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Tommy Duncan T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Duncan (Sweet), G. Pearl
Contributor:Duncan, Thomas S. "Tommy"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Thomas S. "Tommy" and G. Pearl (nee Sweet) Duncan of Woodstock, P.E.I. In this interview Tommy and Pearl talk about his age, school, doctors and his appendicitis, traveling to Summerside, home remedies, family, general stores, Coleman, Christmas, bartering, WWI, politics, horses, trains, cars, tractors, how

Date Recorded:2000-10-06
Duration:01:34:31

Sandy Fraser

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fraser, Sandy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Sandy Fraser of Halifax, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Sandy talks about his family, the Halifax Explosion, growing up in Halifax, his parents, working at various hotels including the Nova Scotian in Halifax and the Charlottetown Hotel, bootleggers, WWII, taxi drivers, Charlottetown, and

Date Recorded:2008-02-21
Duration:01:04:15

Russell Bernard

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bernard, Russell Daniel Henry
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Russell Daniel Henry Bernard of Hunter, PEI. In this interview Russell talks about growing up in Hunter River, local businesses, WWI and the Spanish Flu, eggs, the starch factory, tractors and cars, blacksmiths, radios, working for the railroad, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2001-01-08
Duration:00:31:52

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 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

Nora Wonnacott T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wonnacott (Halloran), Nora Alexandria
Abstract:This is an interview with Nora Alexandria Wonnacott (nee Halloran) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Nora talks about her family history, her father and his work, growing up in Charlottetown, Christmas, cooking, WWI, how she met her husband Bruce, courting, dances, and entertainment.
Date Recorded:1998-04-11
Duration:01:03:21

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 Livingstone

Type:Interview
Contributor:Livingstone (Bryenton), Mary
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Livingstone (nee Bryenton) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Mary talks about growing up on Union Road, trains, cars, horses, the farm, church, Christmas, the mail route, her siblings, homemade goods, dances, movies, her siblings, the 1930s, Charlottetown, sewing, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-02-26
Duration:01:03:06

Mary Jone Phillips T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Phillips (Jones), Mary Emma
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Mary Emma (Jones) Phillips of Harrington, P.E.I. Mary begins by telling about her family and she and her brother going out to Saskatchewan to teach. She tells about her trip out West on the train, her father fishing lobster, their family farm in Harrington, and horses. She then talks about the first Women's

Date Recorded:1995-04-12
Duration:01:04:12

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

Louise Moase

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

Date Recorded:1999-10-29
Duration:00:47:36

Lillian Doull Clark

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

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

Kay Jelley T5 [Tape Five]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Jelley, Kathleen H. "Kay"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the fifth of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her father's horses, family coming home from away for the summers, the name Swabey, her parents, her siblings, potato and berry picking, fish, and washing clothes.
Date Recorded:2004-01-07
Duration:01:03:42

Kathleen Cameron T1 [Tape One]

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 her family, the Titanic and WWI, Frank Tuplin and his car, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, school, convents, Summerside and its businesses, millinery, Sinclair and Stewart's store, blacksmiths and livery

Date Recorded:1998
Duration:01:03:00

Jim MacLean T1 [Tape One]

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

Date Recorded:1995-03-21
Duration:01:03:51

Jennie MacLean T1 [Tape One]

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

Date Recorded:1999-02-04
Duration:01:03:18

Jean Down T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Down (Hamm), Jean
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jean Down (nee Hamm) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Jean talks about her father's service in WWI, the letters he sent home, his life after the war, and her husband Ross.
Date Recorded:2007-02-07
Duration:00:28:59

Jean Down T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Down (Hamm), Jean
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jean Ross (need Hamm) of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Jean talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, how she met her husband, school, her aunt Addie Hamm, her parents, and readings of her father's letters from his service in WWI.
Date Recorded:2007-02-07
Duration:01:03:41

