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No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Earl Kennedy. In this interview Earl talks about oak trees that his family bought from the Norton family which still stand on his property and his father's return from WWI with tuberculosis.
Earl Kennedy
Interviewee(s)
Kennedy, Earl
Playing Times
00:09:34
1998-04-22
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This tape is about the Wiltshire Dairy. It includes descriptions of how butter is made, cream and milk delivery, cattle, local dairies, and sounds from the factory.
Wiltshire Dairy
Interviewee(s)
Wiltshire Dairy
Playing Times
00:31:41
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the second interview with Annie G. MacDougall (nee McKay) of Bideford and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Annie talks about her family, snowstorms, traveling to Summerside and Charlottetown, teaching, radios and televisions, her father's carpentry work, her mother, entertainment, the Yankee Gales graves, cherry trees, chores as a kid, church, building movers, and her dogs.
Annie MacDougall T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
MacDougall (McKay), Annie G.
Playing Times
01:03:29
2002-01-30
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. In this interview talks Louis about his ancestors, the Belfast Riot, mills, slavery, bears, Christmas, farming, sheep, nicknames, sea captains, school, shipping, Bridgetown, fairs, horsepower, cars, courting, life during the 1930s, religion, funerals, and various other topics.
Louis Cantelo T1 [Tape One]
Interviewee(s)
Cantelo, Louis
Playing Times
01:33:13
1995-12-07
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about shipping, thrashing, horses, moonshine and rum, politics, hockey, house parties, fiddlers, Steven Sherren the pilot, traveling, Bill Creamer, ghosts, Sundays, lobster, Jimmy Quinn, Martha Walker, WWII, and various other topics.
Mac Dixon T4 [Tape Four]
Interviewee(s)
Dixon, Mac
Playing Times
00:58:31
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with Chalrie Fraser from Georgetown. In this interview he is talking about railways in Borden and Mount Albion, a railway driver, the snow storm in 1923 and being stuck in Souris for a week, switching from steam to diesel, retiring from the rails, his best memories of working on the railway, things that trains hit, and getting his first car, radio, and ear phones.
Charlie Fraser T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Fraser, Charlie
Playing Times
00:53:06
2002-04-01
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Mary and Evelyn MacRae. In this interview the sisters talk about they lighthouse they lived in, church, boats, cars, lobster canneries, their father, their siblings, movies, Christmas, blacksmiths, home remedies, their mother, rum running, their grandparents, Sundays, and various other topics.
MacRae Sisters T1 [Tape One]
Interviewee(s)
MacRae, Mary and Evelyn
Playing Times
01:03:31
1997-02-21
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with Bessie and Leroy Murdoch of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. The interview begins with discussion of the phantom ship and ghosts. Leroy then tells about his first fishing boat. Discussion moves on to lobster prices, canneries, Salmon, and John Doyle. They then tell of farming and Fen Thompson, the Arbuckles, and Ed Mason. In the second portion of the interview, mention of Ed Mason continues, and the Murdochs go on to tell about Tiny Mason and bootlegging during the prohibition. They then go on to tell about locals, general stores, and characters in the area.
Bessie and Leroy Murdoch
Interviewee(s)
Murdock, Bessie and Leroy
Playing Times
01:03:36
1993-03-15
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Elmer and Amy MacDonald. In this interview Elmer and Amy talk about family in Boston, the 1930s, doctors, money, food prices, school, WWII, fishing, lobster canneries, tuna, Matthew and MacLean's, tailors, stores, egg circles, her father, Souris, Charlottetown, and various other topics.
Elmer and Amy MacDonald T1 [Tape 1]
Interviewee(s)
MacDonald, Elmer Joseph and Amy (Malone)
Playing Times
01:03:05
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Jessie MacKinnon (nee Nicholson) of Eldon, P.E.I. In this interview Jessie talks about school, doctors and midwives, her family background, home remedies, her grandparents, going to the dentist, traveling, sleighs, WWI, lobsters, boarding houses, going to business college, Charlottetown, stores, Belle River, Sundays, life on the family farm, her marriage and her husband, working as a telephone operator, snow, the Prince Nova ferry, and various other topics.
Jessie MacKinnon
Interviewee(s)
MacKinnon (Nicholson), Jessie
Playing Times
01:35:07
2001-01-10
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Ruby Mae Chappell (nee Gamester) of North Granville, P.E.I. In this interview Ruby talks about her family, her grandparents death in an accident, trains, Breadalbane, traveling, cars, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, doctors, Christmas, life on the family farm, horses, church, peddlers and delivery men, house parties, her first job, the South Granville Church, and various other topics.
