Audio file
Contributors
Interviewee: Yeo, Dr. Harold E.
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1995-04-13
Date Digitized
2010-06-24
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.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:31:48
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
***This interview is SIDE A only. SIDE B of the tape is an interview with Rosella McCarron Gallant.
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:05:03
Discussion about school, his family, and his work as a teacher; West Kent School, Prince of Wales College, teaching, West Royalty, Spring Park, salary, teacher's salary, teaching supplement, principal, Halifax Explosion, first class teaching licence, teacher.

SIDE A 00:05:03 -- 00:09:12
Discussion about life growing up in Charlottetown; School Street, Charlottetown, horses, Walthorn Drive, Stewart's Bakery, White's Ice Cream, milkman, iceman, Dixon, jigger, sloven.

SIDE A 00:09:12 -- 00:17:03
Discussion about going to medical school at McGill University and his first practice; McGill University, Dalhousie University, corpses, Master of Surgery, surgeon, Spanish Flu, 1919, doctors, Dr. Yeo, Dr. Roddie, St. Peters Bay, salary, doctor's salary.

SIDE A 00:17:03 -- 00:25:27
A story about going to Souris by sleigh on a house call, with mention of Dodd's kidney pills; Souris, doctor, Dr. Yeo, wages, Dodd's kidney pills, Chester Pratt.

SIDE A 00:25:27 -- 00:27:08
Discussion about Dr. Gus and house calls; Dr. Gus, house calls, Dr. Gus MacDonald, surgery.

SIDE A 00:27:08 -- 00:30:57
A story about almost falling through the ice on a sleigh, with mention of snowstorms; driving on ice, ice, storms, snowstorms, deep snow.

SIDE A 00:30:57 -- 00:31:48
Discussion about Lettie MacKinnon's maternity house; Lettie MacKinnon, maternity house, nurse, midwife.

Tape ends at 00:31:48.