Benevolent Irish Society - Oral History Interviews Collection

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The collection is comprised of field recordings of oral history interviews conducted by BIS student researchers in 1982 and 1983 with elderly Irish residents of PEI.

Project Background
These recordings were digitized and provided with metadata records at the UPEI Robertson Library during the Spring and Summer of 2018, with further editing and enhancement of metadata in 2020. Financial support for this project, facilitated by the Benevolent Irish Society, was generously provided through the Government of Ireland's Emigrant Support Programme. Special acknowledgment is also due to the late Mr. George O'Connor, Past-President of the Benevolent Irish Society, whose patient-but-persistent advocacy helped bring this project to fruition. Go raibh maith agat!
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O'Brien, Walter
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:LePage, Geoff
  • Contributor:O'Brien, Walter
  • Abstract:Geoff LePage interviews Walter O'Brien at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in PEI. In this interview, Walter discusses his family and his early life, fishing, farming, real estate work, and sales with the Guardian. Walter talks about Scottish-Irish relations, social gatherings, blacksmithing, school teachers, doctors, and life on the farm
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  • Date Recorded:1983-07-07
  • Duration:00:31:18
O'Brien, Emma
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKenzie, David
  • Contributor:O'Brien, Emma
  • Abstract:David Mackenzie interviews Emma O'Brien at Sacred Heart Home. In this interview, Emma discusses her great grandparents life, settling in North America, comparing Ireland to PEI, land agents, Fort Augustus and horses.
  • Date Recorded:1983-07-04
  • Duration:00:24:05 (OD says 00:50:00)
Cullen, Ellen Mary [Interview 1]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cullen, Sister Ellen Mary
  • Contributor:Doyle, Karen
  • Contributor:Wallace, Stella
  • Abstract:This is Stella Wallace and Karen Doyle interviewing Sister Ellen Mary Cullen at Mount St. Mary's, where they discuss the Sister's family's immigration, Scottish-Irish relations, family farming, education, and religion. She shares stories from her childhood, items found in a church in the 1950s, and other details of her childhood and
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  • Date Recorded:1982-05-20
  • Duration:00:43:54