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Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pratt, Keith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Keith Pratt talks about many different topics detailing his life in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s in rural Prince Edward Island. In this recording he talks about several of his firsts: his first expierences with planes, tractors, phones and radios. He also talks about evolution of egg grading stations, and what kind of people ate

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Mutch, Keith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Keith Mutch. In this interview Keith talks about air crashes, school, farms, Keppoch, his family, foxes, home remedies, WWII, the Harland, shipping, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:30:13

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:O'Hanley, Joe
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Joe O'Hanley. In this interview Joe talks about his job at Canada Packers, fishing, J. Walter, Charlottetown in the 1940s, airplanes, alcohol, Christmas, church, blacksmiths, horses, foxes, cars, radio, WWII, school, the family farm, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:42

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:James "Fiddler" MacDonald has been called the best pitcher ever to be from Prince Edward Island; in this interview Mr. MacDonald speaks indepth on all matters baseball from the 1920s onward. Fiddler talks about uniforms, leagues, teams, crowds, pay, double headers, pitches, barnburning, drinking and the New York Colored Giants.

Type:Interview
Contributor:De Jonge, Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred"
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Meeuwise Ferdinand "Fred" De Jonge from Hoek, Holland talking about his family heritage, his schooling, the war and Germans invading Belgium, France, and Holland, changes in food and farming, German soliders billeted in the village and how it affected them, V1 and V2 rockets, Canadians coming into the war, 2000

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Woodside, Frank
Abstract:This interview is with Frank Wooside, from Western PEI, talking about skating on Summerside Harbour, his family, blacksmiths, playing hockey, rink owners, rum runners, being a policeman in Summerside, and joining the army and seeing German planes. He goes on to talk about coming home from the war and being treated poorly, going

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Side A is a break down of Fiddler's war time experiences. Where he got his his training, and where he served. He gives out details about his injuries, and how he incurred them. He describes what it's like to be shot and how many Germans he killed. Mr. MacDonald also discusses what he did after the war, and how he came back to PEI on a

Type:Interview
Contributor:Furguson, Elmer
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Elmer Furguson. In this interview Elmer talks about his family history, his parents, the railway, his siblings, WWII, Christmas, school, Market Square, Davis and Fraser's, Canada Packers, killing pigs, the Halifax Explosion, horses, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:31

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacDonald (Malone), Amy
Contributor:MacDonald, Elmer Joseph
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:
This is an interview with Elmer and Amy MacDonald. In this interview Elmer and Amy talk about family in Boston, the 1930s, doctors, money, food prices, school, WWII, fishing, lobster canneries, tuna, Matthew and MacLean's, tailors, stores, egg circles, her father, Souris, Charlottetown, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:05

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Pryce, Edith
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Edith Pryce talking about her family history and being raised by her grandparents, her grandfather an expert cabinet maker, Christmas, her sister Lois, her father and drives to the beach, working at her father's business repairing car tires, stores on Kent Street, a boarding house, Montreal, the china cabinet

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wood, Ed
Abstract:This is an interview with Ed Wood. In this interview Ed talks about the Harvest Excursion, cars, the Halifax Explosion, midwives, home remedies, homemade clothing, stores, planes, Pownal, boxing, rum runners, Christmas, pack peddlers, WWII, farming, skating, hockey, horses, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:01:32

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Keefe, Earl
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Earl Keefe. In this interview Earl talks about thrashing, blacksmiths, coal, coffins, blacksmith tools, sleighs, Kinkora, local families, graveyards, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1995-08-02
Duration:01:03:20

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gallant, Charles
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:1998-04-20
Duration:01:03:12

Type:Interview
Contributor:Cardigan Heritage Fair
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract: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.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:02:45

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bruce, Bill
Contributor:Bruce, John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Bill Bruce. In this interview Bill talks about his ancestors, cars, Sydney, flying, airplanes, WWII, Upton Airfield, Buzz Burling, pilots, Elton Woodside, bootleggers, St. Pierre, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:17:49