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Maisie Adams T3 [Tape Three]
  • 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 traveling, horses, Tommy Gallant, rum running and bootlegging, stolen foxes, French River, her father, Jack MacRae, Elton Woodside, picking potatoes, her asthma and home remedies, and the Sims family.
  • Date Recorded:1998-04-17
  • Duration:01:03:31
Mae Ames T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Ames, Mae
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Mae Ames of Manchester, England. In this interview Mae talks about her work in theatre, pantomimes, living in Manchester, Christmas, WWII, her grandfather, he connection to the MacNeils, living with her aunt and uncle, her uncle Gus and his wealth, home remedies, food, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1998-01-30
  • Duration:01:03:39
MacIntosh Bros. T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, Donald
  • Contributor:MacIntosh, George
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Donald and George MacIntosh of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview they play some tunes on the fiddle, talk about rum running, musicians, dances and shows they played at, hockey, tobacco, and local characters.
  • Date Recorded:1994-11-16
  • Duration:01:03:43
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 T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 snow, storms, helping on the farm, horses, her mother's work as a midwife, home remedies, cooking and baking, Christmas, fruit and berries, fish, Sundays, mussel mud, knitting and weaving, killing the pigs, school, traveling and
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  • Date Recorded:2009-01-03
  • Duration:01:04:14
Louis MacDonald T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 his mother, funerals and wakes, religion and religious feuds, traveling, roads, quiet Sundays, Christmas, potatoes, apples, harrowing, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2002-11
  • Duration:01:03:46
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
Lester and Eileen Hickox T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Hickox, Eileen
  • Contributor:Hickox, Lester
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Lester and Eileen Hickox (nee Young) of St. Catherines and Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lester and Eileen talk about roadwork, courting, ferries, ice travel, Parkdale, Bonshaw, Governor's Island, St. Peters Island, electricity, trains, mills, cars, moonshine, Charlottetown, entertainment,
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-11
  • Duration:01:03:36
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
Keith Pratt T3 [Tape Three]
  • 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 how his grandfather came to live in West Prince and his grandfather opening the Pratt general store and the hardships that were incurred by everyone during The Great Depression. Other topics touched on in this recording include witches, Irish moss, being kicked out of church, and how Keith became a Conservative
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-17
  • Duration:01:03:42
Keith Pratt T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 his cameras and early childhood interacting with the railway. He speaks many times about shipping potatoes, turnips pigs and sheep, mentioning the special days that were had for shipping of the livestock and molasses.
  • Date Recorded:2003-07-11
  • Duration:01:03:52
Keir MacKay T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, James "Keir"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with James "Keir" MacKay of Darnley and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Keir talks about working on the farms of Herb Ramsay and George McGoughan. He talks about cars, hidden rum, bootleggers, and snowstorms. He tells about being an apprentice blacksmith with the Peakes brothers, and tells
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-28
  • Duration:01:03:55
Johnny Chuck MacAdam T4 [Tape Four]
  • 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, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about lobster fishing, schooners, rum running, Savage Harbour, fishing, the 1930s, the phases of the moon, pack peddlers, the Harvest Excursion, radio, fiddlers, dances, trains, Scottish settlers, and Gaelic.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-19
  • Duration:01:03:39
Johnny Chuck MacAdam T3 [Tape Three]
  • 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 healing springs, cars, working with Alec MacEachern on his fishing boat, lobster fishing, different kinds of fish, and lobster canneries.
  • Date Recorded:1999-02-05
  • Duration:01:03:50
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
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-20
  • Duration:01:35:36
John Trainor T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 plane crashes and pilots, Charlottetown, dances, horses, tobacco, thrashing, horsepower, the Harvest Excursion, church, bootleggers, characters, schooners, radio, and fiddlers.
  • Date Recorded:2007-01-09
  • Duration:00:31:42
John Stephen and Mildred MacDonald T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 working in the lumber woods, characters, shipwrecks, flour bag clothes, firewood, horsepower, mills, midwives, traveling man, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2009-01-21
  • Duration:00:32:06
John MacEachern T1[Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacEachern, John
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:John MacEachern talks about Prince Edward Island farms and how they have evolved during his lifetime. He talks about using the barter system and horsepower. Mr. MacEachern goes on to speak about the trains during the winter, fiddlers, foxes and ends off speaking about the local trickster Lester Hayden.
  • Date Recorded:1995-02-17
  • Duration:01:03:46
John Coombs T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Coombs, John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with John Coombs. In this interview John talks about his upbringing, his parents, his father's service in WWI, working as a farm labourer at age 16, school, the Halifax Explosion, working out West during the Harvest Excursion, the chaotic train ride out, and stories about his travels as a hobo.
