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	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: 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

	Recording Title	Overview: This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about his wedding, cars, church, home remedies, stores, mills, his family, Victoria, pianos and piano players, WWII, local characters, his parents, his grandfather, and various other topics.
	Mac Dixon T3 [Tape Three]
	Interviewee(s)
	Dixon, Mac
	Playing Times
	01:03:16
	0000-00-00

	Recording Title	Overview: This interview is with Frank Whelan of Souris, P.E.I. Frank begins by telling about his family history, life in the 1930s, and his dream of running a store. He talks about working for the railway, opening a general store in New Zealand, supplies for the store, and factories in the Souris area.
	Frank Whelan T1 [Tape One]
	Interviewee(s)
	Whelan, Frank
	Playing Times
	01:03:40
	1995-03-09

	Recording Title	Overview: In this interview with Arthur Hughes he talks about dances and house parties, moonshine and rum running, the Roman Catholic and Protestant divide, his mother and her family, the Hughes side of his family, changes after the war, the Great Depression, flour and sugar bags made into clothing, thrashing, and the Charlottetown liverly stables.
	Arthur Hughes T2 [Tape Two]
	Interviewee(s)
	Hughes, Arthur and Hunter, Eileen and Tom
	Playing Times
	01:00:38
	0000-00-00

	Recording Title	Overview: This interview is with Sterling Robert "Ginger" MacKay and John MacEachern of Charlottetown, P.E.I. The interview beings with Ginger talking about the history of the healing springs and his grandfather. Ginger and John then tell about the different people healed by the springs, the water itself, spirituality, plans for the future, and their long friendship. They then tell about rum running, horse races, snowstorms, driving on the Hillsborough River during the winter, and horses.
	Ginger MacKay
	Interviewee(s)
	MacKay, Sterling Robert "Ginger" and MacEachern, John
	Playing Times
	01:03:55
	1995-04-24

	Recording Title	Overview: This interview is with Edith Pryce talking about her family history and being raised by her grandparents, her grandfather an expert cabinet maker, Christmas, her sister Lois, her father and drives to the beach, working at her father's business repairing car tires, stores on Kent Street, a boarding house, Montreal, the china cabinet contents, stories about her uncle Harry and recieving a letter and trinkets from him, how she met her husband, and their dog Mr. Chips.
	Edith Pryce
	Interviewee(s)
	Pryce, Edith
	Playing Times
	01:34:36
	1996-01-11

	Recording Title	Overview: This is an interview with Ralph Matheson. In this interview Ralph talks about milk, cheese, New Glasgow, blacksmiths, firewood, doctors, midwives, thrashing, horses, tractors, cattle, the 1930s, peddlers, Christmas, and various other topics.
	Ralph Matheson
	Interviewee(s)
	Matheson, Ralph
	Playing Times
	01:03:22
	0000-00-00

	Recording Title	Overview: This is an interview with Ethel Thomson (nee Leard) of Tryon, P.E.I. In this interview Ethel talks about her family, Christmas, midwives and doctors, church and Sundays, chores on the family farm, cars, school, electricity, painting, funerals, courting, and various other topics.
	Ethel Thompson
	Interviewee(s)
	Thompson (Leard), Ethel
	Playing Times
	01:03:08
	0000-00-00

	Recording Title	Overview: This is the sixth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling a story about sailing back from New York on the M. M. Gardner and almost crashing into the Devil's Limb off of Seal Island. He then talks about the Marine, explains "slushing the spars", and tells a story about almost colliding with the Victory Chimes. He goes on to talk about marine chronometers, tugboats, and rum runners.
	Captain Thomas Trenholm T6 [Tape Six]
	Interviewee(s)
	Trenholm, Captain Thomas
	Playing Times
	01:04:04
	2000-12-21

	Recording Title	Overview: This is the third interview with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about men's and women's hockey, the Pleasant View Hotel, the Victoria rink, courting, going to Rhode Island, Dunrovin, schooners and sea captains, Dr. Hillcoat, church and tea socials, cars, how she and Howard met and their wedding, and a plane crash in 1933.
	Kay Wood T3 [Tape Three]
	Interviewee(s)
	Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam
	Playing Times
	01:03:33
	1998-02-09

	Recording Title	Overview: This is the last of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about his family's involvement in the Spanish Civil War, his training in marine engineering, traveling to Asia during the 1930s, the Basque people and their culture, a story about his mother and sister helping people at the airport, and his life in Liverpool.
	Vincent Elordieta T4 [Tape Four]
	Interviewee(s)
	Elordieta, Vincente "Vincent" Doroteo
	Playing Times
	01:03:36
	1996-07-25

	Recording Title	Overview: This is an interview with Gordon Carver of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about windmills, wharves, Lettie MacKinnon, telephones, radios, Atkins' store, businesses in Charlottetown, raising chickens, electricity, snowstorms, potato farming, family, Wellington MacNeill and cattle buyers, Western horses, blacksmiths, roads, William A. Chandler, and various other topics.
	Gordon Carver T2 [Tape Two]
	Interviewee(s)
	Carver, Gordon
	Playing Times
	01:04:14
	2010-01-08

	Recording Title	Overview: This is a tape titled Remembrance '86. It is a recording of interviews with Ken Mellish and Clyde Langille. Some topics covered include WWI, WWII, training in England, medals, kilts, and getting wounded.
	Remeberance '86
	Interviewee(s)
	Mellish, Ken and Langille, Clyde
	Playing Times
	00:31:30
	1986-00-00