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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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The Newports T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Newport (Whitlock), Ruby Muriel
  • Contributor:Newport, Anthony Charles
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Anthony Charles and Ruby Muriel (nee Whitlock) Newport of Mount Edward Road in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Anthony and Ruby talk about their wedding, their home in Hazelgrove, house parties and dances, horses, strong men, deep snow, family, school, jobs, Dr. Muchison, Hunter River, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1998-01-30
  • Duration:01:03:40
The Newports T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Newport (Whitlock), Ruby Muriel
  • Contributor:Newport, Anthony Charles
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Anthony Charles and Ruby Muriel (nee Whitlock) Newport of Mount Edward Road in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Anthony and Ruby talk about Hunter River, starch factories, potato farming, school, family, radio, Anthony's family history and their immigration to Canada from Wales, Anthony's service in
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  • Date Recorded:1998-01-30
  • Duration:01:03:46
Sheldon Coffin
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Coffin, Sheldon
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview with Sheldon Coffin begins with Sheldon telling about his job as a brakeman for the Canadian National Railway Company. Sheldon then goes on to tell about sleeping in the cars, the change from steam to diesel, and becoming a conductor in 1958. Sheldon then describes the railway runs and stations all over P.E.I. He then
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  • Date Recorded:1998-04-24
  • Duration:00:47:17
Ruth VanIderstine T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth VanIderstine (formerly MacLeod, nee Furness) of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about Vernon Bridge, milk, turnips, traveling, trains, ice races, skating, Sundays, card games, Christmas, fiddlers, the MacPhails, cars, entertainment, home remedies, pack peddlers, school, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1998-01-15
  • Duration:01:03:24
Ruth VanIderstine T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth VanIderstine (formerly MacLeod, nee Furness) of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about home children, her birth, her psychic abilities and forerunners, her family, funerals, Vernon Bridge, the family farm, her childhood, playing outdoors, baseball, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-15
  • Duration:01:03:11
Ruth VanIderstine T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth VanIderstine (formerly MacLeod, nee Furness) of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about MacCormack's store, Donald MacLeod, black clothes, the MacPhail Homestead, forerunners, UFOs, the phantom ship, ghosts, her psychic abilities, and traveling to Boston.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-03
  • Duration:01:02:36
Ruth Stewart
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Louise Stewart (nee Garnhum) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, the last execution on P.E.I., the Whitlocks, growing up in Charlottetown, businesses and places around Charlottetown, going to Boston for surgery, school, her pet parrot, her husband, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1998-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:09
Roy Clow T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Clow, Roy
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This taped interview with Roy Clow begins with a discussion about home remedies. Roy then tells of his birth, the local midwife Lizzy White, and doctors in the Murray Harbour area. Roy then goes on to talk about moonshine being used in place of gasoline, rum runners being hungry enough to eat gulls, and a time when Roy and George
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  • Date Recorded:1998-04-09
  • Duration:01:03:36
Robbie Robertson T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:Robbie Robertson talks about the milkman, fishing, fish prices, leaving for the States due to money, local stores, his brothers going on the Harvest Excursion, farming potatoes, doctors and remedies, and more stories about his family.
  • Date Recorded:1998-10-02
  • Duration:01:03:52
Nora Wonnacott T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wonnacott (Halloran), Nora Alexandria
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Nora A. Wonnacott (nee Halloran) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Nora talks about growing up in Charlottetown, millinery, delivery men, local businesses, her marriage to Bruce, religion, school, her father, home remedies, swimming, cars, smallpox, voting, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:41
Nora Wonnacott T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Wonnacott (Halloran), Nora Alexandria
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Nora Alexandria Wonnacott (nee Halloran) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Nora talks about her family history, her father and his work, growing up in Charlottetown, Christmas, cooking, WWI, how she met her husband Bruce, courting, dances, and entertainment.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-11
  • Duration:01:03:21
Milton Buell T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Buell, Kay
  • Contributor:Buell, Milton
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Milton and Kay Buell of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about Mr. Tanton, trains and the roundhouse, J. Walter Jones, cars and tractors, trees, radio, gas stations, Sundays, potato farming, and the 1929 earthquake.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-28
  • Duration:00:31:58
Maisie Adams T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Adams (Lamont), Maisie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about traveling, horses, Tommy Gallant, rum running and bootlegging, stolen foxes, French River, her father, Jack MacRae, Elton Woodside, picking potatoes, her asthma and home remedies, and the Sims family.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-17
  • Duration:01:03:31
Mae Ames T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 her work in theatre, pantomimes, living in Manchester, Christmas, WWII, her grandfather, he connection to the MacNeils, living with her aunt and uncle, her uncle Gus and his wealth, home remedies, food, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-30
  • Duration:01:03:39
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

