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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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Mickey Place T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This tape is the second half of an interview with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about women working, his work in banks in New York during the 1920s and 1930s, the stock market crash of 1929, The Great Depression, movies, Broadway plays, New York, baseball, hockey, speakeasies and
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  • Date Recorded:1997-02-14
  • Duration:01:03:34
Maisie Adams T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Adams (Lamont), Maisie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about her family, rum running and bootlegging, her brother Donald, cars, radio, traveling, dances and house parties, Christmas, horses, planting by the moon, home remedies, Jim Sims, ghosts and forerunners, school,
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  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:05
Heffells T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
  • Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about horses, the Raynors, religion and Sundays, rum running, ghosts and forerunners, funerals, their half brother Jack and his mechanic work, doctors and home remedies, farm
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  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:10
Harold Linkletter T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about home remedies, horses, rum running, dance halls, Summerside, mills, his ancestors, tuberculosis, his parents and grandparents, forerunners and superstitions, foxes, Western horses, cars, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-09-30
  • Duration:01:03:28
Christy Johnston
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Johnston, Christy Isabelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Christy Isabelle Johnston of Long River and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Christy talks about school, home remedies, her brother, her parents, WWI, chores on the farm, horses, traveling, food, stores, mills, transportation, doctors, Sundays, her grandparents, funerals, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-09-08
  • Duration:01:03:39
Tansy Tape
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Adams, Maisie
  • Contributor:Chandler, Helen
  • Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
  • Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pidgeon, Bill
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This tape consists of interviews covering the topics of tansy tea and home remedies. On this tape are interviews with Maisie Adams, Bill Pidgeon, Helen Chandler, and Marjorie and Harry Heffell. On Side B of the tape there is also some discussion about Helen Chandler's ancestors, which may be a lead in to the next tape in the series, "
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  • Date Recorded:1997-06-25
  • Duration:01:03:23
Mickey Place T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about his life in the United States, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, Governor's Island, his family, The Great Depression, school, Prince of Wales College, working at a bank, and gender roles.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-14
  • Duration:01:03:10
Marguerite Howatt
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Howatt, Marguerite
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Marguerite Howatt. In this interview Marguerite talks about her family history, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, home remedies, lobster factories, her husband, couring, the 1930s, house parties, WWII, religion, cars, the Tuplins, foxes, radio, church, doctors, hockey and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:10
Maisie Adams T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Adams (Lamont), Maisie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about running the lighthouse in French River, storms and drownings, ships in the harbour, family, rum running, foxes, The Great Depression, stores in French River, WWI, the Spanish Flu, and a story about a bank
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  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:40
James Montgomery T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview James talks about his work as a traveling salesman selling candy and an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company. He also talks about general stores, Christmas, college, cars, mills, entertainment, Charlottetown, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-07
  • Duration:01:03:39
Henry Gallant
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, Henry
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Henry Gallant of Wellington, P.E.I. In this interview Henry talks about several topics including his life growing up in Wellington, the French community, cattle and horse trading, his love of horses, home remedies, meat peddling, beer and rum, dances and house parties, and making friends with a murderer.
  • Date Recorded:1997-09-22
  • Duration:01:03:46
Heffells T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
  • Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about their family background, their parents, blacksmiths, horses, school, chores, farming, WWI and WWII, fox ranching, potato farming, Christmas, pack peddlers, cars, sleighs, and horse races.
  • Date Recorded:1997-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:37
Harold Linkletter T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about plowing, horses, courting, cars, WWII, working as a taxi driver, dance halls and restaurants, Summerside, eggs, milk, wheat, ice, mills, fertilizer, picking potatoes, Christmas, school, sleighs, Art Linkletter, the 1956 ice storm, and
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  • Date Recorded:1997-09-30
  • Duration:01:03:41
Bill Price T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Price, Bill
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. In this interview Bill talks about the tavern in Kington, beer making, WWI, tough times in the 1920s and 1930s, his family who lived in Canada, old family lineages, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his birth, doctors, home remedies, farming, cooking, coal mining, transportation, and cider
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  • Date Recorded:1997-03-24
  • Duration:01:03:24
Andrew Murnaghan T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, Andrew Robert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about mussel mud, mills, his grandfather's family and their work as coopers, cheese makers, strong men, peddling beef, coal, tractors, thrashing, horsepower, electricity, ice houses, trucks, and fish.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-18
  • Duration:00:25:22
Andrew Murnaghan T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, Andrew Robert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about farming by the phases of the moon, his family, blacksmiths, hauling and selling mussel mud, potato farming, horses, school, traveling to Charlottetown, pack peddlers, local stores, local characters, entertainment, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1997-02-18
  • Duration:01:03:43
Amy Bryanton
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bryanton, Amy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Amy Bryanton of Spring Valley, PEI. In this interview Amy talks about taking the train to Boston, planting by the moon, radios, religious feuds, the mailman, potato picking and chores on the farm, how she met her husband, life during WWII, and her first time off the Island.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-21
  • Duration:00:42:14

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (17)
  • MacKay, Paul (16)
  • Heffell, Harry Holbourn (3)
  • Heffell, Marjorie (3)
  • Adams (Lamont), Maisie (2)
  • Linkletter, Harold (2)
  • Murnaghan, Andrew Robert (2)
  • Place, John Thomas "Mickey" (2)
  • Adams, Maisie (1)
  • Bryanton, Amy (1)
  • Chandler, Helen (1)
  • Gallant, Henry (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Howatt, Marguerite (1)
  • Johnston, Christy Isabelle (1)
  • Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim" (1)
  • Pidgeon, Bill (1)
  • Price, Bill (1)
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Date Recorded

  • (-) 1997 (17)

Genre

  • Interview (12)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1930s (17)

Subject - Place

  • Summerside, PE (5)
  • Charlottetown, PE (3)
  • French River, PE (3)
  • Travellers Rest, PE (3)
  • Linkletter, PE (2)
  • Long River, PE (2)
  • Alexandra, PE (1)
  • Amherst, NS (1)
  • Bethel, PE (1)
  • Dromore, PE (1)
  • French River South, PE (1)
  • Governor's Island, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Kington, England (1)
  • Lynn, Massachusetts (1)
  • New York, NY (1)
  • Read's Corner, PE (1)
  • Spring Valley, PE (1)
  • Tarantum, PE (1)
  • Urbainville, PE (1)
  • Victoria, PE (1)
  • Wellington, PE (1)
  • Yankee Hill, PE (1)
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