  • Date Recorded:1994-04-29
  • Duration:01:03:50
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
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  • Date Recorded:1995-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:11
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
Jeanette McVittie Marshall T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Marshall (McVittie), Jeanette "Jessie"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Jeanette "Jessie" (nee McVittie) Marshall of Westmoreland and Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Jeanette talks about her family, Crapaud, Victoria, mills, wool and knitting, WWI, the Spanish Flu, Dr. Bouvyer, her mother's work as a nurse and midwife, home remedies, the Halifax Explosion, school, teaching,
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  • Date Recorded:1998-03-02
  • Duration:01:03:26
Janie MacQuarrie T2 [Tape Two]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacQuarrie (Llewellyn), Janie May
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Janie May MacQuarrie (nee Llewellyn) of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Janie talks about school, her work as a nurse, her first trip to Charlottetown, traveling by horse and sleigh, radios, entertainment, funerals, forerunners, ferries, her family, her husband, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2000-11-29
  • Duration:00:47:50
Janie MacQuarrie T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacQuarrie (Llewellyn), Janie May
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Janie May MacQuarrie (nee Llewellyn) of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Janie talks about her family, Peter Morrison, home remedies, church, her father's lobster cannery and other canneries in the area, Christmas, growing up in Georgetown, Boughton Island, school, the Georgetown Exhibition, and various
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  • Date Recorded:2000-11-29
  • Duration:01:35:03
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
James Fiddler MacDonald T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
  • Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:James "Fiddler" MacDonald has been called the best pitcher ever to be from Prince Edward Island; in this interview Mr. MacDonald speaks indepth on all matters baseball from the 1920s onward. Fiddler talks about uniforms, leagues, teams, crowds, pay, double headers, pitches, barnburning, drinking and the New York Colored Giants.
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  • Date Recorded:1994-04-01
  • Duration:01:03:41
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
Jack and Mary Rodd T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 their family farms, cars, foxes, Bedeque, school, Prince of Wales College, teaching business school, doctors and midwives, Sundays and church, the Boer War, and apple orchards.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-18
  • Duration:01:03:18
Ivan and Kaye MacDonald
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacDonald (Beck), Katherine "Kaye"
  • Contributor:MacDonald, Ivan Moar
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Ivan Moar and Katherine "Kaye" (nee Beck) MacDonald of Brudenell, PEI. In this interview Ivan and Kaye talk about how they met, farming, courting, their wedding and honeymoon, Kaye's teaching, Prince of Wales College, midwives and doctors, home remedies, family, Wellington McNeill and horses, cattle, prices,
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  • Date Recorded:2007-11-07
  • Duration:01:03:19
Hugh MacLeod
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLeod, Hugh
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Hugh MacLeod. In this interview Hugh talks about Elmer McInnis, growing up in British Columbia, traveling to England, family, snowstorms, cattle, traveling on the ice, farming, mussel mud, grain, potato farming, meat peddlers, apples, horses, livestock, home remedies, radio, working for Hall and Stavert's,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-07-09
  • Duration:01:35:51
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
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-26
  • Duration:01:03:41
Herb Schurman T4 [Tape Four]
  • 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 weddings, the Cairn's Cup, John T. MacNally and family feuds, clothes, Maude the horse, George Walker, Ernie Walker, a runway horse from Ideal Dairy, Read's Corner, bootlegging, characters, livery stables, Olympia Ice Cream, Water
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  • Date Recorded:2001-03-01
  • Duration:01:03:06
Herb Schurman T3 [Tape Three]
  • 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 cars, the Summerside waterfront, accidents, Milligan and Morrsion's, his brothers, his father's work for the Wyatt's, the Harvest Excursion, the pest house, horse sheds, dance halls, businesses in Summerside, restaurants, Reg Pope
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  • Date Recorded:2001-02-12
  • Duration:01:03:19
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,
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  • Date Recorded:2000-11-24
  • Duration:01:03:39
Herb Schurman T1 [Tape One]
  • 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 working for M. F. Schurman, his job with Brace MacKay, building his first home, working with the railway, his work at the post office, nicknames of people around Summerside, the Perry boys and bootlegging, courting and entertainment
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  • Date Recorded:2000-10-06
  • Duration:01:03:44
Helen Cudmore T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Cudmore, Helen
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Helen Cudmore of Brackley Point Road, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about Cudmore's corner and the store her family ran there, school, bartering, goods sold at the stores, neighbours, salesmen, prices at the store, suppliers, debts, Christmas, gas, tobacco, theft, her father's work as a postmaster, and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-12-22
  • Duration:01:03:30
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 Dunphy T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Dunphy, Claire
  • Contributor:Dunphy, Harold John
