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Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pickering, Roland
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about WWII, convoys, ships, burials at sea, Captain Pike, the Merchant Marines, rum running, sunken ships, drownings, French River, Christmas, potatoes, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:10

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and 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

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview with Robbie Robertson he talks about his father's shipbuilding, about the roads during his youth, trading fish during the Depression and how fishing has changed, rum running and tricks used to avoid the police, electricity, his first radio and the horrible condition of the roads during the 1930s. He goes on to talk

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Matheson, Ralph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:22

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Herlihy, Elwyn
Contributor:Hicks, Peter
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy. In this interview they talk about their ancestors, the family home, their barn, apples, and various topics related to the family farm.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:31:33

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a tape titled Orphanage. It includes stories and discussion about the orphanage in Mt. Herbert. Some topics covered include students, teachers, religion, horses, and former employees of the orphanage.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:02

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Matherly, Nelson
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Nelson Matherly. In this interview Nelson talks about his dairy farm, cattle, butter, ice, cars, milk factories, milk, moose, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:56:08

Type:Interview
Contributor:Buell, Milton
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Milton Buell of Abney, PEI. In this interview Milton talks about cars, chewing tobacco, Dr. Brehaut, funerals, poverty, the 1930s, shipping and fishing, school, radio, rum running, home remedies, Mt. Herbert, working at an orphanage, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1995-02-27
Duration:01:03:38

Type:Interview
Contributor:Buell, Milton
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Milton Buell of Abney, PEI. In this interview Milton talks about going out on the Harvest Excursion, traveling on the trains, farming, the railway, stores in Murray River, milk, mussel mud, blacksmiths, doctors, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1995-02-27
Duration:01:03:42

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fowler, Mel
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mel Fowler. In this interview he talks about his family, cars, traveling, hockey, dancing, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1993-06-15
Duration:00:16:45

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Sage, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Mary Sage talking about her grandparents on both sides of her family, home remedies, becoming a teacher, quiet Sundays, her father's workshop, the ferry lodge being built, leaving PEI for Nova Scotia to get a job, stories about her father and his many jobs, Christmas time, Dr. Lester and the death of her mother

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Morrissey, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Mary Morrissey talking about her grandparents from Springfield, home rememdies, her father James and his farm, her mother and coils of hay, teaching school and women's jobs, getting sick with the Spanish Flu, her first teaching jobs, polio affecting her brother Leo, a travelling tailor, self sufficinecy, her big

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart, Gordon
Contributor:Stewart, Marguerite
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Marguerite Stewart talking about deliveries to the cellar in the house on School Street, where they shopped in Charlottetown, her grandfather and the Salvation Army, how she met her husband Gordon, working in a dress shop, an interview to sing in New York City, singing on CFCY, Christmas, the Cudmore and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart, Marguerite
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Marguerite Stewart talking about her family, the LePage family and their general store, the Cudmore and Rattary families, her grandparents and her aunt that helped raise her and her brothers, her father selling the farm and moving them to Charlottetown and what he did for work there, Ritz apartments and former

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Howatt, Marguerite
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Marguerite Howatt. In this interview Marguerite talks about her family history, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, home remedies, lobster factories, her husband, couring, the 1930s, house parties, WWII, religion, cars, the Tuplins, foxes, radio, church, doctors, hockey and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1997-04-11
Duration:01:03:10