Reg "Dutch" Thompson Collection
Mr. Thompson currently has ~700 hours of field recordings stored on audio-cassette in his home, along with an additional ~100 hours recorded on video. This is surely one of the richest single troves of oral history in Eastern Canada – a treasure of both provincial and regional significance -- and Mr. Thompson has partnered with the UPEI Library to digitize this collection and make elements of it available on-line.
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- Captain Thomas Trenholm T4 [Tape Four]
- This is the fourth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling a story about finding kegs of rum. He then talks about the end of the schooners, tells a story about two men trying to catch the same swordfish, explains some sailing expressions, and talks about home remedies. Mary speaks for a moment about life at sea and Tom tells about the Marine. He then goes on to tell about the sinking of the Cape D'Or and the Lillian E. Kerr. Also mentioned in this interview are the phantom ship, how he met Mary, and hauling goods to Gaspe and Cape Breton.
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- Captain Thomas Trenholm T5 [Tape Five]
- This is the fifth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by finishing a story about riding motorcycles aboard the Marine. He then talks about trips the Marine made, his siblings, life on the Marine, and the time his father bought her for $7,800. Tom then tells about Emelia Earhart crashing her plane in Cape Breton, the history of the Trenholm family, and becoming captain of the Nellie Dixon at age 17. He then goes on to tell about Christmas and winter at sea, school, fights, his father's beginning as a captain, his mother and her family, a French ship sinking off of Cape Breton, and a story about a drunken monkey.
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- Captain Thomas Trenholm T6 [Tape Six]
- This is the sixth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling a story about sailing back from New York on the M. M. Gardner and almost crashing into the Devil's Limb off of Seal Island. He then talks about the Marine, explains "slushing the spars", and tells a story about almost colliding with the Victory Chimes. He goes on to talk about marine chronometers, tugboats, and rum runners.
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- Captain Thomas Trenholm T7 [Tape Seven]
- 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.
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- Captain Thomas Trenholm T8 [Tape Eight]
- This is the eighth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Tom begins by telling about the end of the schooner Marine. He then talks about his father's love for schooners and tells stories of going to Barbados. Tom then talks about becoming first mate at age 15, captain at 17, and the sinking of the Douglas E. Parks. He then talks about his brothers Russell, who served in WWI, and Harry, who sailed on the Amazetia along with Russell. Tom then tells about different kinds of rum, how the rum trade worked, and a story about the Ida M. Zink. He talks about different Maritime captains, hauling gravel, the time Jack Reid saved his life, superstitions, and schooners and cargo. The tape concludes with discussions about the St. Simon, the Vera Marie T., and produce prices.
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- Captain Thomas Trenholm T9 [Tape Nine]
- This is the ninth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Included in this interview is Tom's wife, Mary Trenholm (nee MacGillivray). The interview begins with Mary telling about her family and growing up in Louisbourg. She then talks about how she and Tom first met, their first trip together, and their wedding. Tom then tells about the big storm of 1927, becoming a sea captain at age 16, and trips on the Marine. Tom goes on to talk about his father trading rum for a fiddle, hauling rock from Wallace to build the breakwater in Souris, and hauling bricks from Pugwash to the Island. There is also mention of a Model-T Ford his father purchased.
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- Cardigan Heritage Fair T1 [Tape One]
- This is a recording of the Cardigan Hertiage Fair. It includes interviews with various people in attendance and covers such topics as immigration to PEI, WWII, Boughton Island, and songs about PEI. Some of the interviewees are Father Francis Corcoran, Kent MacDonald, Margaret Quinn, and Martin and Annie VandenBroek.
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- Cecil Ferguson
- This is an interview with Cecil Kitchener Ferguson of Charlottetown and Hampton, PEI. In this interview Cecil talks about cooking, his service in WWII, farming, Hampton, blacksmiths, horses, Christmas, his family, Sundays and religion, the phantom ship and ghost stories, hockey, skunks, and various other topics.
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- Celia McCloskey T1 [Tape One]
- 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 the McCloskey family, her work in New York City as a housekeeper, and various other topics.
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- Celia McCloskey T2 [Tape Two]
- 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.
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- Charles Gallant
- This is an interview with Charles Gallant. In this interview Charles talks about home remedies, Charlottetown, school, Market Square, his siblings, working on the waterfront, rum running, ships, the Harland, hotels, the 1930s, fires, being a hobo, WWII, swimming, cars, and various other topics.
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- Charlie Bell T1 [Tape One]
- This is the first of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about the Bell family history, the dentist Dr. Marvin Bell, Christmas, church picnics and religion, school, life Victoria during the 1920s, his parents, trains, the mail, and cars and driving.
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