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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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Web Hayman T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Hayman, Web
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Web Hayman. In this interview Web talks about trains, Pictou County, Lismore, trucking, rum runners and bootleggers, Tiny Mason, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1993-05-19
  • Duration:00:31:31
Web Hayman T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Hayman, Web
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Web Hayman of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Web talks about Ed Mason, bootleggers, Thurston Cook, trucking, driving cattle and horses, working in Saskatchewan, trains, butchering, Tiny Mason, rum running, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1993-05-19
  • Duration:01:03:21
Ray Dawson T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dawson, Ray
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ray Dawson in Kington, England. In this interview Ray talks about blacksmiths, taking animals to market, his rooster, and police.
  • Date Recorded:1993-12-08
  • Duration:00:31:48
Pat and Stan Mason T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Mason, Pat
  • Contributor:Mason, Stanley
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Pat and Stanley Mason begins with discussion of the phantom ship. Pat and Stanley tell of different sightings of the ship, its history, and even read from a newspaper article written about Stanley's father (Geordie) seeing the ship. Stanley then goes on to tell more ghost stories. Next, they talk about smelt and
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  • Date Recorded:1993-02-11
  • Duration:00:47:38
Mel Fowler
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Fowler, Mel
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mel Fowler. In this interview he talks about his family, cars, traveling, hockey, dancing, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1993-06-15
  • Duration:00:16:45
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
Johnny Wilson
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wilson, John
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Johnny Wilson of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Johnny talks about cooking at lobster factories and lumber camps, life in the lumber camps, coal mining, bootlegging, money, hard times, horses, creameries, Westville, his family, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1993-04-15
  • Duration:01:04:03
Gwen Edwards T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Edwards, Gwen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Gwen Edwards of Kington, Herefordshire, England. This interview begins with Gwen discussing her birth and her family. She then talks about her sister Annie, who was on the Titanic, and then about chores on the farm and walking to school. She then tells about her father, WWI, and jobs her family held. She and
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  • Date Recorded:1993-11-30
  • Duration:01:03:55
Flo Turner T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Turner, Florence Charlotte "Flo"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Florence Charlotte "Flo" Turner of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Flo talks about Captain Charlie Arbuckle, Tiny Mason, pie socials and chicken raffles, Castle Harris, her family, the Halifax Explosion, Stormy Sandy, catching the Spanish Flu, orphans, locals, and lobster canneries. At the end
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  • Date Recorded:1993-05-20
  • Duration:01:03:43
Flo Turner T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Dougall "Dunkie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Turner, Florence Charlotte "Flo"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Florence Charlotte "Flo" Turner of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Also included on this tape is Dougall Dunkie MacDonald. In this interview they talk about Tiny and Ed Mason, rum running and bootlegging, Stormy Sandy, fishing, lobster and fish canneries, fires, local families, dances, cars, and peddlers.
  • Date Recorded:1993-02-28
  • Duration:01:03:48
FEB 11/93 (MacDonald)
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Harry
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Harry MacDonald of Merigomish, Nova Scotia begins with discussion of the history of his family's general store. Harry tells about buying fish and different meats, gives a tour of the store, tells about sawmills and gristmills in the local area, and discusses different products sold at the store. Harry then goes on
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  • Date Recorded:1993-02-11
  • Duration:00:47:39
Elmer MacLellan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLellan, Elmer George
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer George MacLellan of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Elmer talks about rum runners and bootleggers in
    Pictou County, prohibition officers, his father's work as a liquor inspector, moonshine and distillers, beer, and local characters.
  • Date Recorded:1993-03
  • Duration:01:03:55
Bob Jenkins
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Jenkins, Bob
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Bob Jenkins of Kington, England. The interview begins with a discussion of the history of the Baskerville name. Bob then goes on to tell about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his relationship with Kington. He then talks about Black Vaughan, and Kington's history with various literary figures. Jenkins goes on to talk
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  • Date Recorded:1993-12-08
  • Duration:00:28:53
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
Bill Cavanagh
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cavanagh, Bill
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Bill Cavanagh of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. In this interview Bill begins by telling about Tiny Mason and rum running. He then goes on to talk about Hughie MacLeod and moonshine, working in the lumber woods, and dances and picnics. The interview concludes with a discussion about making moonshine.
  • Date Recorded:1993-03
  • Duration:00:45:34

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Creators and Contributors

  • MacKay, Paul (19)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (19)
  • Gray, Tristan John (3)
  • Hayman, Web (2)
  • Turner, Florence Charlotte "Flo" (2)
  • Arbuckle, Arthur Herb (1)
  • Cavanagh, Bill (1)
  • Dawson, Ray (1)
  • Edwards, Gwen (1)
  • Fowler, Mel (1)
  • Jenkins, Bob (1)
  • MacDonald, Dougall "Dunkie" (1)
  • MacDonald, Harry (1)
  • MacEachern, Jack (1)
  • MacEachern, Maude (1)
  • MacGillivray, Angus "The Bank" (1)
  • MacGregor, Alex (1)
  • MacLellan, Elmer George (1)
  • Mason, Pat (1)
  • Mason, Stanley (1)
  • Murdock, Bessie (1)
  • Murdock, Leroy (1)
  • Wilkinson, Billy (1)
  • Wilson, John (1)

Date Recorded

  • (-) 1993 (19)

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  • Interview (19)

Subject (name)

Subject - Time Period

  • 1930s (10)
  • 1920s (7)
  • 1919 (3)
  • 1927 (3)
  • 1939 (3)
  • 1917 (2)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1947 (2)
  • 1954 (2)
  • 1066 (1)
  • 1910 (1)
  • 1916 (1)
  • 1921 (1)
  • 1922 (1)
  • 1923 (1)
  • 1928 (1)
  • 1929 (1)
  • 1934 (1)
  • 1935 (1)
  • 1940s (1)
  • 1941 (1)
  • 1948 (1)
  • 1952 (1)
  • 1960s (1)
  • 1963 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1973 (1)
  • 1974 (1)
  • 1993 (1)
  • pre-1900 (1)
  • WWI (1)
  • WWII (1)

Subject - Place

  • Pictou County, NS (12)
  • New Glasgow, NS (7)
  • Lismore, NS (4)
  • Kington, England (3)
  • Big Island, NS (2)
  • Merigomish, NS (2)
  • Ponds, NS (2)
  • Antigonish, NS; (1)
  • Georgeville, NS (1)
  • Kirkland Lake, ON (1)
  • New Radnor, England (1)
  • Saskatoon, SK (1)
  • Stellaron, NS (1)
  • Westville, NS (1)
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