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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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Vernon McCarvill T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview continues with Vernon McCarvill talking about his grandparents, stories from the Monaghan's funeral home, being a part of a large family, their cold family house and getting wood and what they would trade for it, road conditions in winter and using horses, cars, cows, travelling "stallion man", working with horses and
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-07
  • Duration:01:35:27
Vance MacKay
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKay, Vance
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vance MacKay of Campbellton, P.E.I. Vance begins by telling about his family history on both his father's side, MacKay, and his mother's side, Walsh. He then tells about doctors and midwives, home remedies, working at Pratt's store with Keith Pratt, egg grading, trains, and his first job picking potatoes. He
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-31
  • Duration:01:03:45
Sandy Fraser
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fraser, Sandy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Sandy Fraser of Halifax, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Sandy talks about his family, the Halifax Explosion, growing up in Halifax, his parents, working at various hotels including the Nova Scotian in Halifax and the Charlottetown Hotel, bootleggers, WWII, taxi drivers, Charlottetown, and
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  • Date Recorded:2008-02-21
  • Duration:01:04:15
Ray Brooks T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Brooks, David "Ray"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview Ray talks about eggs, blacksmiths, travel, farming, sea captains, fishing, and fertilizer. He also talks about ice cutting, radios and telephones, trains, starch factories, and his honey business.
  • Date Recorded:2003-11-07
  • Duration:01:03:51
Olive Livingstone
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Livingstone, Olive Lois
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Olive Lois Livingstone of Charlottetown and New Perth, P.E.I. In this interview Olive talks about her family history, Sundays, home remedies and her birth, entertainment, Christmas, school, attending Prince of Wales College, teaching in the U.S., teaching children with polio, and major events of the early 20th
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  • Date Recorded:2001-05-09
  • Duration:00:31:32
Lloyd Gates T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gates, Lloyd
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family home, his siblings, the Upton Airfield, West Royalty, the mill pond, working as an engraver, his family background, the family mill and how it worked, his service in the RCAF during WWII, Operation Bodenplatte, his
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01
  • Duration:01:04:18
Leo "Sailor" MacDonald T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Leo "Sailor"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Leo "Sailor" MacDonald was the police chief of Springhill, Nova Scotia from 1952-1984, the longest serving chief in Canada. In this interview he discusses his home town of Springhill and some of the most notable expriences of his life. Mr. MacDonald talks mostly about his baseball career as a young man, when he was seen as one of the
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  • Date Recorded:1994-03-08
  • Duration:01:04:03
Lee Taylor T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Taylor, Lee
  • Contributor:Taylor, Margaret
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Lee Taylor talking about his first time playing hockey and all the teams he played with and against between 1938 and 1939, getting in fights during those games, trips to away games and the bad roads and weather. He then goes on to talk about his family, St. Peters Island, and horse racing and breeding.
  • Date Recorded:1998-02-03
  • Duration:01:03:45
John and Lois Campbell T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Campbell (MacKay), Lois
  • Contributor:Campbell, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John and Lois (nee MacKay) Campbell of Graham's Road and New London, PEI. In this interview John and Lois talk about John's family background, the Campbell family farm, tractors, horses, farm machinery, potato farming, apples, blacksmiths, sleighs, how they met, their marriage, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2006-01-16
  • Duration:01:03:47
Ivan and Kaye MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald (Beck), Katherine "Kaye"
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Ivan Moar
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ivan Moar and Katherine "Kaye" (nee Beck) MacDonald of Brudenell, PEI. In this interview Ivan and Kaye talk about how they met, farming, courting, their wedding and honeymoon, Kaye's teaching, Prince of Wales College, midwives and doctors, home remedies, family, Wellington McNeill and horses, cattle, prices,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-11-07
  • Duration:01:03:19
Hughie Trainor
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trainor, Hughie
  • Abstract:This interview is with Hughie Trainor talking about his family and childhood, the old Market Square, milk delivery, his uncle Bill Trainer dancing and his performances, the songs he would perform, Catholics versus Protestants, his parents' accident, meeting his wife at a show, the best and worst parts of showbusiness, and fighting
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  • Date Recorded:2004-02-16
  • Duration:00:59:46
Godfreys T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Godfrey (Jackson), Thelma
  • Contributor:Godfrey, Garnet
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Garnet and Thelma Godfrey (nee Jackson) of Upton, PEI and Moncton, NB. In this interview Garnet and Thelma talk about Garnet's work in aviation, the Upton Airport, pilots, planes, flying the DEW Line, airmail, flying in the Arctic, and various other topics related to flying.
