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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
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  • Date Recorded:2004-09-24
  • Duration:01:03:30
Lucy LeClair
  • 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
Kay Wood T1 [Tape One]
  • 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
Frank Whelan T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Whelan, Frank
  • Abstract:This interview is with Frank Whelan of Souris, P.E.I. Frank begins by telling about his family history, life in the 1930s, and his dream of running a store. He talks about working for the railway, opening a general store in New Zealand, supplies for the store, and factories in the Souris area.
  • Date Recorded:1995-03-09
  • Duration:01:03:40
Frank Vickery
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Vickery, Frank N.
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Frank N. Vickery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Frank talks about his service in the navy during WWII, sailing on the HMCS Chambly, U-Boats, survivors, depth charges, mail, leave, Scotland, Churchill, and various other topics related to his service.
  • Date Recorded:2000-02-10
  • Duration:00:31:00
Flo Turner T1 [Tape One]
  • 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
Clayton Ballum T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 grandfather making caskets and ghost stories. He then talks about home remedies, doctors, midwives, and planting by the moon. He then goes on to talk about tractors, horses, the 1956 ice storm, and the first telephones and cars. Clayton
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-10
  • Duration:01:03:55
Albert Murnaghan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, John Albert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Albert Murnaghan of Stratford and Fort Augustus, P.E.I. In this interview Albert talks about growing up in Charlottetown, school, Market Square, coal, snowstorms, rum running, businesses in Charlottetown, murder, and the Harland.
  • Date Recorded:2004-01-03
  • Duration:01:35:51
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,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-12-11
  • Duration:01:03:56
Tom and Eileen Hunter
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hunter, Eileen
  • Contributor:Hunter, Tom
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Tom and Eileen Hunter of West Royalty, P.E.I. In this interview Tom and Eileen talk about the changes in West Royalty, local businesses, Prince of Wales College, how they met, their wedding and honeymoon, Tom's service with the RAF during WWII, Tom's life in Scotland and his service in the war, plane crashes,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-02-21
  • Duration:01:03:33
Ruth Stewart
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Louise Stewart (nee Garnhum) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, the last execution on P.E.I., the Whitlocks, growing up in Charlottetown, businesses and places around Charlottetown, going to Boston for surgery, school, her pet parrot, her husband, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1998-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:09
Ralph Gallant T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gallant, Amelia
  • Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" and Amelia Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about his family, his service in WWII, his work in coal mines, and his time spent in jail. Amelia talks about her family, how she met Ralph and their marriage, raising their 14 children while working as a waitress
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  • Date Recorded:1997-10-22
  • Duration:01:03:44
Norbert Corcoran T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Corcoran, Norbert George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second tape of an interview with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. This tape begins with the continuation of a discussion from Tape One about mussel mud. Norbert then goes on to tell about fox ranching, farming, E. T. Botts and general stores, potatoes, chickens, fish, pigs, and machines. Next he tells about
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-03
  • Duration:01:03:51
Neil MacNeill T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacNeill, Neil
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Neil MacNeill of Little Sands, PEI. In this interview Neil talks about the family farm, mills, the Compton's, the lumber business, the starch factory and potatoes, shipping, buying and selling cattle, horses, tractors, fishing, livestock, traveling on the train, Christmas, blueberries, snow, trashing, and
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01-17
  • Duration:01:04:01
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
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  • Date Recorded:2004-01-28
  • Duration:01:03:13
MacDonald Bros. T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 home children, Orwell, school, Gaelic, their family history, doctors, forerunners, snowstorms, cars, local businesses, egg grading and trading, locals, church and religion, and Donald's service in

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  • Date Recorded:2010-01-18
  • Duration:01:03:03
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,
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01-03
  • Duration:01:03:57
Louis Cantelo T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cantelo, Louis
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. In this interview Louis talks about the Harvest Excursion, J. Walter Jones, liquor, socials and entertainment, home remedies, his grandparents, shipbuilding, Sundays, ice travel, the Dundas Fair, cars, blacksmiths, horses, working in the lumber woods, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:2000-03-01
  • Duration:01:03:05
Louis Cantelo T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cantelo, Louis
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. In this interview talks Louis about his ancestors, the Belfast Riot, mills, slavery, bears, Christmas, farming, sheep, nicknames, sea captains, school, shipping, Bridgetown, fairs, horsepower, cars, courting, life during the 1930s, religion, funerals, and various other
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-07
  • Duration:01:33:13
Laura Whitty
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Whitty (Gallant), Laura
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Laura Whitty (nee Gallant) of St. Charles, PEI. In this interview Laura talks about her family, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, stores, the 1930s, school, Christmas, working as a housekeeper, food, entertainment, homemade clothes and soap, berries, horses, house parties, snow, how she met her family, living
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01-21
  • Duration:01:04:00
Kay and Pat Horgan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Horgan (Ryan), Kay
  • Contributor:Horgan, Patrick Casimir
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Patrick Caismir and Kay (nee Ryan) Horgan of Stanhope, P.E.I. In this interview Pat and Kay talk about their fathers, how they met, courting, moving to PEI, horses, farming, Pat's service aboard the HMCS Uganda during WWII, the end of WWII, Kay's pen pals, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-02-26
  • Duration:01:03:34
John Stephen and Mildred MacDonald T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald (Hughes), Mildred
  • Contributor:MacDonald, John Stephen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John Stephen and Mildred (nee Hughes) MacDonald of North Lake, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about the SS Charlottetown, John's service in WWII, Dr. Gus, politics, Billy MacMillan, home remedies, family, horses, potato farming, mining, Christmas, ghosts, and work in the lumber woods.
