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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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Violet MacEachern
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Violet MacEachern (nee MacCannell) of Long Creek and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Violet talks about her family, WWI, growing up in Charlottetown, the SS Harland, William Drake and his meat shop, coal, milk, ships in the harbour, White's Restaurant, Prince of Wales College, Prince Street School,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-16
  • Duration:01:03:34
Ross Down
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Down, Orland Ross
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Orland "Ross" Down of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Ross talks about his family, growing up in Charlottetown, the family cottage in Stanhope, his nickname, life as a kid in Charlottetown, school, listening to the radio, businesses in Charlottetown, and always having something to do as a kid.
  • Date Recorded:2007-02-07
  • Duration:00:32:00
Rev. Donald Nicholson T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Nicholson, Rev. Donald
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about food, family, training to become an ordained minister, quiet Sundays, chores on the farm, horses, going out West on the Harvest Excursion, working in the United States with granite, the Halifax
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-21
  • Duration:01:03:25
Raymond Patton T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Patton, Raymond
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Raymond Patton begins with a discussion of his father's work as a blacksmith. The conversation then moves on to farming, then on to the Mason family and fishing. Raymond goes on to tell about Ed and Tiny Mason, as story about his father Scott going to town for coal, and working in the woods. Raymond and Dutch
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:26
Milton Buell T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Buell, Milton
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Milton Buell of Abney, PEI. In this interview Milton talks about going out on the Harvest Excursion, traveling on the trains, farming, the railway, stores in Murray River, milk, mussel mud, blacksmiths, doctors, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1995-02-27
  • Duration:01:03:42
Mary Jone Phillips T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Phillips (Jones), Mary Emma
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This the second portion of an interview with Mary Emma (Jones) Phillips of Harrington, P.E.I. Mary very briefly continues talking about school, then she tells about the 1918 flu pandemic. She then tells about making clothes from wool and druggat, making soap, and talks about local doctors. She then goes on to tell about cars, the
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-12
  • Duration:01:04:02
MacKinnons T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKinnon, Bob
  • Contributor:MacKinnon, Queenie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Bob and Queenie MacKinnon begins with the topic of Lettie MacKinnon, Bob's mother, who ran a maternity and boarding home out of her farm house. They talk about her job as a midwife, moving to Earnscliffe, the maternity house, and tell of Will Coady's wife giving birth during a winter storm. The conversation then
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-03
  • Duration:01:03:21
Louis Cantelo T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 Louis talks about the Harvest Excursion, J. Walter Jones, liquor, socials and entertainment, home remedies, his grandparents, shipbuilding, Sundays, ice travel, the Dundas Fair, cars, blacksmiths, horses, working in the lumber woods, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:2000-03-01
  • Duration:01:03:05
Keith Pratt T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pratt, Jean
  • Contributor:Pratt, Kieth
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his early days on the railway and in Western PEI. He focuses on the widening of the railway tracks and the switch from steam to diesel. Jean Pratt makes an appearance on SIDE B when the conversation shifts to how they met and Mrs. Pratt's first opinions of the Island and its people.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-11
  • Duration:01:03:52
Johnny Chuck MacAdam T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about lobster fishing, schooners, rum running, Savage Harbour, fishing, the 1930s, the phases of the moon, pack peddlers, the Harvest Excursion, radio, fiddlers, dances, trains, Scottish settlers, and Gaelic.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-19
  • Duration:01:03:39
Jean Down T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Down (Hamm), Jean
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jean Ross (need Hamm) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Jean talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, how she met her husband, school, her aunt Addie Hamm, her parents, and readings of her father's letters from his service in WWI.
  • Date Recorded:2007-02-07
  • Duration:01:03:41
Gus Gregory T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This tape is the second interview with Augustus James "Gus" Gregory of Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about local mills, catching lobsters in the earl 1900s, and superstitions. He then talks about his family and the history of the Souris area. He mentions blacksmiths, starch factories, wakes and funerals, crossing the Atlantic
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  • Date Recorded:1998-01-27
  • Duration:01:03:20
Gus Gregory T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory of Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about accidents at sea, the first draggers in the area, and local fish plants. He then talks about life on the draggers, the decline in fish numbers, and tuna fishing. He tells about rum running, fast cars, bootlegging in Souris, and liquor
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:55
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

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (24)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (24)
  • Gray, Tristan John (3)
  • Birch, A. Enid (2)
  • Gregory, James Agustus "Gus" (2)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (2)
  • Ballum, Clayton N. (1)
  • Buell, Milton (1)
  • Callaghan, Mary "Ann" (1)
  • Cantelo, Louis (1)
  • Down (Hamm), Jean (1)
  • Down, Orland Ross (1)
  • Herring, Dr. Helen (1)
  • MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck" (1)
  • MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet (1)
  • MacKinnon, Bob (1)
  • MacKinnon, Queenie (1)
  • MacLean (Sherren), Ruby (1)
  • MacLean, Cleaveland M. "Cleaver" (1)
  • Murdock, Bessie (1)
  • Murdock, Leroy (1)
  • Nicholson, Rev. Donald (1)
  • Patton, Raymond (1)
  • Phillips (Jones), Mary Emma (1)
  • Pratt, Jean (1)
  • Pratt, Kieth (1)
  • Sheehan, Agnes (1)
  • Stewart, William McMillan "Bill" (1)
  • Trenholm, Mary (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1986 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • 1995 (7)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1998 (1)
  • 1999 (3)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 2003 (2)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2007 (3)

Genre

  • Interview (24)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1922 (24)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (6)
  • Boston, MA (3)
  • Halifax, NS (3)
  • Souris, PE (3)
  • Summerside, PE (3)
  • Borden, PE (2)
  • New Glasgow, NS (2)
  • Port Hill, PE (2)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (2)
  • Vimy, France (2)
  • Avondale, NS (1)
  • Baltic, PE (1)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Bear River, PE (1)
  • Big Island, NS (1)
  • Birch Hill, PE (1)
  • Brackely, PE (1)
  • Bridgetown, PE (1)
  • Cape Breton, NS (1)
  • Cape Traverse, PE (1)
  • Cardigan, PE (1)
  • Cascumpec, PE (1)
  • Chepstow, PE (1)
  • Dromore, PE (1)
  • Dundas, PE (1)
  • Earnscliffe, PE (1)
  • Endcliffe, MB (1)
  • England (1)
  • Fairfield, ME (1)
  • France (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • Harrington, PE (1)
  • Hartsville, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Holland (1)
  • Kinkora, PE (1)
  • La Havre, France (1)
  • Lake Verde, PE (1)
  • Lismore, NS (1)
  • Long Creek, PE (1)
  • Louisbourg, NS (1)
  • Merigomish, NS (1)
  • Mount Pleasant, PE (1)
  • Mt. Stewart, PE (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
  • Murray River, PE (1)
  • Nassau (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • New York (1)
  • New York, NY (1)
  • Norboro, PE (1)
  • North Lake, PE (1)
  • Nova Scotia (1)
  • Oar River, PE (1)
  • Pictou, NS (1)
  • Pictou County, NS (1)
  • Ponds, NS (1)
  • Rocky Point, PE (1)
  • Saskatchewan (1)
  • Savage Harbour, PE (1)
  • Seal Island, NS (1)
  • Seven Mile Road, PE (1)
  • Sioux Lookout, ON (1)
  • Stanhope, PE (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
  • Vimy Ridge, France (1)
  • Waterville, ME (1)
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