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Wiltshire Dairy

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wiltshire Dairy
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:31:41

Web Hayman T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hayman, Web
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Web Hayman. In this interview Web talks about trains, Pictou County, Lismore, trucking, rum runners and bootleggers, Tiny Mason, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1993-05-19
Duration:00:31:31

Web Hayman T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Hayman, Web
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Web Hayman of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Web talks about Ed Mason, bootleggers, Thurston Cook, trucking, driving cattle and horses, working in Saskatchewan, trains, butchering, Tiny Mason, rum running, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1993-05-19
Duration:01:03:21

Vernon McCarvill T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview continues with Vernon McCarvill talking about his grandparents, stories from the Monaghan's funeral home, being a part of a large family, their cold family house and getting wood and what they would trade for it, road conditions in winter and using horses, cars, cows, travelling "stallion man", working with horses and

Date Recorded:2004-01-07
Duration:01:35:27

Roy Clow T5 [Tape Five]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Roy Clow tells stories of the Georgetown Exhibition, showing cattle and the brawls that broke out between Gerogetown and Lower Montague. He then goes on to speak of metal working and repairs of cast iron goods and how he arrived in the fishing business. Roy Talks about how he paid $72 for his boat, and made his own gear, along with

Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:24

Roy Clow T19 [Tape Nineteen]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:The last of Roy Clows interviews continues talking about Joe Condon's love of lobster and never getting three of his trucks registered. He goes on to talk about Ralph Condon and their school days, his career in the Fisheries, becoming a second mate of the Seakness and getting the untrained captain fired, Reg Macdonald the bootlegger

Date Recorded:2008-02-08
Duration:01:04:15

Roland Pickering T1 [Tape One]

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 snowstorms, his ancestors, blacksmiths, family, ships, Peter McNutt, lobster factories, fishing, the Halifax Explosion, WWI, the Spanish Flu, courting, his wife, home remedies, the phantom ship, cars, Jim Tuplin, the Merchant Marines, WWII, and various

Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:15

Robbie Robertson T4 [Tape Four]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bruce, Clive
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:An interview with Robbie Robertson and introducing his friend Clive Bruce. Robbie and Clive are on a tour and talking about the post office, the cheese factory, buying a farm with his brother, families of fisherman and farmers, and the 1883 August Gale. The interview changes to Clive Bruce's life and he talks about the Halifax

Date Recorded:1996-04-26
Duration:01:03:35

Robbie Robertson T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview Robbie Robertson talks about his family, his father being a fisherman and his mother dying when he was young, one brother joining the Navy along with other locals, burials then and now, and different kinds of coffins. He goes on to talk about his school days, the prices of fish, his first time lobster fishing and

Date Recorded:1995-03-28
Duration:01:03:34

Remeberance '86

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Langille, Clyde
Contributor:Mellish, Ken
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:1986
Duration:00:31:30

Reg Dean

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dean, Reg
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Reg Dean. In this interview Reg talks about Trenton Car Works, coal, trams, schooners, school, his first job, baseball, hockey, his father's store, old businesses, WWII, meeting Babe Ruth, horses, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1994-04-24
Duration:00:50:16

Phantom Ship

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fraser, Betty Anne
Contributor:Fraser, Gordon
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a tape titled Phantom Ship. It is an interview with Gordon and Betty Anne Fraser and others covering topics such as the phantom ship, Henderson the Klondiker, and Cookie John Wilson.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:01:13

Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy T2 [Tape Two]

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, Colonel Herlihy, immigrants to Atlantic Canada, and Antigonish.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:18:40

Mike Avery

Type:Interview
Contributor:Avery, Mike
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview with Mike Avery he talks about his father's general store and the railway system being good for business, a job patrolling the tracks for debris, a trolly accident on the rails in Scotchfot, railway watches, joining the railway, the last person hired, the trucking industry, and trying to get rid of the railway. He

Date Recorded:1995-03-10
Duration:01:03:34

Merchant Navy

Type:Interview
Contributor:Crew, Norman
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:James, Donald
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Yeaden, Edison
Abstract:This interview is with Donald James from Pleasant Harbor NS, Norman Crew from Newfoundland, and Edison Yeaden discussing the Merchant Navy. It starts off with Norman Crew and he is talking about the Merchant Navy, life at sea, ships carrying war-brides, children and wounded soldiers, his Newfoundland background and his family, air

Date Recorded:2004-09-24
Duration:01:03:30

Maude Palmer

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Palmer, Maude
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Maude Palmer talking about her grandparents, brothers and sisters, being named for her Aunt Maude Thayer, her job in a telephone office in Boston, her first car ride in a Buick, chores on the farm, local church people, home remedies, trading eggs for goods at the local store, baking with her mother, jobs for

