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Walter MacLure T2 [ Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLure, Walter L.
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Walter L. MacLure of West Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Walter talks about smoking meat, ice, traveling, gristmills, Christmas, lobster, hockey, cars, the Hindenburg, carpentry, lumber, electricity, livery stables, Charlottetown, and snow. There is also mention of church, Falconwood,

Date Recorded:2003-12-11
Duration:01:03:56

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

Susan Andrews

Type:Interview
Contributor:Andrews (Jones), Susan
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Susan Andrews (nee Jones) of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Susan talks about her parents, the railway, Hazelbrook Station, taxis, Charlottetown, music lessons, home remedies, dairies, school, teaching, multiple sclerosis, orphans, Boston, blacksmiths, stores, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-08-08
Duration:01:03:17

St. Teresa Heritage Fair T1 [ Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:St. Teresa Heritage Fair
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of the St. Teresa Heritage Fair in St. Teresa, P.E.I. It includes various interviews with interviewees such as John Roach, Johnny Gill, Leo Gill, Karen Smith, and Deanna Curran. Topics covered include trapping, animal pelts, baseball, food, blacksmiths, horseshoeing, the railway, and fiddlers.
Date Recorded:2000-10-28
Duration:00:47:40

Robert Farquarson

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farquarson, Robert Montague
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Robert Montague Farquarson of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Robert talks about his ancestors, Mt. Stewart, his father, the railway, animals in town, ponds, Charlottetown, WWI, school, WWII, teaching, Prince of Wales College, working for Canada Packers, his garage and car rental business, The Butts and

Date Recorded:2007-01-11
Duration:01:36:06

Ralph Cooke

Type:Interview
Contributor:Cooke, Ralph
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Ralph Cooke of Cape Wolfe, P.E.I. He begins by talking about fishing at Cape Wolfe, Riley's lobster cannery, lobster fishing, and his beginnings as a fisherman at age 11. He then goes on to talk about changes in cod fishing over the years, the Cooke family name, Christmas, life growing up, his grandparents, and

Date Recorded:2003-07-17
Duration:01:35:28

Mary Redmond

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Redmond, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Mary Redmond of Vernon River, P.E.I. In this interview Mary talks about her grandparents, her mother and her work as a nurse and midwife, The Great Depression, her husband, raising her children as a single parent, school, teaching, the Hindenburg, and gender roles.
Date Recorded:2006-01-20
Duration:01:03:09

Margaret Shaw

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Shaw (Matheson), Margaret
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Margaret Shaw (nee Matheson) of Appin Road and Bonshaw, PEI. In this interview Margaret talks about Christmas, her family, home remedies, doctors, school, snow, traveling to town, ferries, ice travel, farming, the telephone, electricity, church, socials, horses, apples and berries, maple syrup, cars, ghosts

Date Recorded:2010-01-05
Duration:01:35:53

Lulu Thomson T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Thomson (MacArthur), Lulu
Abstract:This is an interview with Lulu Thomson (nee MacArthur) of Elmsdale, PEI. In this interview Lulu talks about the her grandparents, lime kilns, eggs, homemade clothes, livery stables and inns in Elmsdale, pack peddlers, the mailman, parties, the family farm, the airbase in Sherbrooke, electricity and plumbing, storms, entertainment,

Date Recorded:2009-01-03
Duration:01:03:57

Lorne Francis

Type:Interview
Contributor:Francis, Lorne
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lorne Francis of Fortune Bridge, PEI. In this interview Lorne talks about his father's carriage shop and the family business, sleighs, horses, wagons, famous people he knew, cars, school, potatoes, rum running, life in the 1930s, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2003-01-23
Duration:01:02:07

Layton Millar

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Millar, Layton
Contributor:Millar, Olive
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Layton Millar of Ellerslie, P.E.I. His wife Olive also partakes in the interview, and there is a period towards the end where his friend Edwin Dennis speaks for a few moments. Layton begins by telling about his family, farming, homemade clothes and goods, and potato farming. He talks about cattle, creameries,