  • Date Recorded:2007-10-31
  • Duration:01:04:02
Everett MacDougall T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDougall, Everett
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Everett MacDougall of Glenwood and Vernon Bridge, PEI. In this interview Everett talks about blacksmiths, his father and grandfather, his father's store, horses, dating, cars, rum running, Glenwood and O'Leary, businesses, traveling salesmen, mussel mud, egg grading, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01
  • Duration:01:04:03
Dr. Gordon Lea T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Lea, Dr. R. Gordon
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Dr. R. Gordon Lea of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dr. Lea talks about WWII, cars, his education, his father, cattle, politics, church, family, the Rogersons, electricity, Victoria, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-05
  • Duration:01:03:06
Clayton Ballum T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Ballum, Clayton N.
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his family and his background. He then goes on to tell a little about the first time he had electricity, milk, and potato picking. He tells of waking up with a dead man in his bed, a story about looking for a job, his mother's cooking, and
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-10
  • Duration:01:35:55

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (23)
  • MacKay, Paul (19)
  • Gray, Tristan John (6)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (4)
  • Ballum, Clayton N. (1)
  • Birt, Alden James (1)
  • Brooks, David "Ray" (1)
  • Campbell (MacKay), Lois (1)
  • Campbell, John (1)
  • Fraser, Charlie (1)
  • Fraser, Sandy (1)
  • Gallant, Charles (1)
  • Gates, Lloyd (1)
  • Godfrey (Jackson), Thelma (1)
  • Godfrey, Garnet (1)
  • Lea, Dr. R. Gordon (1)
  • Livingstone, Olive Lois (1)
  • MacCormack, Ivan "Alkie" (1)
  • MacDonald (Beck), Katherine "Kaye" (1)
  • MacDonald, Ivan Moar (1)
  • MacDonald, Leo "Sailor" (1)
  • MacDougall, Everett (1)
  • MacGregor, Alex (1)
  • MacKay, Vance (1)
  • McCarvill, Vernon (1)
  • Murdock, Bessie (1)
  • Murdock, Leroy (1)
  • Murnaghan, Andrew Robert (1)
  • Taylor, Lee (1)
  • Taylor, Margaret (1)
  • Trainor, Hughie (1)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1993 (2)
  • 1994 (2)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (1)
  • 1998 (2)
  • 1999 (1)
  • 2001 (1)
  • 2002 (1)
  • 2003 (3)
  • 2004 (2)
  • 2006 (1)
  • 2007 (3)
  • 2008 (1)
  • 2009 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (23)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1938 (23)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (11)
  • Summerside, PE (4)
  • Kinkora, PE (3)
  • Georgetown, PE (2)
  • Halifax, NS (2)
  • New Glasgow, NS (2)
  • Pictou County, NS (2)
  • Victoria, PE (2)
  • Amherst, NS (1)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Big Island, NS (1)
  • Borden, PE (1)
  • British Guiana (1)
  • Brudenell, PE (1)
  • Campbellton, PE (1)
  • Cape Breton, NS (1)
  • Cape Cod, MA (1)
  • Cascumpec, PE (1)
  • Cassino, Italy (1)
  • Coleman, PE (1)
  • Crapaud, PE (1)
  • Dromore, PE (1)
  • Emerald, PE (1)
  • Germany (1)
  • Glace Bay,NS (1)
  • Glenwood, PE (1)
  • Graham's Road, PE (1)
  • Guyana (1)
  • Hampton, PE (1)
  • Holland (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE; (1)
  • Lismore, NS (1)
  • Louisbourg, NS (1)
  • Lunenburg, NS (1)
  • Marseilles, France (1)
  • Moncton, NB (1)
  • Montague, PE (1)
  • Mount Pleasant, PE (1)
  • Mt. Stewart, PE (1)
  • Murrary Harbour, PE (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • New Perth, PE (1)
  • Nine Mile Creek, PE (1)
  • Norboro, PE (1)
  • O'Leary, PE (1)
  • Pictou, NS (1)
  • Pictou Island, NS (1)
  • Ponds, NS (1)
  • Sackville, NB (1)
  • Shamrock, Ireland (1)
  • Shediac, NB (1)
  • Southport, PE (1)
  • Springhill, NS (1)
  • St. Peters Island, PE (1)
  • Sussex, NB (1)
  • Tarantum, PE (1)
  • Tignish, PE (1)
  • Tryon, PE (1)
  • Tyne Valley, PE (1)
  • Upton, PE (1)
  • Vernon, PE (1)
  • West Royalty, PE (1)
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