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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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Jim MacAuley
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacAuley, James A. "Jim"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James A. "Jim" MacAuley of Grand Tracadie, P.E.I. Prior to his death in 1999, Jim was the last living WWI veteran on the Island. Jim begins by telling about his birth in Tracadie and growing up in an orphanage. He then tells about his father's work as a fisherman, old fishing boats, and school. He then goes on
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:11
Jessie Beck T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Beck, Jessie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jessie Beck of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Jessie talks about her ancestors and family history, John Norton, doctors, the Owen family, Bunbury, farms in Sherwood, her home being accidentally bombed during WWII, radio, cars, roads, horses, sailboats, prohibition, and camping in Brudenell.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-13
  • Duration:01:03:53
James Banks T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Banks, James
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:James Banks interview continued with him talking about the Johnston murder, life as a child, Christmas, school, the Spanish Flu in 1918, playing the fiddle at dances, the first radio he heard and bought, his first car, stories about his father, and reasons for nicknames.
  • Date Recorded:1995-12-15
  • Duration:01:03:30
Ivan Kennedy
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Kennedy, Ivan Borden
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ivan Borden Kennedy of Breadalbane, P.E.I. In this interview Ivan talks about businesses in Breadalbane, his family's store, shipping goods, trains and the railway, snowstorms, hockey teams, electricity, mills, tobacco, cheese and butter factories, egg grading, mussel mud, peddling wagons, and caskets.
  • Date Recorded:1995-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:54
Helen Cudmore T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cudmore, Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Helen Cudmore of Brackley Point Road, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about Cudmore's corner and the store her family ran there, school, bartering, goods sold at the stores, neighbours, salesmen, prices at the store, suppliers, debts, Christmas, gas, tobacco, theft, her father's work as a postmaster, and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-22
  • Duration:01:03:30
Harold Dunphy T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dunphy, Claire
  • Contributor:Dunphy, Harold John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second tape of an interview with Harold John and Claire Dunphy of Millview, P.E.I. Harold begins by telling about the Ings', midwives, moonshine, and the turnip plant. He then talks about thrashing grain, blocked roads, Peter Doucette, and patronage. The conversation then goes on to cover butter and starch factories, grist
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:03:43
Harold Dunphy T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dunphy, Claire
  • Contributor:Dunphy, Harold John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Harold John Dunphy of Millview, P.E.I. and his wife Claire. They start by telling about different classes on the trains, then tells a story about a missing priest, and goes on to talk about family. They discuss tractors, horses, moonshine and bootlegging, and stolen liquor. They go on to talk about wakes and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:03:46
Gus Gregory T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory from Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about life in the 1930s, fishing, and his father. He then talks about farming, electricity, horses, and blacksmiths. Gus then goes on to tell about fishing and different factories and fishing operations in the Souris area. He tells stories
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:02:57
Ginger MacKay
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKay, Sterling Robert "Ginger"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Sterling Robert "Ginger" MacKay and John MacEachern of Charlottetown, P.E.I. The interview beings with Ginger talking about the history of the healing springs and his grandfather. Ginger and John then tell about the different people healed by the springs, the water itself, spirituality, plans for the future, and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-24
  • Duration:01:03:55
Gill Bros. T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gill, Eddy
  • Contributor:Gill, Johnny
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Johnny and Eddy Gill, and continues on from Tape 1. They talk about working in their father's shop, blacksmithing, farm machinery, mills, and a local tailor shop. They then tell a story of their father caught in a snowstorm, they talk about ships and schooners, and tell about how transportation has changed over
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:35:37
Gill Bros. T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gill, Eddy
  • Contributor:Gill, Johnny
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Eddy and Johnny Gill, brothers from Elliotvale, P.E.I. Throughout the interview they talk about their family ancestry and the family business of blacksmithing. They tell about their father's beginnings as a blacksmith, wheelwright, and carpenter, and tell all about the different jobs at his workshop at Gill's
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:03:39
Frank Whelan T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Whelan, Frank
  • Abstract:This interview is with Frank Whelan of Souris, P.E.I. Frank begins by telling about his family history, life in the 1930s, and his dream of running a store. He talks about working for the railway, opening a general store in New Zealand, supplies for the store, and factories in the Souris area.
  • Date Recorded:1995-03-09
  • Duration:01:03:40
Edwin Clay
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Edwin
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Edwin Clay of Bridgetown, P.E.I. Edwin begins by telling about his family and the Bridgetown area. He then tells about his school years, general stores, wharves, and working at a cheese factory. He then goes on to talk about blacksmiths, the history of his house, saw and grist mills, and Ms. Fair's Beer and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-23
  • Duration:01:03:42
Dr. Harold Yeo
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Yeo, Dr. Harold E.
  • Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Harold E. Yeo of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dr. Yeo talks about his family, life growing up in Charlottetown, teaching, attending medical school at McGill University, his first practice, house calls, snowstorms and traveling in the winters, and Lettie MacKinnon's maternity house.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-13
  • Duration:00:31:48
Donald MacKay T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 coming home from WWII, school, horses and plowing, blacksmiths, businesses in Breadalbane and area, electric lights, his father's work as a postmaster, the post office, politics, Prince of Wales College and his classmates
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-13
  • Duration:01:03:40

