MacKay, Paul

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.

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 church, home remedies, horses, Christmas, Dr. Roddie, the Spanish Flu, snowstorms, trains, berries, fox ranching, cars, potato farming, apples, and various other topics.

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.

This interview is with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about his life in the United States, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, Governor's Island, his family, The Great Depression, school, Prince of Wales College, working at a bank, and gender roles.

Roy Clow begins by discussing the preparation of chickens by his neighbour Tompkins. He then goes on to talk about thrashing grain and black "smut" from the grain. Clow talks about his father's surgery in Boston for colorectal cancer, and how he took over the work at age nine while his father was ill. He then talks about mixing kelp with manure for farming, as well as the planting and sale of potatoes and turnips. Clow tells about Island and Newfoundland schooners and their transport of coal, shovelling trains out of the snow on the Montague Line, and stolen coal in Georgetown. He discusses working at a lumber camp near Monestary, N.S. and the Garden of Eden sawmill in Stellarton. Throughout the interview Clow makes reference to wages and work load at the time.

This is an interview with Richard "Richie" Bagnall Smith of New Glasgow, P.E.I. In this interview Richie talks about family, home remedies, mills, horses, mussel mud, farming, potatoes, the 1930s, thrashing, tractors, foxes, sheep, eggs, blacksmiths, sleighs, school, Christmas, radio, cars, traveling, and his wedding.

This is the third of six tapes with Kathleen "Kay" H. Jelley of Freeland, Unionvale, and O'Leary P.E.I. In this interview Kay talks about her mother's sayings, life growing up, home remedies, her work as a nurse, her husband Earle and their wedding, as well as his work as a teacher.

This is a recording of a visit to the Dundas Fair in 2000. Included on the tape are various sound effects and short interviews. Topics covered include P.E.I. trails, homemade goods, horses, farm animals, farm machinery, and farming.

This is an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about his family, religion, the MacDonaldites, Gaelic, nicknames, his grandparents and ancestors, fish and seafood, the family home, doctors, his brother Peter, gristmills, his father, and school.

This is the seventh tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by talking about Maritime harbours, particularly Louisbourg, and tells about fishing and different vessels. He tells of old sailors and friends, and tells a story about going down to the Caribbean. He talks about dolphins and sharks, Charlie Fiander, and the Aristocrat. He then goes on to tell about the Marion Belle Wolf, sea captains, Louisbourg, Jack Reid and the time Jack saved his life, and a story about his father trading rum for a fiddle.