Date Recorded:2003-07-04
Duration:01:33:28

Keith Pratt T4 [Tape Four]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pratt, Keith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about many different topics detailing his life in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rural Prince Edward Island. In this recording he talks about several of his firsts: his first expierences with planes, tractors, phones and radios. He also talks about evolution of egg grading stations, and what kind of people ate

Date Recorded:2003-07-24
Duration:01:03:51

Keith Pratt T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pratt, Jean
Contributor:Pratt, Kieth
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about his early days on the railway and in Western PEI. He focuses on the widening of the railway tracks and the switch from steam to diesel. Jean Pratt makes an appearance on SIDE B when the conversation shifts to how they met and Mrs. Pratt's first opinions of the Island and its people.
Date Recorded:2003-07-11
Duration:01:03:52

Katherine Dewar

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dewar, Katherine
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Katherine Dewar of Summerside, PEI. In this interview Katherine talks about her family and their involvement in politics, her father's work with horses and cars, her father's work as Sheriff in Summerside, her mother's work as Deputy Sheriff, politics, the 1956 ice storm, and various stories about prisoners

Date Recorded:2009-02-09
Duration:01:04:10

John Trainor T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trainor, John
Abstract:This is an interview with John Trainor of Southport, P.E.I. In this interview John talks about his family, home remedies, life in the 1930s, potato farming, cars, horses, chores, forerunners and ghost stories, telephones, school, dances, Christmas, rum running and moonshine, traveling on the ice, delivering mail, storms, his service

Date Recorded:2007-01-09
Duration:01:36:07

John and Lois Campbell T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Campbell (MacKay), Lois
Contributor:Campbell, John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John and Lois (nee MacKay) Campbell of Graham's Road, PEI. In this interview John and Lois talk about their marriage, hockey, childbirth, home remedies, Christmas, traveling by horse and sleigh, deep snow and storms, electricity, indoor plumbing, appliances, Lois' father, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2006-01-16
Duration:00:34:50

Jimmy "The Lake" MacDonald

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald, Jimmy "The Lake"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jimmy "The Lake" MacDonald of St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Jimmy talks about the healing springs, his family history, Dr. Roddie, nicknames, ice travel, chores on the farm, his parents, electricity, the telephone, rum running, hockey, horses, potato farming, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2006-01-26
Duration:01:03:49

Jack and Mary Rodd T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D.
Contributor:Rodd, Jack
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jack and Mary D. (nee MacCaull) Rodd of Charlottetown and Winsloe, P.E.I. In this interview Jack and Mary talk about blacksmiths, tractors, horses, foxes, family, home remedies, thrashing, fish, farming, how they met, teaching, WWI, tuberculosis, hockey, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1999-01-18
Duration:01:03:29

Irene MacNevin

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacNevin (MazKenzie), C. Irene
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with C. Irene MacNevin (nee MacKenzie) of Bonshaw, P.E.I. In this interview Irene talks about several things including her family, school, farming, cars, traveling, emigration, religion and, doctors.
Date Recorded:1996-07-16
Duration:01:03:42

Hester Linkletter

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Linkletter, Hester
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Hester Linkletter talking about driving a Model-T Ford, her birth and familly home, her mother Irene Bell, aunt Helen Smith Bell, and her grandfather Albert Bell and how much she loved them, meeting her husband, teaching and how much she was paid, school days, home rememdies, Christmas time, her aunt Patience

Date Recorded:2003-11-07
Duration:01:34:36

Harold Linkletter T3 [Tape Three]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about the 1956 ice storm, electricity, the telephone, radio, quiet Sundays and church, Summerside, blacksmiths, the circus, ice races, livery stables, the Spanish Flu, the 1929 earthquake, his birth, traveling, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1997-09-30
Duration:00:36:00

