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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

Type:Event
Abstract:This is a lecture by John Cousins titled "James Heran Fitzgerald: School Teacher, Song Maker, and Patriot", where he discusses prominent Irishmen James Heran Fitzgerald and Frank O'Halloran, lots of PEI, Father Patrick Doyle, education and schooling, and reads from an old diary. John Cousin's lecture is presented partially in song,

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.

Type:Interview
Contributor:Banks, James
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:James Banks interview continued with him talking about the Johnston murder, life as a child, Christmas, school, the Spanish Flu in 1918, playing the fiddle at dances, the first radio he heard and bought, his first car, stories about his father, and reasons for nicknames.
Date Recorded:1995-12-15
Duration:01:03:30

Type:Interview
Contributor:Banks, James
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with James Bank talking about Bill Blackett a man who lived to 105 years old, his father working on the parish farm and meeting his mother there, Father Francis, history of the Banks family, farmer's debt, mills run by different people, horsepower, the Halifax Explosion, bears on the Island, blacksmiths, different

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

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

Type:Interview
Contributor:Kennedy, Ivan Borden
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ivan Borden Kennedy of Breadalbane, P.E.I. In this interview Ivan talks about businesses in Breadalbane, his family's store, shipping goods, trains and the railway, snowstorms, hockey teams, electricity, mills, tobacco, cheese and butter factories, egg grading, mussel mud, peddling wagons, and caskets.
Date Recorded:1995-03-02
Duration:01:03:54

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,

Type:Event
Abstract:This is a lecture by William McGurk titled "Is There An Irish Personality?" where he discusses Irish myths, historic origins, Irish independence, church, famine, farming, consequences of Irish culture, and priests. The lecture also discusses CS Lewis, politics, alcohol, suffering, families, Murphy's law and celebrations of life, among

Type:Event
Abstract:This is a lecture by Marion Reid titled "Irish...and Proud of It!" where she discusses Irish passion and imagination, family influence, farming, politics, horses, tradition and death. Marion introduces her grandchildren who play music and sing songs. The last half of the lecture, Marion discusses her lengthy career as a schoolteacher

Type:Event
Abstract:This is a lecture by Roy Johnston titled "Irish Traditional Music", where he discusses migrants of Ireland, authorities of music on PEI, the differences between fiddle and violin, differences between varieties of jigs and timing. Roy Johnston's lecture is presented partially in playing songs, jigs, and medleys.
Date Recorded:1995-03-10
Duration:01:17:25