  • Date Recorded:2009-01-21
  • Duration:01:04:03
John Riley
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Riley, John M.
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with John M. Riley of Charlottetown, P.E.I. It appears on Side B of William Stavert Tape Two. John Was a fighter pilot who served in WWII. He was shot down over Tunisia and was placed in the Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War camp. In this interview John talks about being shot down, sweeps over France, fighter planes
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  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:00:32:04
Jessie Beck T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Beck, Jessie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jessie Beck. In this interview Jessie talks about her family's immigration from England, John Norton, the Norton English Oak trees, and John Norton's relatives.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-22
  • Duration:00:22:25
Jessie Beck T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Beck, Jessie
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jessie Beck of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Jessie talks about her ancestors and family history, John Norton, doctors, the Owen family, Bunbury, farms in Sherwood, her home being accidentally bombed during WWII, radio, cars, roads, horses, sailboats, prohibition, and camping in Brudenell.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-13
  • Duration:01:03:53
Jean MacCann and Florence Rea
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacCann (MacMillan), L. Jean
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:McCann (MacMillan), L. Jean
  • Contributor:Rea (MacMillan), Florence
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with sisters L. Jean McCann and Florence Rea (nee MacMillan) of Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Jean and Florence talk about home remedies, family, church, school, the family farm, chores, Christmas, foxes, how they met their husbands, entries from diaries, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-02-25
  • Duration:01:03:44
James Montgomery T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetow, P.E.I. It appears on Side A of Alvin MacSwain Tape Two. In this interview James tells about chewing tobacco, going to business college in Charlottetown, working at Bruce Stewart and Co., his first car ride, selling candy, Charlottetown in 1918, and the last hanging
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-11
  • Duration:00:19:36
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
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  • Date Recorded:1997-09-30
  • Duration:01:03:41
Gus Gregory T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory of Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about accidents at sea, the first draggers in the area, and local fish plants. He then talks about life on the draggers, the decline in fish numbers, and tuna fishing. He tells about rum running, fast cars, bootlegging in Souris, and liquor
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-28
  • Duration:01:03:55
Estelle and Lenie Bolger T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bolger, Cornelius Patrick "Lenie"
  • Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Estelle and Cornelius Patrick "Lenie" Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about Lenie's fiddle playing and other fiddlers, their families, how they met and courted, Estelle's work as a lady barber, the Halifax Explosion, and home remedies.
  • Date Recorded:2004-04-20
  • Duration:01:03:54
Elmer McInnis T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:McInnis, Elmer
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Thomson, Robyn and MacKay, Paul
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer McInnis of Lorne Valley West, PEI. In this interview Elmer McInnis talks about his early childhood and his family, meeting his wife Mable, working on the farms, his favorite horses, the Spanish Flu and World War I.
  • Date Recorded:Unknown year
  • Duration:01:02:50
Earl and Annie Richards
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Richards, Annie Sarita (MacKenzie)
  • Contributor:Richards, Earl Thomas
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Annie Sarita (nee MacKenzie) and Earl Thomas Richards of Alberry Plains, P.E.I. In this interview Earl and Annie talk about their ancestors, the Belfast riots, church, shipbuilding, farming, stores, mills, horses, mechanic work and cars, the Titanic, the Halifax Explosion, WWI and WWII, school, and bears.
  • Date Recorded:1995-12-11
  • Duration:01:03:29
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
Charlie Scranton T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Scranton, Charlie
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about his family history, moving to PEI, commercial travelers and pack peddlers, horses and traveling on the ice, chickens, foxes, cars, tractors, farming, receiving the Order of Canada and other awards, his
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  • Date Recorded:2010-02-08
  • Duration:00:57:20
Captain Thomas Trenholm T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
  • Abstract:This is the third tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling about trips to and from British Guiana with mention of a pet monkey. He then goes on to tell about superstitions and old time sailors, the sinking of the Cape D'Or, a trip down to Barbados with his wife
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-16
  • Duration:01:35:54
Andrew Murnaghan T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Murnaghan, Andrew Robert
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Andrew Robert Murnaghan of Tarantum, P.E.I. In this interview Andrew talks about farming by the phases of the moon, his family, blacksmiths, hauling and selling mussel mud, potato farming, horses, school, traveling to Charlottetown, pack peddlers, local stores, local characters, entertainment, home remedies,
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  • Date Recorded:1997-02-18
  • Duration:01:03:43
Alvin MacSwain T1 [Tape One]
  • 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. In this interview Alvin talks about his family and his ancestors, farming, the Peters Road community, home remedies, Dr. Lester Brehaut, school, and his service in the army during WWII.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-14
  • Duration:01:03:15