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (37)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (37)
  • Gray, Tristan John (12)
  • MacEachern, John (3)
  • Buell, Milton (2)
  • Dunphy, Claire (2)
  • Dunphy, Harold John (2)
  • Gill, Eddy (2)
  • Gill, Johnny (2)
  • Hamm, Addie (2)
  • Robertson, Robbie (2)
  • Banks, James (1)
  • Beck, Jessie (1)
  • Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie" (1)
  • Cantelo, Louis (1)
  • Clay, Edwin (1)
  • Cudmore, Helen (1)
  • Gregory, James Agustus "Gus" (1)
  • Hickox, Eileen (1)
  • Hickox, Lester (1)
  • Kennedy, Ivan Borden (1)
  • Lord, Stanley Windsor (1)
  • MacAuley, James A. "Jim" (1)
  • MacDonald, John "Sterling" (1)
  • MacKay, Donald B. (1)
  • MacKay, Sterling Robert "Ginger" (1)
  • MacKinnon, Bob (1)
  • MacKinnon, Queenie (1)
  • MacLeod, Don (1)
  • MacLeod, Lloyd (1)
  • McGaughey, John "Alfred" (1)
  • Mooney, Borden Philip (1)
  • Moore, James Arthur "Jim" (1)
  • Phillips (Jones), Mary Emma (1)
  • Reddin, Bill (1)
  • Reid, Gavin David (1)
  • Reid, Pansy Maria (Myers) (1)
  • Sheehan, Agnes (1)
  • Whelan, Frank (1)
  • Yeo, Dr. Harold E. (1)

Date Recorded

  • (-) 1995 (37)

Genre

  • Interview (37)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1930s (37)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (17)
  • Vernon River, PE (7)
  • Souris, PE (6)
  • Cardigan, PE (5)
  • Bunbury, PE (4)
  • Bridgetown, PE (3)
  • Halifax, NS (3)
  • Victoria, PE (3)
  • Basin Head, PE (2)
  • Bonshaw, PE (2)
  • Breadalbane, PE (2)
  • Elliotvale, PE (2)
  • Governor's Island, PE (2)
  • Lake Verde, PE (2)
  • Millview, PE (2)
  • Mt. Herbert, PE (2)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (2)
  • Murray River, PE (2)
  • Pownal, PE (2)
  • St. Peters Island, PE (2)
  • Tracadie, PE (2)
  • Acorn, PE (1)
  • Alexandra, PE (1)
  • Annandale, PE (1)
  • Bear River, PE (1)
  • Belfast, PE (1)
  • Belgium (1)
  • Boston, MA (1)
  • Boughton River, PE (1)
  • Brackely, PE (1)
  • Brackley Point, PE (1)
  • Brackley Point Road, PE (1)
  • Brudenell, PE (1)
  • Chepstow, PE (1)
  • Crapaud, PE (1)
  • Cudmore's Corner, PE (1)
  • Devonshire, England (1)
  • Dromore, PE (1)
  • Earnscliffe, PE (1)
  • East Point, PE (1)
  • Fredericton, PE (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • Glenfanning, PE (1)
  • Governors Island, PE (1)
  • Grand Banks, NL (1)
  • Grand Tracadie, PE (1)
  • Harrington, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Iona, PE (1)
  • Lakeville, PE (1)
  • Little Harbour, PE (1)
  • Magdalene Islands, QC (1)
  • Montague, PE (1)
  • Mount Royal, PE (1)
  • Mt. Stewart, PE (1)
  • Nevada (1)
  • New Perth, PE (1)
  • New Zealand, PE (1)
  • North Lake, PE (1)
  • Orwell, PE (1)
  • Orwell Cove, PE (1)
  • Parkdale, PE (1)
  • Peakes, PE (1)
  • Peakes Station, PE (1)
  • Pisquid Pond, PE (1)
  • Pleasant Valley, PE (1)
  • Quebec (1)
  • Saint Georges, PE (1)
  • Sherwood, PE (1)
  • Southport, PE (1)
  • St. Andrews, PE (1)
  • St. Peters, PE (1)
  • St. Pierre, France (1)
  • Stratford, PE (1)
  • Sudbury, ON (1)
  • Summerside, PE (1)
  • Tea Hill, PE (1)
  • Tignish, PE (1)
  • Todd's Hollow, PE (1)
  • Vernon Bridge, PE (1)
  • Waterville, ME (1)
  • Westmoreland, PE (1)
  • York, PE (1)
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