Date Recorded:2003-11-14
Duration:01:34:51

Mary Sage T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Sage, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview continues with Mary Sage talking about milk, her grandmother, bread, flour bag clothes, men versus women and women's jobs, Prince of Wales College and being homesick, Premier Alec Campbell, Georgie Read Barton, going to South Africa, John Rileym, Carol Burke, Gordon's death and her father, her job in Pictou, the changes

Date Recorded:2007-01-16
Duration:01:03:28

Mary Hancox

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hancox, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Hancox. In this interview Mary talks about her family, WWI and WWII, Christmas, life in Manchester, meeting her husband, her wedding, moving to Canada, living in Toronto, life in England, and her brother.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:01:29

MacRae Sisters T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacRae, Evelyn
Contributor:MacRae, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:1997-02-21
Duration:01:03:31

Mac Dixon T4 [Tape Four]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dixon, Mac
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:58:31

Mac Dixon T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dixon, Mac
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mac Dixon. In this interview Mac talks about the 1930s, blacksmiths, general stores, his father, hockey, Victoria, radio, cars, the Halifax Explosion, tractors, Christmas, teaching, rum, horses, mills, walking, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:21

Leo "Sailor" MacDonald T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, Leo "Sailor"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Leo "Sailor" MacDonald was the police chief of Springhill, Nova Scotia from 1952-1984, the longest serving chief in Canada. In this interview he discusses his home town of Springhill and some of the most notable expriences of his life. Mr. MacDonald talks mostly about his baseball career as a young man, when he was seen as one of the

Date Recorded:1994-03-08
Duration:01:04:03

Helen Lyle

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Lyle, Helen
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Helen Lyle. In this interview Helen talks about her ancestors, Mary Lyle, her house, Burt Lyle, James Lyle, a map of PEI, cheese, school, Charlottetown, Bunberry, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:51:02

Gordon Dockendorff

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dockendorff, Gordon
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Gordon Dockendorff. In this interview Gordon talks about his family history, Native Americans in Maine, crossing the ice, storms, his father, the 1930s, cars, bears, his ancestors, WWII, working in Charlottetown at a foundry, Bruce Stewart's, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:47:28

George Boswall

Type:Interview
Contributor:Boswall, George
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Geroge Boswall. In this interview George talks about Frenchfort, his family, farming, traveling on trains, cattle and livestock, mills, changes in Charlottetown, horses, foxes, schooners, exhibitions, Sundays, ice travel, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:35:27

Fred De Jonge

Type:Interview
Contributor:De Jonge, Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred"
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred" De Jonge from Hoek, Holland talking about his family heritage, his schooling, the war and Germans invading Belgium, France, and Holland, changes in food and farming, German soliders billeted in the village and how it affected them, V1 and V2 rockets, Canadians coming into the war, 2000

Date Recorded:2006-01-17
Duration:01:02:54

Fiddler MacDonald T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Side A is a break down of Fiddler's war time experiences. Where he got his his training, and where he served. He gives out details about his injuries, and how he incurred them. He describes what it's like to be shot and how many Germans he killed. Mr. MacDonald also discusses what he did after the war, and how he came back to PEI on a

Date Recorded:1994-11-08
Duration:01:03:46

Elmer Furguson T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Furguson, Elmer
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer Furguson. In this interview Elmer talks about his family history, his parents, the railway, his siblings, WWII, Christmas, school, Market Square, Davis and Fraser's, Canada Packers, killing pigs, the Halifax Explosion, horses, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:31

Ed Wood T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wood, Ed
Abstract:This is an interview with Ed Wood. In this interview Ed talks about the Harvest Excursion, cars, the Halifax Explosion, midwives, home remedies, homemade clothing, stores, planes, Pownal, boxing, rum runners, Christmas, pack peddlers, WWII, farming, skating, hockey, horses, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:01:32

Cora Ferguson

Type:Interview
Contributor:Ferguson, Cora
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Cora Ferguson. In this interview Cora talks about her family history, her parents, Victoria, Dan Ferguson, schooners, cheese factories, entertainment, the phantom ship, Kay Wood, hockey, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, Christmas, lobster canneries, religion, hotels, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1998-02-09
Duration:01:03:22

Clive Bruce T3 [Tape Three]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bruce, Clive
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Clive Bruce. In this interview Clive talks about bartering, cars, the railway, cancer, tough times, mussel mud, his father, ice, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-04-08
Duration:00:31:36

Clarisse Gallant T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gallant, Clarisse
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Clarisse Gallant. In this interview Clarisse talks about nicknames, meeting her husband, courting, school, the convent, teachers, school, Christmas, teaching, fishing, Gus Gregory, fires, the Acadians, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:38:48

Charlie Fraser T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fraser, Charlie
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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,

