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| Recording Title | Overview: This interview is with Violet MacEachern (nee MacCannell) of Long Creek and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Violet talks about her family, WWI, growing up in Charlottetown, the SS Harland, William Drake and his meat shop, coal, milk, ships in the harbour, White's Restaurant, Prince of Wales College, Prince Street School, teaching, radio, entertainment, the Spanish Flu, The Great Depression, Christmas, Sunnyside, and religion. | |
| Violet MacEachern | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| MacEachern (MacCannell), Violet | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:34 | ||
| 1996-04-16 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is the second half of an interview with William A. "Pud" Beer of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Pud talks about restaurants and businesses in Charlottetown, fires, his name, Chinese restaurants, dances, hockey, running Peter Pan and other businesses, gas stations, his uncle Pope Beers, french fries and fried chicken, local characters, joining the Air Force, Carl Burke, refrigerators, and religion. | |
| William "Pud" Beer T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Beer, William A. "Pud" | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:29 | ||
| 2008-02-06 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is a recording about the first radio services in Summerside and Charlotteown with discussion about Holman's radio station, CFCY, radios, radio programs, and various other topics related to radio. | |
| Marconi | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Marconi | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:31:23 | ||
| 0000-00-00 |
| Recording Title | Overview: 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. | |
| MacIntosh Bros. T3 [Tape Three] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| MacIntosh, Donald and George | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:43 | ||
| 1994-11-16 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Frank N. Vickery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Frank talks about his service in the navy during WWII, sailing on the HMCS Chambly, U-Boats, survivors, depth charges, mail, leave, Scotland, Churchill, and various other topics related to his service. | |
| Frank Vickery | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Vickery, Frank N. | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:31:00 | ||
| 2000-02-10 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Roy Dickieson. In this interview Roy talks about his family, deep snow, the Spanish Flu, school, funerals, politics, doctors, home remedies, potatoes, horses, blacksmiths, cattle, and various other topics. | |
| Roy Dickieson T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Dickieson, Roy | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:23 | ||
| 0000-00-00 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is a tape title Brit '97 T1. This tape consists of interviews done in Herefordshire, England. Interviewees listed are Pete, Gerry, Alf, and Megan. Topics covered include gypsies and ghosts stories. | |
| Brit '97 T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Brit '97 | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:42 | ||
| 1997-03-22 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This interview is with Elton R. Sharpe of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Elton talks about his work as a blacksmith. He talks about his apprenticeship with Frank Marks, sleighs, carriages, coal, other sleigh and carriage makers, Margate and Kensington, and his blacksmith shop. | |
| Elton Sharpe | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Sharpe, Elton R. | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:31:45 | ||
| 1996-02-22 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Royal White of Murray Harbour and Murray River, PEI. In this interview Royal talks about shipping, various goods and fish he hauled with his vessels, the different vessels he owned, doctors, storms, fishing, lobsters, Salmon, cod, Newfoundlanders, and various other topics. | |
| Royal White T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| White, Royal | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:04:08 | ||
| 2007-03-28 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Gordon "Bus" Gay of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Bus talks about his family, his uncle Wellington MacNeill and his businesses, foxes, shipping, livestock, horse races, tobacco, Lem Craswell, Ford Wilson, orphanages, Father Eric Dunn, The Butts and the swing bridge in Charlottetown, swimming, skating, and his friends. | |
| Bus Gay T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Gay, Gordon "Bus" | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:04:00 | ||