Harold Linkletter T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Linkletter, Harold
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Linkletter of Linkletter, PEI. In this interview Harold talks about plowing, horses, courting, cars, WWII, working as a taxi driver, dance halls and restaurants, Summerside, eggs, milk, wheat, ice, mills, fertilizer, picking potatoes, Christmas, school, sleighs, Art Linkletter, the 1956 ice storm, and

Date Recorded:1997-09-30
Duration:01:03:41

Greta Grigg T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Grigg (MacLennan), Greta
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Greta Grigg (nee MacLennan) of Port Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Greta talks about her birth, Christmas, home remedies, her parents, Port Hill, drownings, self sufficiency, her work at a lobster factory, dances, Milligan and Morrison's, Tyne Valley, ice storms, electricity, Courtney Maynard, big families,

Date Recorded:2006-02-01
Duration:01:03:21

Gerald Best

Type:Interview
Contributor:Best, John "Gerald"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Gerald" Best of Crapaud and Tryon, PEI. In this interview Gerald talks about his family, the Spanish Flu, doctors, home remedies, Christmas, Crapaud, school, electricity, farming, horses, driving the school van, snow, cars, potatoes, the Hindenburg, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2007-02-08
Duration:01:35:05

Fred Leard

Type:Interview
Contributor:Leard, Frederick J. W. "Fred"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Frederick "Fred" J. W. Leard of Augustine Cove, P.E.I. In this interview Fred talks about his father, butchering, school, Christmas, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, church, German POWs, blacksmiths, horses, fishing and smoking herring, ice boats, and rum running.
Date Recorded:1996-07-21
Duration:01:03:43

Ernest MacDonald

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, Ernest
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Ernest MacDonald talking about walking many miles, his mother taking care of older people, working on the sea as a cook, his ship being blown up, becoming a fisherman while most of his family were farmers, what he liked about living on the water, storms on the water, and the family farm.
Date Recorded:2003-10-21
Duration:00:57:17

Enid Birch T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Birch, A. Enid
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with A. Enid Birch (nee Newcombe) of Birch Hill and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Enid talks about music, her husband, dances, politics, blacksmiths, doctors and home remedies, going to Summerside on the train, local businesses, food, electricity, mills, chores on the farm, life in the 1930s, and various

Date Recorded:1999-01-19
Duration:01:35:16

Deighans T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose
Contributor:Deighan, Charles William "Charlie"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Charles William "Charlie" and Rose (nee O'Keefe) Deighan of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview the Deighans talk about Charlie's work on the railway, Christmas, home remedies, Charlie's father, hockey and baseball, bootlegging, family history, Rose's family and life growing up in Newfoundland, how they met

Date Recorded:1998-01-29
Duration:01:03:42

Deighans T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Deighan (O'Keefe), Rose
Contributor:Deighan, Charles William "Charlie"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Charles William "Charlie" and Rose (nee O'Keefe) Deighan of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview the Deighans talk about their families, trains, home remedies, Rose's father who served in WWI, how they met, Charlie's service in WWII with the Black Devils, and Charlie's work with the railway after the war.
Date Recorded:1998-01-29
Duration:01:03:40

Dave Mills

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Mills, David Neil
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with David Neil Mills of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dave talks about his model train, his father's work on the railway, diesel engines, water towers, roundhouses, railway workers, taxis, businesses in Charlottetown, cars, day trips, and various other topics about the railway.
Date Recorded:2003-06-25
Duration:01:03:47

Clayton Ballum T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Ballum, Clayton N.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his family and his background. He then goes on to tell a little about the first time he had electricity, milk, and potato picking. He tells of waking up with a dead man in his bed, a story about looking for a job, his mother's cooking, and

Date Recorded:2003-07-10
Duration:01:35:55

Alvin MacSwain T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacSwain, Alvin
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Alvin MacSwain of Peters Road, P.E.I. It begins approximately 20 minutes into Side A of the second tape. The first portion of the tape is an interview with James Montgomery. Alvin talks about his service in WWII, crossing the Atlantic on the RMS Mauretania, his parents, going on leave during the war, Sundays,

Date Recorded:1999-01-14
Duration:00:43:51