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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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Wally Andrew T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is the fourth and final tape with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by telling about how he met his wife Georgie Andrew (nee Matheson). He then talks about the Spanish Flu and the Halifax Explosion, and tells all about the search for what was apparently treasure buried by Captain Kidd.
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-29
  • Duration:01:35:22
Viola Fraser
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fraser (Huggan), Viola Jean
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Viola Jean Fraser (nee Huggan) of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Viola talks about her family, dances, Fen Thompson, home remedies, horses, school, Christmas, cars, radio, Avondale, home children, doctors, stores, quiet Sundays, her mother and her homemade goods, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2003-01-14
  • Duration:01:03:27
Ray Brooks T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Brooks, David "Ray"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the first of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview Ray talks about Dr. Brehaut, his family, home remedies, the Great Depression, mills, homemade clothes, sheep, and Christmas. He also talks about telephones, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Scarlet Fever, farming, potatoes, apples, and geese.
  • Date Recorded:2003-11-07
  • Duration:01:03:46
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
Lorne Francis
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Francis, Lorne
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lorne Francis of Fortune Bridge, PEI. In this interview Lorne talks about his father's carriage shop and the family business, sleighs, horses, wagons, famous people he knew, cars, school, potatoes, rum running, life in the 1930s, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2003-01-23
  • Duration:01:02:07
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
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

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (7)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (7)
  • Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally" (1)
  • Brooks, David "Ray" (1)
  • Corcoran, Norbert George (1)
  • Francis, Lorne (1)
  • Fraser (Huggan), Viola Jean (1)
  • MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie" (1)
  • Millar, Layton (1)
  • Millar, Olive (1)

Date Recorded

  • (-) 2003 (7)

Genre

  • Interview (7)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1917 (7)

Subject - Place

  • Summerside, PE (3)
  • Charlottetown, PE (2)
  • Alberton, PE (1)
  • Andrew's Pond, PE (1)
  • Avondale, NS (1)
  • Bideford River, PE (1)
  • Bloomsfield, PE (1)
  • Dunblane, PE (1)
  • East Royalty, PE (1)
  • Ellerslie, PE (1)
  • Fortune Bridge, PE (1)
  • Halifax, NS (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
  • Pictou County, NS (1)
  • Piusville, PE (1)
  • Plaster Rock, NB (1)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (1)
  • Wright's Bridge, PE (1)
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