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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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Vern Handrahan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Handrahan, Vern
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Vern Handrahan of Charlottetown, one of only two Islanders to play Major League Baseball. Vern begins the interview by telling about playing baseball growing up. He then talks about his journey through the minor leagues, playing in both Canada and the United States, and how he finally made it to the big leagues
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  • Date Recorded:1994-08-10
  • Duration:00:57:11
Tiger MacKie T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKie, Eric Irvine "Tiger"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:In this interview with Tiger MacKie, he begins by telling about his grandson playing hockey in England. He then goes on to talk about working on the farm and at the brickworks, and rum running in Southport. Tiger then talks about ships and his grandfather Henry MacKie's shipbuilding, more about farming, and the first hockey forum.
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  • Date Recorded:1994-05-24
  • Duration:01:03:16
Tiger MacKie T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacKie, Eric Irvine "Tiger"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Tiger MacKie of Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. and Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. Tiger begins by telling about his early hockey days and first team. He then goes on to talk about playing with hockey stars like Eddie Shore, Tic Williams, and Gordie Drillon. Tiger talks about playing hockey in the 1930s and 1940s, and
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  • Date Recorded:1994-05-24
  • Duration:01:03:49
Syd Clay T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the first of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about Air Navigation school, aircraft and trainees in Charlottetown during WWII, the RCAF and the RAF, plane crashes, pilot training, Carl Burke and Maritime Central Airways, Sally Large, military aircraft, and Woofer Blake.
  • Date Recorded:1994-08-10
  • Duration:01:03:39
Reg Grady
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Grady, Francis "Reg"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Francis "Reg" Grady of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Reg begins by telling a story about Al Capone's hat and rum running. He then tells about Nellie J. Banks the fiddle, named after the famous ship. Reg goes back to the topic of rum running and bootlegging, tells about prohibiton officers, and begins to tell the story
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  • Date Recorded:1994-07-27
  • Duration:00:52:20
Reg Dean
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dean, Reg
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Reg Dean. In this interview Reg talks about Trenton Car Works, coal, trams, schooners, school, his first job, baseball, hockey, his father's store, old businesses, WWII, meeting Babe Ruth, horses, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1994-04-24
  • Duration:00:50:16
MacIntosh Bros. T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, Donald
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Donald and George MacIntosh of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview they play some tunes on the fiddle, talk about rum running, musicians, dances and shows they played at, hockey, tobacco, and local characters.
  • Date Recorded:1994-11-16
  • Duration:01:03:43
MacIntosh Bros. T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, Donald
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Donald and George MacIntosh of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview they talk about shoe making and shoe repair, transportation, schooners and shipbuilding, hidden rum, house parties and drinking, school, and old local businesses.
  • Date Recorded:1994-04-28
  • Duration:00:31:48
MacIntosh Bros. T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, Donald
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Donald and George MacIntosh of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Douglas and George talk about playing the fiddle, venues, liquor, their work delivering milk, and people and life in the New Glasgow area. Most of Side A consists of tunes played on the fiddle by both brothers and two songs can be found
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  • Date Recorded:1994-04-20
  • Duration:01:03:18
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
John Coombs T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Coombs, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with John Coombs. In this interview John talks about his travels as a hobo, hopping on trains, working in San Fransisco and spending time in jail there, meeting movie stars in Hollywood, traveling to Las Vegas and running into trouble there, and traveling to Los Angeles.
  • Date Recorded:1994-04-29
  • Duration:01:35:03
John Coombs T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Coombs, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John Coombs. In this interview John talks about his upbringing, his parents, his father's service in WWI, working as a farm labourer at age 16, school, the Halifax Explosion, working out West during the Harvest Excursion, the chaotic train ride out, and stories about his travels as a hobo.
  • Date Recorded:1994-04-29
  • Duration:01:03:50
James Fiddler MacDonald T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:James "Fiddler" MacDonald has been called the best pitcher ever to be from Prince Edward Island; in this interview Mr. MacDonald speaks indepth on all matters baseball from the 1920s onward. Fiddler talks about uniforms, leagues, teams, crowds, pay, double headers, pitches, barnburning, drinking and the New York Colored Giants.
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  • Date Recorded:1994-04-01
  • Duration:01:03:41
James Banks T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Banks, James
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Bank talking about Bill Blackett a man who lived to 105 years old, his father working on the parish farm and meeting his mother there, Father Francis, history of the Banks family, farmer's debt, mills run by different people, horsepower, the Halifax Explosion, bears on the Island, blacksmiths, different
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  • Date Recorded:1994-07-28
  • Duration:01:34:29
Howard Schurman
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Schurman, Howard
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Howard Schurman of Summerside. In this interview Howard talks about his family home, being a farmer, his education, staying home during WWI, The Bedeque Ddairy, horses, foxes, The Halifax Explosion, rum running, the 1930s, dogs, ice boats, telephones and radios, his deed to the Schurman home, politics, mussel
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  • Date Recorded:1994-10-31
  • Duration:01:03:28

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  • MacKay, Paul (20)
  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (20)
  • Gray, Tristan John (6)
  • MacIntosh, Donald (3)
  • MacIntosh, George (3)
  • Coombs, John (2)
  • MacDonald, James "Fiddler" (2)
  • MacKie, Eric Irvine "Tiger" (2)
  • Banks, James (1)
  • Bond, Ann (1)
  • Chapman, Fred (1)
  • Clay, Sydney "Syd" (1)
  • Dean, Reg (1)
  • Grady, Francis "Reg" (1)
  • Handrahan, Vern (1)
  • MacCormack, Ivan "Alkie" (1)
  • MacDonald, Leo "Sailor" (1)
  • Schurman, Howard (1)
  • Turner, Florence Charlotte "Flo" (1)

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Subject - Place

  • New Glasgow, NS (6)
  • Charlottetown, PE (5)
  • Pictou County, NS (4)
  • Stellarton, NS (4)
  • Amherst, NS (3)
  • Glace Bay, NS (2)
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  • Peakes, PE (2)
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  • Stanley Bridge, PE (2)
  • Annandale, PE (1)
  • Baltimore, MD (1)
  • Bedeque, PE (1)
  • Birmingham, AL (1)
  • Boise, ID (1)
  • CA (1)
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  • Cassino, Italy (1)
  • Chapman Settlement, NS (1)
  • Cherry Hill, PE (1)
  • Cornerbrook, NL (1)
  • Cumberland County, NS (1)
  • Dromore, PE (1)
  • East Point, PE (1)
  • Fernie, BC (1)
  • Germany (1)
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  • Hollywood, CA (1)
  • Hunter River, PE (1)
  • Keppoch, PE (1)
  • Las Vegas, NV (1)
  • Little Pond, PE (1)
  • Los Angeles (1)
  • Marseilles, France (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • Picout County, NS (1)
  • Pittsburgh, PA (1)
  • Priest Pond, PE (1)
  • Rochester, NY (1)
  • San Fransisco, CA (1)
  • Sea Trout Point, PE (1)
  • Souris, PE (1)
  • Spokane, WA (1)
  • Springhill, NS (1)
  • Stephenville, NL (1)
  • Summerside, PE (1)
  • Trout Point, PE (1)
  • Vancouver, BC (1)
  • Wales (1)
  • Wellsville, NY (1)
  • Westville, NS (1)
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