local businesses, WWI and the Spanish Flu, eggs, the starch factory, tractors and cars, blacksmiths, radios, working for the railroad, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-01-08
  • Duration:00:31:52
Robbie Robertson T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview Robbie Robertson talks about his family, his father being a fisherman and his mother dying when he was young, one brother joining the Navy along with other locals, burials then and now, and different kinds of coffins. He goes on to talk about his school days, the prices of fish, his first time lobster fishing and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:34
Reg Grady
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Grady, Francis "Reg"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Francis "Reg" Grady of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Reg begins by telling a story about Al Capone's hat and rum running. He then tells about Nellie J. Banks the fiddle, named after the famous ship. Reg goes back to the topic of rum running and bootlegging, tells about prohibiton officers, and begins to tell the story
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  • Date Recorded:1994-07-27
  • Duration:00:52:20
Louis Cantelo T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cantelo, Louis
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. In this interview talks Louis about his ancestors, the Belfast Riot, mills, slavery, bears, Christmas, farming, sheep, nicknames, sea captains, school, shipping, Bridgetown, fairs, horsepower, cars, courting, life during the 1930s, religion, funerals, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-07
  • Duration:01:33:13
Jim MacLean T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLean, James A. "Jim"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Jim (James A.) MacLean of Montague, P.E.I. Jim begins by telling about his grandfather's forge, his father, and the Adams family. He then talks about his birth, working as a "Soldier of the Sod" during WWI, school, farming, gristmills, and life growing up in Montague. He talks about Maggie McGee, the Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-21
  • Duration:01:03:51
James Banks T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Banks, James
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Bank talking about Bill Blackett a man who lived to 105 years old, his father working on the parish farm and meeting his mother there, Father Francis, history of the Banks family, farmer's debt, mills run by different people, horsepower, the Halifax Explosion, bears on the Island, blacksmiths, different
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  • Date Recorded:1994-07-28
  • Duration:01:34:29

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (8)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (8)
  • Gray, Tristan John (3)
  • Arsenault (Gallant), Valerie (1)
  • Banks, James (1)
  • Bernard, Russell Daniel Henry (1)
  • Cantelo, Louis (1)
  • Elordieta, Vincente Doroteo "Vincent" (1)
  • Grady, Francis "Reg" (1)
  • MacLean, James A. "Jim" (1)
  • Robertson, Robbie (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1994 (2)
  • 1995 (3)
  • 1996 (1)
  • 2001 (2)

Genre

  • Interview (8)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1904 (8)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (2)
  • Halifax, NS (2)
  • Annandale, PE (1)
  • Basin Head, PE (1)
  • Belfast, PE (1)
  • Boston, MA (1)
  • Bridgetown, PE (1)
  • Bunbury, PE (1)
  • East Point, PE (1)
  • Gaspe, Newfoundland (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Glenfanning, PE (1)
  • Grand Banks, NL (1)
  • Hunter River, PE (1)
  • Lakeville, PE (1)
  • Little Pond, PE (1)
  • Liverpool, England (1)
  • Lockeport, NS (1)
  • Montague, PE (1)
  • North Lake, PE (1)
  • O'Leary, PE (1)
  • Pictou, NS (1)
  • Priest Pond, PE (1)
  • Regina, SK (1)
  • Souris, PE (1)
  • Sudbury, ON (1)
  • Tignish, PE (1)
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