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Harold John Dunphy of Millview, P.E.I. and his wife Claire. They start by telling about different classes on the trains, then tells a story about a missing priest, and goes on to talk about family. They discuss tractors, horses, moonshine and bootlegging, and stolen liquor. They go on to talk about wakes and
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  • Date Recorded:1995-03-08
  • Duration:01:03:46
Grace MacCallum
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacCallum, Grace Eliza
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Grace Eliza MacCallum of Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Grace talks about her family, school, farming, The Great Depression, the Halifax Explosion, Charlottetown, home remedies, nursing, Falconwood, trains, livestock, groceries, pack peddlers, Christmas, the Women's Institute, the Women's Christian
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  • Date Recorded:1996-01-04
  • Duration:01:03:42
Gordon Carver T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Carver, Gordon
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Gordon Carver of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Gordon talks about his family, cars, Charlie Hamm, mills, butter, school, snow, stores, crossing the ice, horses, tractors, traveling, thrashing, trains and train stations, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2010-01-08
  • Duration:01:03:53
Gladys Bryan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Bryan, Gladys
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Gladys Bryan of Summerside, PEI and Saint John, New Brunswick. In this interview Gladys talks about her family, home remedies, tough times, religion, living in Saint John, her husband and his mail route, PEI, farming, entertainment, neighbours, illnesses, Christmas, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2010-02-15
  • Duration:00:59:19
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
Flo Turner T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • 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. In this interview Flo talks about the Charles Arbuckle and the history of the Arbuckles, Francis Arbuckle, local families, the Halifax Explosion, trains, picnics and dances, courting, and Gaelic.
  • Date Recorded:1994-04-28
  • Duration:01:03:46
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
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  • Date Recorded:2007-01
  • Duration:01:03:48
Ernie MacPherson
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacPherson, Ernest Melville "Ernie"
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This interview is with Ernest "Ernie" Melville MacPherson of Dunblane, P.E.I. Ernie talks about working in the lumber woods in Plaster Rock, catching the Spanish flu, his family, farming, farm machinery, snow, mussel mud, horse races on the ice, horses, pesticides and herbicides, and traveling.
  • Date Recorded:2003-10-21
  • Duration:01:03:56
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
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-19
  • Duration:01:35:16
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
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  • Date Recorded:1999-01-13
  • Duration:01:03:18
Emmett Hickey T2 [Tape Two]
  • 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 St. Mary's Church, his family, mills, blacksmiths, horses, stores, doctors, rum, chewing tobacco, school, peddlers, harvesting grain, hauling milk, livestock, food, traveling, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:1999-01-25
  • Duration:01:03:35
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
Elmer Waugh T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Waugh, Elmer
  • Abstract:This interview is with Elmer Waugh of Wilmot Valley and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Elmer talks about his birth, snowstorms, his family, life growing up, potato farming, mussel mud, Wilmot Valley and the Blue Shank Road, Summerside, horses, cattle, cream, chickens, meat, and apples. He also tells about thrashing, tractors,
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  • Date Recorded:2003-11-28
  • Duration:01:36:15
Elmer MacLellan
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:MacLellan, Elmer George
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer George MacLellan of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Elmer talks about rum runners and bootleggers in
    Pictou County, prohibition officers, his father's work as a liquor inspector, moonshine and distillers, beer, and local characters.
  • Date Recorded:1993-03
  • Duration:01:03:55
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
Eddie Easter T3 [Tape Three]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Easter, Edward B. "Eddie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Edward B. "Eddie" Easter of Indian River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Eddie talks about churches, his uncle Jim, Tuplin's mill, blacksmiths, horses, apple trees, crows, pigs, stumping, hauling mussel mud, cars, radio, fox ranching, rum running, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-08-26
  • Duration:01:03:13
Eddie Easter T1 [Tape One]
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:Easter, Edward B. "Eddie"
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Abstract:This is an interview with Edward B. "Eddie" Easter of Indian River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Eddie talks about white sand, his family history, his work as a carpenter, the Tuplin side of his family, tough times, farming, food prices, trips to Summerside, traveling on the ice, and various other topics.
  • Date Recorded:2001-08-26
  • Duration:01:03:33
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,
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  • Date Recorded:1996-04-11
  • Duration:01:35:29
Dr. Harold Yeo
  • Type:Interview
  • Contributor:MacKay, Paul
  • Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
  • Contributor:Yeo, Dr. Harold E.
  • Abstract:This interview is with Dr. Harold E. Yeo of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Dr. Yeo talks about his family, life growing up in Charlottetown, teaching, attending medical school at McGill University, his first practice, house calls, snowstorms and traveling in the winters, and Lettie MacKinnon's maternity house.
  • Date Recorded:1995-04-13
  • Duration:00:31:48