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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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Maude and Jack MacEachern
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacEachern, Jack
  • Contributor:MacEachern, Maude
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Maude and Jack MacEachern from Ponds in Pictou county, Nova Scotia. The interview begins with a discussion about salmon and lobster fishing. They discuss prices and regulations, and there is mention of working in lumber mills during the winter. They tell about their family histories, Tiny Mason and other
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  • Date Recorded:1993-04-10
  • Duration:01:27:47
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 MacDonald T4 [Tape Four]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Louis Richard
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about working in Halifax, WWII, pack peddlers, his father, hockey, school, winters, the telephone, North River, Jack Ellsworth, rum running, Cornwall, clothes, stores, the Upton Airfield, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2002-11-25
  • Duration:01:03:41
Friday Walker
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Spurgeon William "Friday" Walker of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Friday talks about his grandfather and father working as harness makers, his work on the railway, trains, shipping, his nickname, hockey, doctors, rum running, Georgetown, cars, blacksmiths, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2000-11-28
  • Duration:01:34:57
Duck Acorn
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Acorn, Frank "Duck"
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Thomson, Robyn
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Frank "Duck" Acorn of PEI. In this interview Duck Acorn talks about his childhood, working at the races, the first races and Old Home Week, and the changing ways of training horses and racing them.
  • Date Recorded:1995-08-14
  • Duration:00:42:44
Billy Wilkinson
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wilkinson, Billy
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Billy Wilkinson of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Billy talks about the sugar woods, bears, bootlegging and moonshine, local businesses, cars and tractors, horses, school, tobacco, the railway, his family, the Halifax Explosion, and how maple syrup is made.
  • Date Recorded:1993-04-09
  • Duration:01:03:54

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (6)
  • MacKay, Paul (5)
  • Acorn, Frank "Duck" (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John (1)
  • MacDonald, Louis Richard (1)
  • MacEachern, Jack (1)
  • MacEachern, Maude (1)
  • MacKinnon, Bob (1)
  • MacKinnon, Queenie (1)
  • Thomson, Robyn (1)
  • Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday" (1)
  • Wilkinson, Billy (1)

Date Recorded

  • 1993 (2)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 2000 (1)
  • 2002 (1)

Genre

  • Interview (6)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • (-) 1954 (6)

Subject - Place

  • Pictou County, NS (2)
  • Charlottetown, PE (1)
  • Cornwall, PE (1)
  • Earnscliffe, PE (1)
  • Georgetown, PE (1)
  • Halifax, NS (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE (1)
  • Kensington, PE (1)
  • Lismore, NS (1)
  • Montague, PE (1)
  • Ponds, NS (1)
  • Upton, PE (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
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