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Type:Interview
Contributor:Carragher, Joe
Contributor:Carragher, Lina
Contributor:Chad Locke
Contributor:Stordy, Paul
Abstract:Paul Stordy Interivews Joe Carragher and his wife, Lina on Thursday July 1st, 1982, at their home in Brookvale, Prince Edward Island. They discuss family history of both the Carragher family and the Curley Family.
Date Recorded:1982-07-01
Duration:01:01:47

Type:Interview
Contributor:Langille (Wilson), Minnie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Minnie Langille (nee Wilson) of River Hedgeville, NS. In this interview talks about traveling in the winter, entertainment, Christmas, socials, food, her parents, homemade soap, horses, WWII, the 1930s, her family in the United States, rationing, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:32:32

Type:Interview
Contributor:Langille (Wilson), Minnie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Minnie Langille (nee Wilson) of Hedgeville, NS. In this interview Minnie talks about her parents, food, her siblings, home remedies, school, snow, walking, homemade clothes, pack peddlers, radio, the telephone, electricity, Christmas, quiet Sundays, River John, her father's sleighs, and various other topics

Type:Interview
Contributor:Buell, Kay
Contributor:Buell, Milton
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Milton and Kay Buell of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about Mr. Tanton, trains and the roundhouse, J. Walter Jones, cars and tractors, trees, radio, gas stations, Sundays, potato farming, and the 1929 earthquake.
Date Recorded:1998-04-28
Duration:00:31:58

Type:Interview
Contributor:Buell, Milton
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Milton Buell of Abney, PEI. In this interview Milton talks about cars, chewing tobacco, Dr. Brehaut, funerals, poverty, the 1930s, shipping and fishing, school, radio, rum running, home remedies, Mt. Herbert, working at an orphanage, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1995-02-27
Duration:01:03:38

Type:Interview
Contributor:Buell, Milton
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Milton Buell of Abney, PEI. In this interview Milton talks about going out on the Harvest Excursion, traveling on the trains, farming, the railway, stores in Murray River, milk, mussel mud, blacksmiths, doctors, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1995-02-27
Duration:01:03:42

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:Johnstone (Thompson Little), Mildred
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mildred Johnstone (nee Thompson) from Dunstaffnage, P.E.I. Mildred begins by telling about the Apple Tree Stewarts, wharves, and boats on the Hillsborough River. She then talks about the history of Dunstaffnage, her grandfather, the Vickersons, the Stewarts, and diphtheria. She tells about breeding cattle,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Avery, Mike
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:In this interview with Mike Avery he talks about his father's general store and the railway system being good for business, a job patrolling the tracks for debris, a trolly accident on the rails in Scotchfot, railway watches, joining the railway, the last person hired, the trucking industry, and trying to get rid of the railway. He

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This tape is the second half of an interview with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about women working, his work in banks in New York during the 1920s and 1930s, the stock market crash of 1929, The Great Depression, movies, Broadway plays, New York, baseball, hockey, speakeasies and

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Place, John Thomas "Mickey"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with John Thomas "Mickey" Place of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Mickey talks about his life in the United States, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, Governor's Island, his family, The Great Depression, school, Prince of Wales College, working at a bank, and gender roles.
Date Recorded:1997-02-14
Duration:01:03:10

Type:Interview
Contributor:Crew, Norman
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:James, Donald
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Yeaden, Edison
Abstract:This interview is with Donald James from Pleasant Harbor NS, Norman Crew from Newfoundland, and Edison Yeaden discussing the Merchant Navy. It starts off with Norman Crew and he is talking about the Merchant Navy, life at sea, ships carrying war-brides, children and wounded soldiers, his Newfoundland background and his family, air

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fowler, Mel
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Mel Fowler. In this interview he talks about his family, cars, traveling, hockey, dancing, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1993-06-15
Duration:00:16:45

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Palmer, Maude
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Maude Palmer talking about her grandparents, brothers and sisters, being named for her Aunt Maude Thayer, her job in a telephone office in Boston, her first car ride in a Buick, chores on the farm, local church people, home remedies, trading eggs for goods at the local store, baking with her mother, jobs for

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacEachern, Jack
Contributor:MacEachern, Maude
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Maude and Jack MacEachern from Ponds in Pictou county, Nova Scotia. The interview begins with a discussion about salmon and lobster fishing. They discuss prices and regulations, and there is mention of working in lumber mills during the winter. They tell about their family histories, Tiny Mason and other