Janie Pat MacLellan

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

Date Recorded:1999-01-02
Duration:01:03:44

Fred Black

Type:Interview
Contributor:Black, Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Lt.-Col. Charles Frederick "Fred" Black of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Fred talks about his family history, Charlottetown, family businesses, school, his first jobs, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, home remedies, his family going to California, the military history of his family, his

Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:34:05

Ethel Thompson

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson (Leard), Ethel
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ethel Thomson (nee Leard) of Tryon, P.E.I. In this interview Ethel talks about her family, Christmas, midwives and doctors, church and Sundays, chores on the family farm, cars, school, electricity, painting, funerals, courting, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:08

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

Earl Kennedy

Type:Interview
Contributor:Kennedy, Earl
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Earl Kennedy. In this interview Earl talks about oak trees that his family bought from the Norton family which still stand on his property and his father's return from WWI with tuberculosis.
Date Recorded:1998-04-22
Duration:00:09:34

Charlie Bell T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about attending Prince of Wales College, the phantom ship, WWI and his uncle Fred Bell, The Great Depression, Holman's, radios, Jim Crockett, forerunners, his teaching career, and his work as a

Date Recorded:1995-12-07
Duration:01:03:26

Celia McCloskey T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCloskey (MacEachern), Mary Cecilia "Celia"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Cecilia "Celia" McCloskey (nee MacEachern) of Bear River and Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Celia talks about her life in New York, poetry, funerals, church, Christmas, family, her mother, her father and his service in WWI, dogs, sheep, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-02-18
Duration:01:03:40

Bill Stewart T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart, William McMillan "Bill"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with William "Bill" McMillan Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Bill talks about victory at Vimy Ridge, Canadian efforts there, his and his brothers who served in the war. He also talks about being exposed to mustard gas, his recovery in the hospital, and his return to the army soon after.
Date Recorded:1986
Duration:00:22:30

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

Avila Rogers T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Rogers (Mathieson), Avila
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Avila Rogers (nee Mathieson) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Avila talks about movies and plays, growing up in Charlottetown, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, life in the 1930s, her family and their involvement in politics, her family history, growing up on Water Street,

Date Recorded:2001-01-17
Duration:01:35:00

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

The Newports T2 [Tape Two]

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 their wedding, their home in Hazelgrove, house parties and dances, horses, strong men, deep snow, family, school, jobs, Dr. Muchison, Hunter River, home remedies,

Date Recorded:1998-01-30
Duration:01:03:40

The Newports T1 [Tape One]

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

Date Recorded:1998-01-30
Duration:01:03:46

Sylvina Murphy

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murphy (Despres), Sylvina
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Sylvina Murphy (nee Despres) of Montague, PE and Adamsville, NB. In this interview Sylvina talks about Christmas, her family, working for Dr. Lyons in Moncton, growing up in Adamsville, school and teaching, food, midwives, Eaton's, life during the 1930s, music and entertainment, hooking and weaving, homemade

Date Recorded:2009-01-13
Duration:01:04:04

Stanley Stavert T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stavert, John "Stanley"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John "Stanley" Stavert of Charlottetown, P.E.I. Stanley talks about his life growing up on his father's farm and how he became interested in working with machinery. He talks about what work was like on the farm, his family, and some of the first machines he saw. He tells about how he built his own furnace, got a

Date Recorded:2001-01-26
Duration:01:35:15

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

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

Ray Brooks T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Brooks, David "Ray"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the first of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview Ray talks about Dr. Brehaut, his family, home remedies, the Great Depression, mills, homemade clothes, sheep, and Christmas. He also talks about telephones, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Scarlet Fever, farming, potatoes, apples, and geese.
Date Recorded:2003-11-07
Duration:01:03:46

Ralph Gallant T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about moving to Sasketchewan on the Harvest Excursion at age 14, life out West, signing up for WWII at age 15, his father and his service in WWI, the family home, horses, lobster fishing, his mother, and home remedies.
Date Recorded:1999-02-11
Duration:01:03:21

