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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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West Kent
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an recording of various interviewees about their memories of West Kent School in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Topics covered include teachers, rival schools, subjects, walking, sports, and various other topics related to West Kent School.
  • Date Recorded:1999-10-31
  • Duration:00:47:31
Warren Leard T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Leard, Warren
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview continues with Warren Leard talking about his father's broken leg and its effect on his work and life, Norwegian ship called the Nanby getting stuck on shore, woring in Lumber camps in New Brunswick, and what kinds of wood he worked with.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-24
  • Duration:01:03:26
Wally Andrew T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is the third tape of four with Wallace "Wally" Jenkins Andrew of East Royalty, P.E.I. Wally begins by finishing a discussion from Tape Two about his father's Cadillac. He then talks about why it was called The Submarine and mentions another car called The Grasshopper. He then talks about the old roads and trips to New
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-29
  • Duration:01:35:22
Tom and Eileen Hunter
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hunter, Eileen
  • Contributor:Hunter, Tom
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Tom and Eileen Hunter of West Royalty, P.E.I. In this interview Tom and Eileen talk about the changes in West Royalty, local businesses, Prince of Wales College, how they met, their wedding and honeymoon, Tom's service with the RAF during WWII, Tom's life in Scotland and his service in the war, plane crashes,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-02-21
  • Duration:01:03:33
Syd Clay T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Minnie
  • Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the last of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about his background in the RAF, his paintings of aircraft and aviation history on the Island which were made into a calendar, the pilot Paul Sharpe, the pilot Elton Woodside, pilots Carl Burke and Joe Anderson, Carl Burke's rescues, the Submarine
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  • Date Recorded:2002-10-01
  • Duration:01:03:39
Syd Clay T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Minnie
  • Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd and his wife Minnie talk about Syd's arrival in Charlottetown with the RAF, how they met, their wedding, entertainment for the RAF men in Charlottetown, Syd's life in England, Sid's return to Canada after WWII, and war grooms and airmen Syd served with.
  • Date Recorded:1996-04-25
  • Duration:01:03:45
Roland Pickering T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Pickering, Roland
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about snowstorms, his ancestors, blacksmiths, family, ships, Peter McNutt, lobster factories, fishing, the Halifax Explosion, WWI, the Spanish Flu, courting, his wife, home remedies, the phantom ship, cars, Jim Tuplin, the Merchant Marines, WWII, and various
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:15
Oliver Smith T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Smith, Oliver Sterling
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Oliver Sterling Smith of Mt. Stewart, PEI. In this interview Oliver talks about school, businesses in Mt. Stewart, doctors, court and judges, local characters, the railroad, Christmas, electricity, horses, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:03:13
Mae Ames T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Ames, Mae
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mae Ames of Manchester, England. In this interview Mae talks about growing up in Manchester during WWII, working as a nurse during the war, rationing, her wedding, blitzes and bombings, air raids and shelters, Christmas, working at a munitions and airplane factory, gas masks, how she met her husband, courting
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  • Date Recorded:1998-01-30
  • Duration:01:03:41
MacRae Sisters T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacRae, Evelyn
  • Contributor:MacRae, Mary
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mary and Evelyn MacRae. In this interview the sisters talk about they lighthouse they lived in, church, boats, cars, lobster canneries, their father, their siblings, movies, Christmas, blacksmiths, home remedies, their mother, rum running, their grandparents, Sundays, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1997-02-21
  • Duration:01:03:31
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
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
Lloyd Gates T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 service in WWII with the RCAF, driving, serving in France, Holland, coming home after the war, changes in West Royalty, hauling ice, the end of the mill, home remedies, radio, the Upton Airfield, Christmas, and various
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01
  • Duration:00:32:06
Leo Farrell T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Farrell, Leo
  • Contributor:Johnston, Astrid
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about sleighs, blacksmiths, carriages, traveling, cars, farm equipment, shopping, Christmas, doctors, the Spanish Flu, school, electricity, and fox ranching. Leo also plays the fiddle with Astrid Johnston accompanying him on the piano.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:03:18
Joyce Paynter T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Paynter (Andrews), Joyce
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Joyce Paynter (nee Andrews) of Sutton, England and French River, P.E.I. In this interview Joyce talks about her husband's letters from WWII, the Battle of Britain, bombings and air raids, news during the war, WWI, moving from England to PEI, life on their farm in French River, doctors, the Flying Farmer, her
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  • Date Recorded:1998-03-03
  • Duration:01:03:35

