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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacKinnon, Bob
Contributor:MacKinnon, Queenie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Bob and Queenie MacKinnon begins with the topic of Lettie MacKinnon, Bob's mother, who ran a maternity and boarding home out of her farm house. They talk about her job as a midwife, moving to Earnscliffe, the maternity house, and tell of Will Coady's wife giving birth during a winter storm. The conversation then

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald, Donald
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Macdonald, David
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Donald and David MacDonald, brothers from Kinross, P.E.I. In this interview the MacDonald brothers talk about cobblers, cars, family, Christmas, apples, farming, horses, superstitions, potatoes, moonshine and liquor, pigs, cattle, thrashing, the SS Harland, homemade goods, tractors, their father Murdoch

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murnaghan, Lucy
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lucy Murnaghan of Summerville, P.E.I. In this interview Lucy talks about her family, home remedies, school, horses, work on the farm, her first job, cars, snow, food, fiddlers and dances, entertainment, traveling, Sundays, electricity, telephones, pigs, and pack peddlers.
Date Recorded:2008-09-17
Duration:01:03:45

Type:Interview
Contributor:LeClair (Gallant), Lucy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lucy LeClair (nee Gallant) of Rustico and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lucy talks about her grandparents, WWII, sewing, her brothers, her parents, moving to Charlottetown, home remedies, fishing, school, how she met her husband Leonard, her marriage, Christmas, church, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:35:02

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:Clark (Doull), Lillian
Contributor:Clark, Howard
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lillian (nee Doull) Clark and her husband Howard. In this interview they talk about family, ice boats, Cape Traverse, deep snow, lobster canneries, transportation, ferries, and discuss various topics while looking at their photo album.
Date Recorded:1996-05-10
Duration:01:03:43

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farrell, Leo
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leo Farrell of Rosehill, P.E.I. In this interview Leo talks about organic potato farming, horses, mussel mud, orchards, cheese and cheese factories, pack peddlers, seafood, a cable ferry, fox ranching, rum, playing the fiddle, dances, entertainment, restaurants, radio, fiddle players, and a plane crash in

Type:Interview
Contributor:Coulson, Leighton J.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with J. Leighton Coulson of Sea View, P.E.I. In this interview Leighton plays some tunes on the harmonica and talks about his family, school, snow, lobster fishing, foxes, horses, farming, church, tobacco, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-01-12
Duration:01:04:05

Type:Interview
Contributor:Cameron, Kathleen C.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Kathleen C. Cameron of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Kathleen talks about coal, farm animals, horses, going to the Union Commercial College in Summerside, her stenography work, different jobs she had, Brace and MacKay's, CNR, fox ranching, movie houses, traveling, trains, her family, the Harvest

Type:Interview
Contributor:Crane (Gawn), Joyce
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Joyce Crane (nee Gawn) of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. and Croydon, England. In this interview Joyce talks about life growing up in England, her family, serving in the WAAF during WWII, German bombing of England, meeting her husband Bruce, and moving to the Island with him after the war.
Date Recorded:2003-08-04
Duration:01:03:40

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLean (Maynard), Jennie Pearl
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jennie Pearl MacLean (nee Maynard) of Port Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Jennie talks about blacksmiths, her family, home remedies, doctors, her birth, concerts and plays, Christmas, the Titanic, WWI and WWI, school, chores on the family farm, cars, horses, traveling, working in Boston, the

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Marshall (McVittie), Jeanette "Jessie"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jeanette "Jessie" (nee McVittie) Marshall of Westmoreland and Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Jeanette talks about Christmas, the Lucky Birds, cars, entertainment, horses, socials, pack peddlers, doctors, her husband's family, the Tanton, rum and dances, Sundays, Jessie Chisholm, and various other topics

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLellan, Janie Pat
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Janie Pat MacLellan of Arlington, P.E.I. In this interview Janie talks about work on the family farm, her family, deep snow, sleighs, horses, school, Christmas, home remedies, WWI, the Spanish Flu, life during the 1930s, homemade goods, seafood, pack peddlers, Sundays, cars, apples, potatoes, and various

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Schurman, Howard
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Howard Schurman of Summerside. In this interview Howard talks about his family home, being a farmer, his education, staying home during WWI, The Bedeque Ddairy, horses, foxes, The Halifax Explosion, rum running, the 1930s, dogs, ice boats, telephones and radios, his deed to the Schurman home, politics, mussel