| 2010-01-06 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This tape begins with a story of Roy stealing his brother's car, continued on from tape sixteen. Roy briefly talks about his family before beginning a story about fires in Montague, which quickly changes to a story about cars. Roy then tells about how his brother Stanley died of typhoid fever, and then goes on to continue his story about a fire at Boon Thompson's in Montague. He then talks briefly about the Spanish flu, and then goes on talking about tuna and eel fishing, and then exporting them to Japan. Next, Roy tells about dogfish and fishing after his service in WWII. Roy then tells about well drilling and water witches, piloting a ship into Murray Harbour, and halibut fishing. He ends the interview with stories about Freeman Reynolds and some of the men who worked in the lobster factories in Murray Harbour. At the end of the tape he begins to tell about a pop factory, but the tape finishes soon after. | |
| Roy Clow T17 [Tape Seventeen] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Clow, Roy | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:04:01 | ||
| 2007-08-25 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with sisters L. Jean MacCann and Florence Rea (nee MacMillan) of Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Jean and Florence talk about home remedies, family, church, school, the family farm, chores, Christmas, foxes, how they met their husbands, entries from diaries, and various other topics. | |
| Jean MacCann and Florence Rea | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| MacCann (MacMillan), L. Jean / Rea (MacMillan), Florence | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:44 | ||
| 1998-02-25 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Glenn (nee Campbell) Murphy of Irishtown, PEI. In this interview Glenn talks about her name, her grandparents, home remedies, marriage, the Spanish Flu, cars, Lucy Maud Montgomery, her mother's cooking and baking, the Hindenburg, quiet Sundays, quilting and hooking, mussel mud, horses, Christmas, and various other topics. | |
| Glenn Murphy | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Murphy (Campbell), Glenn | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:32 | ||
| 2009-01-12 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This interview is with Stella McQuaid McDougall of Bedford, P.E.I. In this interview Stella talks about home remedies, house parties and dances, family, raffles, box socials, farming, working at Fenton Court's store, working as a housemaid, electricity, telephones, a car accident, Christmas, and her first trip to Charlottetown. | |
| Stella McQuaid McDougall T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| McDougall (McQuaid), Stella | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:15 | ||
| 0000-00-00 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is recording of a house being moved. It includes interviews and commentary from interviewees such as Shelley MacEwan, April Auret, Jackubus Auret, Justin MacEwan, and Peter Hicks. | |
| House Moving | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| MacEwan, Sally / Hicks, Peter / Auret, Jackubus / Auret, April / MacEwan, Justin | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:31:57 | ||
| 2003-06-05 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Elsie Woodside from Clinton, P.E.I. In this interview Elsie talks about her family, midwives and doctors, snow, farming, her husband Elton "The Flying Farmer" Woodside and his airplane, their airstrip, flying, pilots, mussel mud, and various other topics. | |
| Elsie Woodside | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Woodside, Elsie | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:05 | ||
| 2010-01-24 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Austin and Vivian (nee White) Graham of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview the Grahams talk about their family history, farming, Hunter River, Stanley Bridge, Cavendish, potatoes, cars, gravel, checkers, pack peddlers, hockey, Lucy Maud Montgomery, mussel mud, ice, and various other topics. | |
| Austin and Vivian Graham T1 [Tape One] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Graham, Austin and Vivian (White) | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:32 | ||
| 1998-01-15 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Henry L. Bishop of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Henry talks about Bishop's Foundry, his family, his childhood, Summerside and local businesses, WWII, school, cars, his first job, working as a farmhand, radio, Christmas, and various other topics. | |
| Henry Bishop | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Bishop, Henry L. | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:50 | ||
| 1998-01-29 |
| Recording Title | Overview: This is an interview with Frances Llewellyn (nee Lavers) of Georgetown, PEI. In this interview Frances talks about traveling over the ice, Georgetown, hats, homemade clothing, orphans, her family, her brother's service in WWII, horses, traveling, and various other topics. | |
| Frances Llewellyn T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Llewellyn, Frances (Lavers) | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 00:32:09 | ||
| 0000-00-00 |
| Recording Title | Overview: 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. | |
| Nora Wonnacott T2 [Tape Two] | ||
| Interviewee(s) | ||
| Wonnacott, Nora Alexandria (Halloran) | ||
| Playing Times | ||
| 01:03:41 | ||
| 1998-04-11 |
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