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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Patton, Raymond
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Raymond Patton begins with a discussion of his father's work as a blacksmith. The conversation then moves on to farming, then on to the Mason family and fishing. Raymond goes on to tell about Ed and Tiny Mason, as story about his father Scott going to town for coal, and working in the woods. Raymond and Dutch

Type:Interview
Contributor:Johnstone (Thompson Little), Mildred
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mildred Johnstone (nee Thompson) from Dunstaffnage, P.E.I. Mildred begins by telling about the Apple Tree Stewarts, wharves, and boats on the Hillsborough River. She then talks about the history of Dunstaffnage, her grandfather, the Vickersons, the Stewarts, and diphtheria. She tells about breeding cattle,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This tape is the second half of an interview with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about women working, his work in banks in New York during the 1920s and 1930s, the stock market crash of 1929, The Great Depression, movies, Broadway plays, New York, baseball, hockey, speakeasies and

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Moase (Cairns), Louise
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Moase (nee Cairns) of New Annan, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her birth, the end of WWI, her family, home remedies, school, life in the 1930s, life on the farm, homemade goods, her husband, her wedding, traveling in the winter, storms, Summerside, quiet Sundays, entertainment, and

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
Date Recorded:1996-04-24
Duration:01:35:37

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wood, Katherine "Kay" Haslam
Abstract:This interview is with Katherine "Kay" Haslam Wood of Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about school, farming, her family, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, holidays, the general store, money, blacksmiths, transportation, courting, entertainment, church, pack peddlers, ghosts, skating, and hockey.
Date Recorded:1996-04-05
Duration:01:03:31

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLean, James A. "Jim"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Jim (James A.) MacLean of Montague, P.E.I. Jim begins by telling about his grandfather's forge, his father, and the Adams family. He then talks about his birth, working as a "Soldier of the Sod" during WWI, school, farming, gristmills, and life growing up in Montague. He talks about Maggie McGee, the Halifax

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacCannell, Hamm
Contributor:MacCannell, Marion
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Marion and Hamm MacCannell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Marion begins by telling about her family history, her uncle's meat and ice business, and other businesses in Charlottetown. She tells about her school days, both as a student and teacher, and talks about taking the train to Hampshire. Hamm tells about selling

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald, Dougall "Dunkie"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Turner, Florence Charlotte "Flo"
Abstract:This is an interview with Florence Charlotte "Flo" Turner of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Also included on this tape is Dougall Dunkie MacDonald. In this interview they talk about Tiny and Ed Mason, rum running and bootlegging, Stormy Sandy, fishing, lobster and fish canneries, fires, local families, dances, cars, and peddlers.
Date Recorded:1993-02-28
Duration:01:03:48

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Waugh, Audrey
Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Elmer Waugh of f Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. It includes his wife Audrey Waugh (nee Simmons). This interview begins with Audrey telling about her relation to King George III and Queen Elizabeth. She also talks about how she and Elmer met. Then Elmer tells about farming, potatoes,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the third of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about the Spanish Flu, breaking the roads, his father and his illnesses, his mother and her work as a postmistress, Eaton's catalogues, electricity, indoor plumbing, washing machines, Sundays, his

Type:Interview
Contributor:Jones, Bryer
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Bryer Jones. In this interview Bryer talks about school, career as a teacher, Prince of Wales College, H. B. MacLean and his family, Dr. George Dewar and other doctors, midwives, illnesses and home remedies, his grandparents, plane crashes, and the Hindenburg.
Date Recorded:2007-02-21
Duration:01:03:55

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fitzgerland, Terrence L. "Babs"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Terrence L. "Babs" Fitzgerald of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Babs talks about Chief Birtwhistle, his ancestry and the Fitzgerald family, the Wiggins side of his family, politics, horses and deliverymen in Charlottetown, his mother's ring and its connection to Admiral Lord Nelson, his mother's work

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Newport (Whitlock), Ruby Muriel
Contributor:Newport, Anthony Charles
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Anthony Charles and Ruby Muriel (nee Whitlock) Newport of Mount Edward Road in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Anthony and Ruby talk about Hunter River, starch factories, potato farming, school, family, radio, Anthony's family history and their immigration to Canada from Wales, Anthony's service in

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow continues on from tape fourteen. Roy begins by finishing a story about Finlayson's dam, and catching and cooking eels. Roy then talks about Jack Leeco's aluminum air-cooled touring car. The conversation then changes to black mitts on a fishing boat, and then on to other fishing superstitions. Roy then