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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McDougall (McQuaid), Stella
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Stella McQuaid McDougall of Bedford, P.E.I. In this interview Stella talks about home remedies, house parties and dances, family, raffles, box socials, farming, working at Fenton Court's store, working as a housemaid, electricity, telephones, a car accident, Christmas, and her first trip to Charlottetown.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:15

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Weeks, Benjamin Lloyd
Abstract:This interview is with Benjamin Lloyd Weeks of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family's coal business, city dumps, wharves, ships, shipping, working on ships with his father, rum running, his family, Drake the iceman, Chief Birtwhistle, and his friends.
Date Recorded:1996-04-24
Duration:01:35:37

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hughes, Hattie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Hattie Hughes from Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Hattie talks about staying with her aunt Charlotte in Charlottetown, her cousin Charlie Ryan, her husband, Sundays, school, poverty, midwives, Lottie Coates, doctors, big families, home remedies, her mother's funeral, Cardigan, hauling ice, and working

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Wooton, George
Abstract:This is an interview with George Wooton of Charlottetown and Victoria, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about the Orient Hotel, church picnics and other social gatherings and entertainment, Charlottetown, his work in journalism and photography, fires, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2006-02-07
Duration:01:03:10

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Whelan, Frank
Abstract:This interview is with Frank Whelan of Souris, P.E.I. Frank begins by telling about his family history, life in the 1930s, and his dream of running a store. He talks about working for the railway, opening a general store in New Zealand, supplies for the store, and factories in the Souris area.
Date Recorded:1995-03-09
Duration:01:03:40

Type:Interview
Contributor:Jones, Bryer
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Bryer Jones. In this interview Bryer talks about school, career as a teacher, Prince of Wales College, H. B. MacLean and his family, Dr. George Dewar and other doctors, midwives, illnesses and home remedies, his grandparents, plane crashes, and the Hindenburg.
Date Recorded:2007-02-21
Duration:01:03:55

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Murnaghan, John Albert
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Albert Murnaghan of Stratford and Fort Augustus, P.E.I. In this interview Albert talks about growing up in Charlottetown, school, Market Square, coal, snowstorms, rum running, businesses in Charlottetown, murder, and the Harland.
Date Recorded:2004-01-03
Duration:01:35:51

Type:Interview
Contributor:Beer, William A. "Pud"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with William A. "Pud" Beer of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Pud talks about restaurants and businesses in Charlottetown, fires, his name, Chinese restaurants, dances, hockey, running Peter Pan and other businesses, gas stations, his uncle Pope Beers, french fries and fried chicken,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an recording of various interviewees about their memories of West Kent School in Charlottetown, P.E.I. Topics covered include teachers, rival schools, subjects, walking, sports, and various other topics related to West Kent School.
Date Recorded:1999-10-31
Duration:00:47:31

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clay, Minnie
Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the last of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about his background in the RAF, his paintings of aircraft and aviation history on the Island which were made into a calendar, the pilot Paul Sharpe, the pilot Elton Woodside, pilots Carl Burke and Joe Anderson, Carl Burke's rescues, the Submarine

Type:Interview
Contributor:Andrews (Jones), Susan
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Susan Andrews (nee Jones) of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Susan talks about her parents, the railway, Hazelbrook Station, taxis, Charlottetown, music lessons, home remedies, dairies, school, teaching, multiple sclerosis, orphans, Boston, blacksmiths, stores, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-08-08
Duration:01:03:17

Type:Interview
Contributor:Bell, Ruth Clements
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth (nee Clements) Bell of Montague, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about Western horses, her family, electricity, Maritime Electric, school, doctors, home remedies, snow, Montague, traveling in the winter, Charlottetown, WWII, business college, her husband Jack and his family, farming, planes, trains,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Corcoran, Norbert George
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second tape of an interview with Norbert George Corcoran of Piusville, P.E.I. This tape begins with the continuation of a discussion from Tape One about mussel mud. Norbert then goes on to tell about fox ranching, farming, E. T. Botts and general stores, potatoes, chickens, fish, pigs, and machines. Next he tells about

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Smith (Hardy), Mildred
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mildred Smith (nee Hardy) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mildred talks about her family, growing up in Charlottetown, snow, telephones, trains, traveling on the ice, school, Charlottetown businesses, her first husband, WWII, Christmas, markets, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2010-04-20
Duration:01:04:17

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Trainor, John
Abstract:This is an interview with John Trainor of Southport, P.E.I. In this interview John talks about plane crashes and pilots, Charlottetown, dances, horses, tobacco, thrashing, horsepower, the Harvest Excursion, church, bootleggers, characters, schooners, radio, and fiddlers.
Date Recorded:2007-01-09
Duration:00:31:42