Pansy and Gavin Reid T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Reid, Gavin David
Contributor:Reid, Pansy Maria (Myers)
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Pansy Maria (nee Myers) and Gavin David Reid of Victoria Cross and Montague, P.E.I. In this interview Pansy and Gavin talk about family, Christmas, blacksmiths, veterinarians, stores in Montague, Pansy's brother who served in WWI, the Halifax Explosion, horses, cattle, school, church, mills, sheep, and their

Date Recorded:1995-12-20
Duration:01:03:30

Nellie Young

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Young (Mossey), Nellie Mary
Abstract:This is an interview with Nellie Mary Young (nee Mossey) of Souris and Red Point, P.E.I. In this interview Nellie talks about her grandparents, home remedies, WWI, clothes, doctors and midwives, cooking at Johnston's factory, North Lake, school, Christmas, family, potato picking, cars, television, courting, stores in Souris, the Women

Date Recorded:2002-04-04
Duration:01:03:40

Muriel MacKay T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Muriel
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Muriel MacKay of Albany, P.E.I. In this interview Muriel talks about her family history, Christmas, WWI and WWII, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching, horses, chores on the farm, trips to Charlottetown and Summerside, cars, snowstorms, funerals, pack peddlers,

Date Recorded:1996-01-04
Duration:01:03:33

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 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

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

Maisie Adams T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Adams (Lamont), Maisie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about running the lighthouse in French River, storms and drownings, ships in the harbour, family, rum running, foxes, The Great Depression, stores in French River, WWI, the Spanish Flu, and a story about a bank

Date Recorded:1997-04-11
Duration:01:03:40

Louis MacDonald T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald, Louis Richard
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about the background of Cornwall, his family history, his siblings, the family farm, doctors, WWI and WWII, telephones, illnesses, ghosts, his father, the MacDonalds, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-11
Duration:01:03:42

Louis Cantelo T3 [Tape Three]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Brown, Robert
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. Also included in this interview is Robert Brown. In this interview Louis and Robert talk about the Belfast Riot, ancestors, cars, mills, boxing, mills, water witches and wells, tanning, trapping, living in Boston, firewood, apples, Seven Mile Road, and various other topics

Date Recorded:2000-03-01
Duration:01:02:50

Lorne Stevenson

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stevenson, J. Lorne
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with J. Lorne Stevenson of New Glasgow, P.E.I. Lorne begins by telling about planning to join the army during WWI, but joining the navy instead. He tells about training in Halifax, crossing the Atlantic to Liverpool, his navy uniform, Islanders in WWI, the HMS Goshawk, and sunken ships. The then talks about

Date Recorded:1995-04-11
Duration:01:36:02

Lester MacLeod T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLeod, John "Lester"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Lester" MacLeod of Victoria and Albany, PEI. In this interview Lester talks about growing up in Victoria, his family, home remedies, his father's meat and cattle business, doctors, the SS Harland, shipping cattle, playing hockey growing up, going to Denver with Tic Williams to play hockey, and various

Date Recorded:2004-02-12
Duration:01:03:40

Leslie Evans

Type:Interview
Contributor:Evans, Leslie
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Leslie Evans. In this interview Leslie talks about church, cider, his father, coffins, home remedies, cars, horses, funerals, WWI, church bells, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:10

Leo Farrell T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farrell, Leo
Contributor:Johnston, Astrid
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 sleighs, blacksmiths, carriages, traveling, cars, farm equipment, shopping, Christmas, doctors, the Spanish Flu, school, electricity, and fox ranching. Leo also plays the fiddle with Astrid Johnston accompanying him on the piano.
Date Recorded:1999-01-19
Duration:01:03:18

