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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- Charlie Bell T2 [Tape Two]
- 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 traveling salesman.
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- Charlie Bell T4 [Tape Four]
- This is the third of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about the Spanish Flu, breaking the roads, his father and his illnesses, his mother and her work as a postmistress, Eaton's catalogues, electricity, indoor plumbing, washing machines, Sundays, his grandparents and the Pleasant View Hotel, cars, teaching in Hampton, winter traveling, his family, home remedies, and loading potatoes.
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- Charlie Fraser T1 [Tape One]
- 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 as a fireman.
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- Charlie Fraser T2 [Tape Two]
- This interview is with Chalrie Fraser from Georgetown. In this interview he is talking about railways in Borden and Mount Albion, a railway driver, the snow storm in 1923 and being stuck in Souris for a week, switching from steam to diesel, retiring from the rails, his best memories of working on the railway, things that trains hit, and getting his first car, radio, and ear phones.
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- Charlie Scranton T1 [Tape One]
- This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about his birth, his ancestors and the family farm, his parents, fishing and farming, the Guysborough area, religion, the Moases Coady Institute, his brothers, his first jobs, his work with poultry, and various other topics.
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- Charlie Scranton T2 [Tape Two]
- This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about doctors, Guysborough, his mother and her cooking, Christmas, sheep and wool, farming, school, how he got started with poultry, moving to PEI, WWII, his family history, and various other topics.
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- Charlie Scranton T3 [Tape Three]
- This is an interview with Charlie Scranton of Guysborough County, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Charlie talks about his family history, moving to PEI, commercial travelers and pack peddlers, horses and traveling on the ice, chickens, foxes, cars, tractors, farming, receiving the Order of Canada and other awards, his parents, religion, the Easter Seals, Camp Segunakadeck, and various other topics.
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- Christy Johnston
- This is an interview with Christy Isabelle Johnston of Long River and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Christy talks about school, home remedies, her brother, her parents, WWI, chores on the farm, horses, traveling, food, stores, mills, transportation, doctors, Sundays, her grandparents, funerals, and various other topics.
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- Clarisse Gallant T1 [Tape One]
- 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.
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- Clarisse Gallant T2 [Tape Two]
- This is an interview with Clarisse Gallant. In this interview Clarisse talks about nicknames, meeting her husband, courting, school, the convent, teachers, school, Christmas, teaching, fishing, Gus Gregory, fires, the Acadians, and various other topics.
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- Clayton Ballum T1 [Tape One]
- This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his family and his background. He then goes on to tell a little about the first time he had electricity, milk, and potato picking. He tells of waking up with a dead man in his bed, a story about looking for a job, his mother's cooking, and raising chickens. He then tells about mussel mud and potato farming, pesticides, harvesting grain, wool, binders, and sheep. Clayton goes on to tell about horses, homemade clothes, firewood, apples, and the Harvest Excursion. He then talks in great detail about working on Milligan and Morrsion's fox ranch and working as a driver for Dr. Stewart. He goes on to mention Christmas, the big snow of 1942, and the ice storm of 1956.
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- Clayton Ballum T2 [Tape Two]
- This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his grandfather making caskets and ghost stories. He then talks about home remedies, doctors, midwives, and planting by the moon. He then goes on to talk about tractors, horses, the 1956 ice storm, and the first telephones and cars. Clayton then tells about his service in the Air Force during WWII, the Mt. Pleasant Airport, liquor scripts and moonshine, and the start of legions. He then mentions the biggest changes over the years, traveling and transportation, general stores, mills, coal, horsepower, stationary engines, and thrashing machines.
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