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (28)
  • MacKay, Paul (25)
  • Gray, Tristan John (7)
  • Clay, Minnie (2)
  • Clay, Sydney "Syd" (2)
  • Thomson, Robyn (2)
  • Whelan, Frank (2)
  • Acorn, Frank "Duck" (1)
  • Ames, Mae (1)
  • Andrew, Wallace Jenkins "Wally" (1)
  • Bruce, Clive (1)
  • Farrell, Leo (1)
  • Francis, Lorne (1)
  • Gates, Lloyd (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Hunter, Eileen (1)
  • Hunter, Tom (1)
  • Johnston, Astrid (1)
  • Leard, Warren (1)
  • MacCann (MacMillan), L. Jean (1)
  • MacCannell, Hamm (1)
  • MacCannell, Marion (1)
  • MacCormack, Ivan "Alkie" (1)
  • MacKinnon, Bob (1)
  • MacKinnon, Queenie (1)
  • MacRae, Evelyn (1)
  • MacRae, Mary (1)
  • McCann (MacMillan), L. Jean (1)
  • Moore, James Arthur "Jim" (1)
  • Murnaghan, Andrew Robert (1)
  • O'Hanley, Joe (1)
  • Paynter (Andrews), Joyce (1)
  • Pickering, Roland (1)
  • Rea (MacMillan), Florence (1)
  • Reid, Johnny Henry (1)
  • Ross, Bertha (1)
  • Smith, Oliver Sterling (1)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1994 (1)
  • 1995 (6)
  • 1996 (2)
  • 1997 (2)
  • 1998 (3)
  • 1999 (2)
  • 2002 (2)
  • 2003 (3)
  • 2004 (1)
  • 2007 (1)
  • 2009 (2)

Genre

  • Interview (28)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1946 (28)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (13)
  • Souris, PE (3)
  • Halifax, NS (2)
  • Montague, PE (2)
  • New Zealand, PE (2)
  • Amherst, NS (1)
  • Annadale, PE (1)
  • Baltic, PE (1)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Bell's Hill, PE (1)
  • Bethel, PE (1)
  • Boston, MA (1)
  • Bridgetown, PE (1)
  • Cape Breton, NS (1)
  • Cape St. Lawrence, NS (1)
  • Cassino, Italy (1)
  • Cousins Shore, PE (1)
  • Covehead, PE (1)
  • Crapaud, PE (1)
  • Earnscliffe, PE (1)
  • East Royalty, PE (1)
  • England (1)
  • Fortune Bridge, PE (1)
  • France (1)
  • French River, PE (1)
  • Gaspe, QC (1)
  • Halifax,NS (1)
  • Hampshire, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Holland (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Lot 16, PE (1)
  • Louisbourg, NS (1)
  • Manchester, England (1)
  • Margate, PE (1)
  • Marseilles, France (1)
  • Meadowbank, PE (1)
  • Mount Pleasant, PE (1)
  • Mt. Stewart, PE (1)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (1)
  • New Brunswick (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • New Haven, PE (1)
  • North Wiltshire, PE (1)
  • Norway (1)
  • O'Leary, PE (1)
  • Parrsboro, NS (1)
  • Pictou Island, NS (1)
  • Portland, ME (1)
  • Scotland (1)
  • Southport, PE (1)
  • St. Peter's, PE (1)
  • Suffolk, PE (1)
  • Summerside, PE (1)
  • Upton, PE (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
  • Victoria, PE (1)
  • Westmoreland, PE (1)
  • West Royalty, PE (1)
  • West Royaty, PE (1)
  • Wright's Bridge, PE (1)
  • Yankee Hill, PE (1)
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