Joyce Paynter T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Paynter (Andrews), Joyce
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Joyce Paynter (nee Andrews) of Sutton, England and French River, P.E.I. In this interview Joyce talks about her husband's letters from WWII, the Battle of Britain, bombings and air raids, news during the war, WWI, moving from England to PEI, life on their farm in French River, doctors, the Flying Farmer, her

Date Recorded:1998-03-03
Duration:01:03:35

Johnny Chuck MacAdam T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about his nickname, school, snowstorms, ice travel, mills, family, the Halifax Explosion, WWI, the Spanish Flu, marsh hay, horses, blacksmiths, potato farming, starch factories, butter, mussel mud, Bishop

Date Recorded:1999-01-20
Duration:01:35:36

Joe O'Hanley T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:O'Hanley, Joe
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Joe O'Hanley. In this interview Joe talks about his family history, fishing, lobster canneries, drownings, home remedies, Dr. Roddie, superstitions, Gaelic, horses, butchers, shoveling snow for the railway, jobs he did, potato farming, chewing tobacco, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:38

Jim MacAuley

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacAuley, James A. "Jim"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with James A. "Jim" MacAuley of Grand Tracadie, P.E.I. Prior to his death in 1999, Jim was the last living WWI veteran on the Island. Jim begins by telling about his birth in Tracadie and growing up in an orphanage. He then tells about his father's work as a fisherman, old fishing boats, and school. He then goes on

Date Recorded:1995-04-11
Duration:01:35:11

Jessie MacKinnon

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacKinnon (Nicholson), Jessie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jessie MacKinnon (nee Nicholson) of Eldon, P.E.I. In this interview Jessie talks about school, doctors and midwives, her family background, home remedies, her grandparents, going to the dentist, traveling, sleighs, WWI, lobsters, boarding houses, going to business college, Charlottetown, stores, Belle River,

Date Recorded:2001-01-10
Duration:01:35:07

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

Date Recorded:1999-01-11
Duration:00:19:36

James Montgomery T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview James talks about his work as a traveling salesman selling candy and an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company. He also talks about general stores, Christmas, college, cars, mills, entertainment, Charlottetown, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Date Recorded:1997-04-07
Duration:01:03:39

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

Hilda MacDonald

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald (MacPhee), Margaret Matilda "Hilda"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Margaret Matilda "Hilda" MacDonald (nee MacPhee) of Clearspring and Selkirk, P.E.I. In this interview Hilda talks about the Halifax Explosion, her family, ghosts, Selkirk, Christmas, horses, homemade soap and butter, trading eggs for groceries, music and dances, fiddlers, rum running and moonshine, Captain Dicks

Date Recorded:1996-04-26
Duration:01:03:41

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

Herb Schurman T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about Christmas, snow and snowplowing, Crystal Rink, German POWs, his family, doctors and home remedies, school, characters, cars, his brother's service in WWI, the Halifax Explosion and the Spanish Flu, life growing up in Summerside,

Date Recorded:2000-11-24
Duration:01:03:39

Helen Chandler T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Chandler, Helen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Helen Chandler of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about various things including her family, The Great Depression, farming, airplanes, cars, radio, horses, pack peddlers, electricity, and war.
Date Recorded:1998-02-03
Duration:00:53:06

Heffells T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about their family background, their parents, blacksmiths, horses, school, chores, farming, WWI and WWII, fox ranching, potato farming, Christmas, pack peddlers, cars, sleighs, and horse races.
Date Recorded:1997-04-11
Duration:01:03:37

Harold Martin

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Martin, Harold Neil
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Neil Martin of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Harold talks about his family, MacDonaldites, school, WWI, his Scottish heritage, religion, the Spanish Flu, funerals and undertakers, factories, ice, his father's work as a wheelwright and his time in Milwaukee, farming, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1998-01-20
Duration:01:03:40

Gwen Edwards T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Edwards, Gwen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Gwen Edwards of Kington, Herefordshire, England. This interview begins with Gwen discussing her birth and her family. She then talks about her sister Annie, who was on the Titanic, and then about chores on the farm and walking to school. She then tells about her father, WWI, and jobs her family held. She and