Ruby Chappell
Interviewee(s)
Chappell (Gamester), Ruby Mae
Playing Times
01:03:48
2003-03-22
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: Jack Dixon playing songs.
Jack Dixon
Interviewee(s)
Dixon, Jack
Playing Times
00:15:36
0000-00-00
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with Margaret Matilda "Hilda" MacDonald (nee MacPhee) of Clearspring and Selkirk, P.E.I. In this interview Hilda talks about the Halifax Explosion, her family, ghosts, Selkirk, Christmas, horses, homemade soap and butter, trading eggs for groceries, music and dances, fiddlers, rum running and moonshine, Captain Dicks, cars, radio, Dr. Gus, blacksmiths and sleighs, her father's funeral, pack peddlers, and traveling to Charlottetown.
Hilda MacDonald
Interviewee(s)
MacDonald (MacPhee), Margaret Matilda "Hilda"
Playing Times
01:03:41
1996-04-26
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with Boswell Alexander Robertson of Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Boswell talks about home remedies, farming, the 1930s, potatoes, farm machinery, school, cookhouses, Christmas, radio, traveling salesmen, family, and various other topics.
Boswell Robertson T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Robertson, Boswell Alexander
Playing Times
01:03:16
2002-03-02
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about his family history, mills, his father and his work with horses and the mail, Breadalbane, snow, cars, doctors, life on the family farm, egg trading, Crapaud, trains, Victoria, school, hockey, and various other topics.
George Wooton T1 [Tape One]
Interviewee(s)
Wooton, George
Playing Times
01:02:20
2006-01-27
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the last of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about a fire at Prince of Wales College, poetry, Christmas, ghosts, Lenie Bolger, dancing, church, homemade goods, peddlers, traveling, radio, nursing, Dr. George of O'Leary, and WWII blackouts and rationing.
Kay Jelley T6 [Tape Six]
Interviewee(s)
Jelley, Kathleen "Kay" H.
Playing Times
01:03:39
2004-01-07
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the second half of an interview with John "Stanley" Stavert of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Stanley tells about his work on lobster trap haulers, fishing draggers, artillery shells, and other equipment. He talks about his foundries, fires, ice travel, and cars. There is also mention of work he did during WWII.
Stanley Stavert T2 [Tape Two]
Interviewee(s)
Stavert, John "Stanley"
Playing Times
01:03:49
2001-01-26
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the eighth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Tom begins by telling about the end of the schooner Marine. He then talks about his father's love for schooners and tells stories of going to Barbados. Tom then talks about becoming first mate at age 15, captain at 17, and the sinking of the Douglas E. Parks. He then talks about his brothers Russell, who served in WWI, and Harry, who sailed on the Amazetia along with Russell. Tom then tells about different kinds of rum, how the rum trade worked, and a story about the Ida M. Zink. He talks about different Maritime captains, hauling gravel, the time Jack Reid saved his life, superstitions, and schooners and cargo. The tape concludes with discussions about the St. Simon, the Vera Marie T., and produce prices.
Captain Thomas Trenholm T8 [Tape Eight]
Interviewee(s)
Trenholm, Captain Thomas
Playing Times
01:03:36
2002-01-13
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This interview is with John Moore of Milton, P.E.I. John tells about the history of his house and the family farm, the history of the area, and local businesses. He mentions farm machinery, cars, trains, and his family. He also talks about entertainment, life growing up, school, blacksmiths, and traveling.
John Moore
Interviewee(s)
Moore, John
Playing Times
01:35:50
1999-01-10
No image availableRecording TitleOverview: This is the first half of an interview with James "Keir" MacKay of Darnley and Summerside, P.E.I. Keir begins by telling about his birth, Dr. Keir, and the Darnley Lighthouse. He then tells about his father's death from spinal meningitis and the funeral they held. He goes on to talk about selling milk and cream to John Cousins' factory, his father's farm, his family, and then tells stories about his uncle Hart Abbott. He then talks about the Malpeque Wharf, McNutt's store, tobacco, Jim Cousins' starch factory, mussel mud, and eggs. He tells about harvesting grain, going to Darnley School, plowing and harrowing, and his first job working on Herb Ramsay's farm in the 1930s at age 14. There is also mention of tractors, airplanes, oyster shell plaster, home remedies, potatoes, horses, and foxes.
Keir MacKay T1 [Tape One]
Interviewee(s)
MacKay, James "Keir"
Playing Times
01:03:51
1999-01-28