Date Recorded:2002-04-01
Duration:00:53:06

Bill Bruce

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bruce, Bill
Contributor:Bruce, John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Bill Bruce. In this interview Bill talks about his ancestors, cars, Sydney, flying, airplanes, WWII, Upton Airfield, Buzz Burling, pilots, Elton Woodside, bootleggers, St. Pierre, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:17:49

Art Doyle T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Doyle, Art
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Art Doyle who talks about Mount Stewart, how small it has become and how much time he spent outside of it, shipbuilding, raising water levels and why Mount Stewart used to be good for oyster fishing. He goes on to talk about R.C. Clark who was a great business man, fishing, ferries, the history of the blueberry

Date Recorded:1995-03-10
Duration:01:03:55

Warren Leard T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Leard, Warren
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview continues with Warren Leard talking about his father's broken leg and its effect on his work and life, Norwegian ship called the Nanby getting stuck on shore, woring in Lumber camps in New Brunswick, and what kinds of wood he worked with.
Date Recorded:2003-07-24
Duration:01:03:26

Warren Leard T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Leard, Warren
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Warren Leard talking about the building of an O'Leary mill, and his grandfather also building and buying a mill, cutting lumber and different kinds of wood, fire and rebuilding of the mill in 1887, moving houses and buildings around PEI, growing wheat and barley, and his father breaking his leg.
Date Recorded:2003-07-24
Duration:01:34:51

Vernon McCarvill T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Vernon McCarvill talking about working at the general store, grading eggs, moving mussle mud, swamp sand, his family, horse and sleighs, diptheria and the undertaker, home remedies, leaving Prince Edward Island and moving around until he settled in Ontario, working with Canada Packers and travelling with the

Date Recorded:2003-12-17
Duration:01:35:17

Tiny Mason/Eddie MacLeod

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacEachern, Donnie
Contributor:Macleod, Eddie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Eddie MacLeod and Donnie MacEachern. In this interview they talk about Tiny Mason, rum runners, bootleggers, Captain Jimmy Brown, Angus "The Bank" MacGillivray, Hughie MacLeod, Archie MacPhee's store, dances, the 1930s, moose, horse, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:10

Smith Sisters

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Smith, Ausline Axworthy
Contributor:Smith, Dorothy Chandler
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ausline and Dorothy Smith. In this interview the Smith Sisters talk about their parents, midwives, doctors, family, skating and hockey, Christmas, Wheatley River, cars, school, home remedies, postal workers, potato picking, WWII, courting, marriage, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:28

Roy Dickieson T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dickieson, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Roy Dickieson. In this interview Roy talks about foxes, cars, mills, chickens, fairs, homemade clothes, milk, socials, his family, the Hindenburg, telephones, storms, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:42:16

Roy Dickieson T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dickieson, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:23

Roy Clow T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Stories as told by Roy Clow of Murray Harbour North that also include Sturgeon, Montague and the Arctic Sea. Tales of traveling doctors, Sealing, farm living, pack salesmen, earthquakes, horses, ice cream and a near death experience while welding in the Atlantic Ocean. Stories take place from 1920s-1950s.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:23

Roy Clow T12 [Tape Twelve]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Roy speaks of some of his firsts: buying his first boat, making his first moonshine and his first near death experience. He also talks of his neighbor Ben Miller and how he once stole a keg of rum from his brother Stanley. Roy also talks about work fishing when he was only 12, and about the time he and his good friend George once

Date Recorded:2006-08-11
Duration:01:04:06

Roy Clow T11 [Tape Eleven]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Roy speaks about the entrepreneur Albert Griffin and his many adventures. Most notably his time spent as a rum runner and bootlegger. Mr. Griffin travels to St. Pierre Miquelon several times for "hand brand" alcohol and other forms of drink. On one occasion his boat is impounded by the French authorities, and he rescues it from their

Date Recorded:2006-07-25
Duration:01:03:25

Roland Pickering T2 [Tape Two]

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

Robbie Robertson T3 [Tape Three]

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

Robbie Robertson T2 [Tape Two]

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

Date Recorded:1995-03-28
Duration:01:03:26

Ralph Matheson

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

Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy T1 [Tape One]

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

Orphanage

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

Nelson Matherly

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

Milton Buell T2 [Tape Two]

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

Milton Buell T1 [Tape One]

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

Mel Fowler

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

Mary Sage T1 [Tape One]

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

Date Recorded:2007-01-16
Duration:01:35:27

Mary Morrissey

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

Date Recorded:2004-01-08
Duration:01:03:20

Marguerite Stewart T2 [Tape Two]

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

Date Recorded:2004-01-28
Duration:01:03:13

Marguerite Stewart T1 [Tape One]

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

Date Recorded:2004-01-28
Duration:01:03:20

Marguerite Howatt

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