Date Recorded:1993-11-30
Duration:01:03:55

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

Grace Swan

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Swan (Watts), Grace
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Grace Swan (nee Watts) of York, P.E.I. In this interview Grace talks about her family, doctors, Christmas, WWI, the Spanish Flu and other illnesses, midwives, pack peddlers, York, the family farm, school, religion and Sundays, flour bag clothes, socials, Market Square, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2007-01-05
Duration:01:35:55

German POWs

Type:Interview
Contributor:Campbell, Oscar
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McGrath, Arnold
Contributor:Quigley, Elsie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of interviews regarding German prisoners of war. Interviewees include Oscar Campbell, Arnold McGrath, and Elsie Quigley. Some topics covered include POWs, the Spanish Flu, WWI, the railroad, and ghosts.
Date Recorded:1996-07-21
Duration:00:31:53

Georgie MacBeth

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacBeth (Dingwell), Georgie Helen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Georgie Helen MacBeth (nee Dingwell) of Montague and Forrest Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Georgie talks about Lucy Maud Montgomery, her mother, school, her family, cars, homemade goods, home remedies, the family farm, Christmas, cholera, Charlottetown, Prince of Wales College, teaching, church,

Date Recorded:2000-11-29
Duration:01:35:04

George Hart T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hart, George Edward
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with George Edward Hart of Brighton in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about his family, growing up in Brighton, WWI and the Spanish Flu, radio and CFCY, Bobby Cotton, rum running and bootlegging, the Burtwhistles, teaching, school, cars, general stores, pop, and old Charlottetown.
Date Recorded:2009-07-22
Duration:01:04:04

Friday Walker

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday"
Abstract:This is an interview with Spurgeon William "Friday" Walker of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Friday talks about his grandfather and father working as harness makers, his work on the railway, trains, shipping, his nickname, hockey, doctors, rum running, Georgetown, cars, blacksmiths, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2000-11-28
Duration:01:34:57

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

Fred Coles T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:Coles, Fred
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:The interview with Fred Coles continues with discussion about WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, seeing the Hindenburg, the Depression, local farms, local stores, mussel mud, and his church and burial place. The interview switches over to Roy Clow who talks about his life as a child and playing in a boat with George Miller

Date Recorded:2003-12-03
Duration:01:03:28

Everett MacDougall T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDougall, Everett
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Everett MacDougall of Glenwood and Vernon Bridge, PEI. In this interview Everett talks about shipping, traveling, stores, Christmas, the 1930s, schooners, fish and lobster, his grandparents, home remedies, Sundays, entertainment, WWI, pack peddlers, school, snow, sleighs, rationing, and various other topics

Date Recorded:2007-01
Duration:01:03:48

Evelyn MacFarlane

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacFarlane, Evelyn
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Evelyn MacFarlane. In this interview Evelyn talks about hotels, tourism, her family background, family, school, home remedies, WWI, the Spanish Flu, hockey, blacksmiths, pack peddlers, Todd Hollow, cars, the 1930s, religion, her husband, bushing the ice, traveling, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1998-01-28
Duration:00:49:17

Estelle Bolger T4 [Tape Four]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bolger, Estelle
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Estelle Bolger of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Estelle talks about Joe Bun Gaudet and playing on the radio, Christmas, her family, the Georgetown Exhibition, her husband Lenie, dancing, playing music, working in the barbershop, earthquakes, and helping the doctors.
Date Recorded:2006-01-16
Duration:01:03:38

Enid Birch T1 [Tape One]

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 her music education, playing the organ, winters, driving, cars, movies, fox ranching, Summerside, the Titanic, WWI, her family, school, the Spanish Flu, blacksmiths, funerals, Christmas, and various other

