Kathleen Gillis T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Gillis, Kathleen
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2010-02-09
Date Digitized
2010-07-21
Abstract
This is an interview with Kathleen Gillis of Indian River, P.E.I. In this interview Kathleen talks about butter, home remedies, forerunners, her first job, working and living in Boston, school, Western horses, seafood, foxes, homemade goods, livestock, Christmas, cars, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Boston, MA
Indian River, PE
Burlington, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1930s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:02:18
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:01:41
Discussion about churns and butter; churns, butter.

SIDE A 00:01:41 -- 00:06:09
Discussion about mussel mud and home remedies; mussel mud, home remedies, cod liver oil, bread poultice.

SIDE A 00:06:09 -- 00:10:09
Discussion about ghost stories and forerunners; ghost stories, forerunners.

SIDE A 00:10:09 -- 00:22:36
Discussion about her first job and going down to Boston for work; 1930s, wages, Margaret Clow, Boston.

SIDE A 00:22:36 -- 00:24:17
Discussion about meeting a woman in Boston who used to live in her family home in Indian River; Hickey, Indian River.

SIDE A 00:24:17 -- 00:27:50
Discussion about meeting a woman in Boston who knew her neighbour from Indian River; Boston, Grace Easter, Indian River.

SIDE A 00:27:50 -- 00:30:00
Discussion about her work in Boston continues; Boston.

SIDE A ends at 00:30:00.
SIDE B 00:30:00 -- 00:34:07
Discussion about her work in Boston continues; Boston, American citizen.

SIDE B 00:34:07 -- 00:44:02
Discussion about school, mills, and a story about a Western horse; school, Tuplin's mill, Joe Davison, mills, Burlington, Western horses, horses.

SIDE B 00:44:02 -- 00:47:48
Discussion about the Gillis family, foxes, and seafood; foxes, Gillis, 1930s, fish peddlers, fish prices, seafood.

SIDE B 00:47:48 -- 00:51:06
Discussion about homemade soap, washing clothes, and a story about a rooster; homemade soap, washing clothes, rooster, chickens.

SIDE B 00:51:06 -- 00:54:17
Discussion about sheep, pigs, and apple trees; sheep, pigs, apple trees.

SIDE B 00:54:17 -- 01:01:18
Discussion about Christmas, radio, and cars; Christmas, Christmas dinner, radio, cars, Peter Hickey, Durant Star, Buick McLaughlin, tobacco.

***The remainder of the tape, 01:01:18 -- 01:02:18, is blank.
Tape ends at 01:02:18.