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Creators and Contributors

  • Thompson, Reg "Dutch" (49)
  • MacKay, Paul (48)
  • Gray, Tristan John (7)
  • Pike, Captain Ben (3)
  • VanIderstine (MacLeod-Furness), Ruth (3)
  • Ames, Mae (2)
  • Cameron, Kathleen C. (2)
  • Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose (2)
  • Deighan, Charles William "Charlie" (2)
  • Fitzgerland, Terrence L. "Babs" (2)
  • Graham (White), Vivian (2)
  • Graham, Austin (2)
  • Marshall (McVittie), Jeanette "Jessie" (2)
  • Newport (Whitlock), Ruby Muriel (2)
  • Newport, Anthony Charles (2)
  • Paynter (Andrews), Joyce (2)
  • Wonnacott (Halloran), Nora Alexandria (2)
  • Adams (Lamont), Maisie (1)
  • Arbuckle, Eric (1)
  • Beck, Jessie (1)
  • Bishop, Henry L. (1)
  • Buell, Kay (1)
  • Buell, Milton (1)
  • Cameron, James Henry "Jim" (1)
  • Chandler, Helen (1)
  • Clow, Roy (1)
  • Coffin, Sheldon (1)
  • Ferguson, Cora (1)
  • Gallant, Charles (1)
  • Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul (1)
  • Gregory, James Agustus "Gus" (1)
  • Hamm, Addie (1)
  • Horgan (Ryan), Kay (1)
  • Horgan, Patrick Casimir (1)
  • Kennedy, Earl (1)
  • MacCann (MacMillan), L. Jean (1)
  • MacEachern, Lillian (1)
  • MacFarlane, Evelyn (1)
  • Martin, Harold Neil (1)
  • McCann (MacMillan), L. Jean (1)
  • Rea (MacMillan), Florence (1)
  • Robertson, Robbie (1)
  • Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise (1)
  • Taylor, Lee (1)
  • Taylor, Margaret (1)
  • Trenholm, Captain Thomas (1)
  • Vessey (Bouyer), Gertrude E. (1)
  • Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam (1)
  • Wooton, Ann (1)

Date Recorded

  • (-) 1998 (49)

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  • Interview (49)

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  • WWII (22)
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  • 1920s (9)
  • 1929 (7)
  • 1917 (5)
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  • 1941 (5)
  • 1943 (5)
  • 1945 (5)
  • 1927 (4)
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  • 1950s (4)
  • 1919 (3)
  • 1933 (3)
  • 1942 (3)
  • 1946 (3)
  • Early 1900s (3)
  • 1912 (2)
  • 1916 (2)
  • 1925 (2)
  • 1928 (2)
  • 1934 (2)
  • 1938 (2)
  • 1944 (2)
  • 1956 (2)
  • 1602 (1)
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  • 1962 (1)
  • 1967 (1)
  • 1984 (1)
  • 1986 (1)
  • post-1917 (1)

Subject - Place

  • Charlottetown, PE (11)
  • Victoria, PE (5)
  • Covehead, PE (4)
  • Orwell, PE (4)
  • Summerside, PE (4)
  • England (3)
  • Halifax, NS (3)
  • Hunter River, PE (3)
  • Borden, PE (2)
  • Bunbury, PE (2)
  • Chicago, IL (2)
  • French River, PE (2)
  • Manchester, England (2)
  • Murray Harbour, PE (2)
  • Souris, PE (2)
  • Sydney, NS (2)
  • Vernon Bridge, PE (2)
  • Anzio, Italy (1)
  • Baleine, NS (1)
  • Baltic, PE (1)
  • Barbados (1)
  • Belle River, PE (1)
  • Boston, MA (1)
  • Brackley, PE (1)
  • Brudenell, PE (1)
  • Burin, NL (1)
  • Cape Breton, NS (1)
  • Cape Tormentine, PE (1)
  • Cavendish, PE (1)
  • Chepstow, PE (1)
  • Cousins Shore, PE (1)
  • DeSable, PE (1)
  • Glace Bay,NS (1)
  • Grand Falls, NL (1)
  • Hampton, PE (1)
  • Hazelbrook, PE; (1)
  • Hazelgrove, PE (1)
  • Holland (1)
  • Hope River, PE (1)
  • Italy (1)
  • Louisbourg, NS (1)
  • Malpeque, PE (1)
  • Marie, PE (1)
  • Milwaukee, WI (1)
  • Murray Harbour North, PE (1)
  • Murray River, PE (1)
  • Newfoundland (1)
  • New York, NY (1)
  • Nine Mile Creek, PE (1)
  • Or (1)
  • Port Elgin, NS (1)
  • Rams Island, PE (1)
  • Rome, Italy (1)
  • Saba, Netherlands Antilles (1)
  • Southport, PE (1)
  • Spring Park, PE (1)
  • St. Peters Island, PE (1)
  • Stanhope, PE (1)
  • Stanley Bridge, PE (1)
  • Sussex, NB (1)
  • Sutton, England (1)
  • Tignish, PE (1)
  • Truro, NS (1)
  • Tryon, PE (1)
  • Various locations on PEI (1)
  • Vernon River, PE (1)
  • Wellington, PE (1)
  • Westmoreland, PE (1)
  • Windsor, NL (1)
  • York, PE (1)
  • Yorkshire, England (1)
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