Date Recorded:1999-01-13
Duration:01:03:18

Emmett Hickey T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hickey, John "Emmett"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with John "Emmett" Hickey of Indian River, P.E.I. In this interview Emmett talks about his years as a lobster fisherman, running the Fish Island Lighthouse, schooners, rum running, mussel mud, ice travel, cars, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1999-01-25
Duration:01:03:20

Elsie Collier T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Collier (Bowdridge), Elsie Harris
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Elsie Harris Collier (nee Bowdridge) of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. and formerly Burgeo, Newfoundland. In this interview Elsie talks about growing up in Newfoundland, her siblings, scarlet fever and other ailments, doctors, home remedies, her parents, her family history, fishing, the 1929 earthquake, dogsleds,

Date Recorded:2002-01-29
Duration:01:03:10

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

Ella Willis T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Willis (Edwards), Ella
Abstract:This is an interview with Ella Willis (nee Edwards) of Hampshire, P.E.I. In this interview Ella talks about Charlottetown, music lessons, the railway, WWI, school, the Spanish Flu, snow, her work as a nurse, Hunter River, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2006-11-30
Duration:01:03:00

Ella Willis T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Willis (Edwards), Ella
Abstract:This is an interview with Ella Willis (nee Edwards) of Hampshire, P.E.I. In this interview Ella talks about her family, traveling, life on the family farm, chores, potatoes, Sundays and church, school, her first car ride, WWI and the Halifax Explosion, picnics, Christmas, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2006-11-29
Duration:01:03:40

Elizabeth MacEwan

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacEwan, Elizabeth
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Elizabeth MacEwan. In this interview Elizabeth talks about her ancestors, ice travel, horses, blacksmiths, the Harland, general stores, pack peddlers, Christmas, her family, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, church, the family farm, cheese, cattle, cars, doctors and midwives, electricity, skating, ships, airplanes

Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:28

Eleanor Lowe

Type:Interview
Contributor:Lowe, Eleanor Mary
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Eleanor Mary Lowe of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Eleanor talks about her family, life growing up in the early 1900s, Prince of Wales College and Model School, local businesses in Charlottetown, movies, opera, traveling to Montreal and Toronto to study art, radio and telephones, and her work as an art

Date Recorded:2004-09-29
Duration:01:03:28

Edith Pryce

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pryce, Edith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Edith Pryce talking about her family history and being raised by her grandparents, her grandfather an expert cabinet maker, Christmas, her sister Lois, her father and drives to the beach, working at her father's business repairing car tires, stores on Kent Street, a boarding house, Montreal, the china cabinet

Date Recorded:1996-01-11
Duration:01:34:36

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

Dr. Helen Herring

Type:Interview
Contributor:Herring, Dr. Helen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Helen Herring of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about her father and other men who worked on the ice boats at Cape Traverse, her husband's work on the railway, the Halifax Explosion and the end of WWI, fishing, Christmas, and hockey games. She also talks about entertainment, trains,

Date Recorded:1996-04-11
Duration:01:35:29

Dorothy MacLure

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacLure, Dorothy
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This in an interview with Dorothy MacLure. In this interview Dorothy talks about the MacKenzie family, her family history, home remedies, fishing, blacksmiths, berry picking, school, religion, church, cars, South Granville, potato picking, teaching, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Christmas, her siblings, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:50

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

Clarisse Gallant T1 [Tape One]

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 Cudmore's store, her parents, speaking French, tuberculosis, midwives, quiet Sundays, religion, cars, mills, chores, horses, peddlers, blacksmiths, home remedies, Christmas, house parties, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:51

Charlie Fraser T1 [Tape One]

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 talks about his grandparents, home remedies, moving to Georgetown after his father died in WWI, his mother the seamstress, childhood memories about Georgetown, his first job, changes in Georgetown, the Georgetown Exhibition, the Georgetown Station and working

Date Recorded:2002-04-01
Duration:01:03:33

Celia McCloskey T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCloskey (MacEachern), Mary Cecilia "Celia"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mary Cecilia "Celia" McCloskey (nee MacEachern) of Bear River and Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Celia talks about her family, her father's service in WWI, shipwrecks, the Spanish Flu, doctors and home remedies, moving to Charlottetown, school, shopping, cars, pack peddlers, radio, dances, her husband and

Date Recorded:2002-02-18
Duration:01:03:20

Bill Stewart T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart, William McMillan "Bill"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with William "Bill" McMillan Stewart of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Bill talks about serving with the 8th Canadian Siege Battery during WWI. Bill talks about military weapons, poison gases, casualties, and joining the army at age 17. He tells about his casualty from mustard gas, his brothers and their

Date Recorded:1986
Duration:01:04:00

Bill Price T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Price, Bill
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. In this interview Bill talks about the tavern in Kington, beer making, WWI, tough times in the 1920s and 1930s, his family who lived in Canada, old family lineages, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his birth, doctors, home remedies, farming, cooking, coal mining, transportation, and cider

Date Recorded:1997-03-24
Duration:01:03:24

Bertha Ross T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Ross, Bertha
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Bertha Ross talking about church socials, her mother growing potatoes, moving to Bridgetown, the world wars, blacksmiths, the Halifax Explosion, traveling, her mother's family visiting from Boston, lobsters, her father, old age, and people not living as long.
Date Recorded:2004-02-04
Duration:00:53:45

Arthur Hughes T2 [Tape Two]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hughes, Arthur
Contributor:Hunter, Eileen
Contributor:Hunter, Tom
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview with Arthur Hughes he talks about dances and house parties, moonshine and rum running, the Roman Catholic and Protestant divide, his mother and her family, the Hughes side of his family, changes after the war, the Great Depression, flour and sugar bags made into clothing, thrashing, and the Charlottetown liverly

Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:00:38

Arthur Hughes T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hughes, Arthur
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Arthur Hughes talking about eggs saving farms because they are good for bartering, the family farm, cattle and cows, differences in growing potatoes, picking and spraying them, the first fertilizers, growing wheat, horses, apple orchards, the Milligan and Morrison race track, fish peddlers, lobster prices and

Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:34:57

Annie MacDougall T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDougall (McKay), Annie G.
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Annie G. MacDougall (nee McKay) of Bideford and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Annie talks about her family, her ancestors, her relationship to Hendersons and Thomsons, home remedies, going to Charlottetown, cars, accidents, going to Prince of Wales College and St. Dunstan's, teaching, traveling, peddlers

Date Recorded:2002-01-30
Duration:01:03:40

Ambrose Monaghan

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Monaghan, Ambrose Ignatius
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Ambrose Ignatius Monaghan of Kellys Cross P.E.I. Ambrose begins by telling about his family, house parties, fiddle players, home remedies, and neighbours. He talks about WWI, farming, potatoes, wool, grain, his mother's work as a midwife, horses, tractors, traveling, and courting. There is also mention of

Date Recorded:2003-12-05
Duration:01:35:07

Addie Hamm T3 [Tape Three]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hamm, Addie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Addie speaks about how the Haifax Explosion rattled her front door, good times at Irish wakes, her favorite jams, quilting as a past time, Catholic and Protestant relations in Bunbury, local train stations, marine hospitals, weavers, and how she learned tailoring and dressmaking in Charlottetown. Her love of the needle and thread

Date Recorded:1995-02-24
Duration:00:31:50

Addie Hamm T1 [Tape One]

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Hamm, Addie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Addie Hamm of Bunbury, PEI talks about growing up in the 1920s and 1930s. She and Dutch chat about her first memories when she and her younger brother had a funeral for a dead chicken, sending care packages to the wrong soldier, and "Indians" in Bunberry. Mrs. Hamm also touches on other topics such as her family name, trains, the

Date Recorded:1995-02-24
Duration:01:03:45