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Type:Interview
Contributor:Acorn (Farquharson), Sadie Irene
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Sadie Irene Acorn (nee Farquharson) of Montague and Cardigan, P.E.I. In this interview Sadie talks about school, the family farm, home remedies, horses and sleighs, Christmas, boarding in Charlottetown while attending Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, teaching, traveling, Sundays, Christmas, card games

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Stewart (Garnhum), Ruth Louise
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ruth Louise Stewart (nee Garnhum) of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Ruth talks about her family, the last execution on P.E.I., the Whitlocks, growing up in Charlottetown, businesses and places around Charlottetown, going to Boston for surgery, school, her pet parrot, her husband, home remedies,

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:Clow, Roy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with a story of a horse that chewed tobacco. Roy then goes on to tell about a stolen keg of rum, and the first time he saw a skunk. The interview then moves on to the topic of capelin fishing. From there, Roy tells about trading rum for lumber at Compton's store, putting turnips in smoke stacks, and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:*** Mainstreet Air Date - December 2008?
Roy Clow begins by telling about oyster fishing in Vernon River. He goes on to tell about digging out a train engine that was stuck in the snow for a week. Roy then talks about Herring Island and the people who were living there. He talks about Clow's wharf and the schooners that carried

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow continues on from tape fourteen. Roy begins by finishing a story about Finlayson's dam, and catching and cooking eels. Roy then talks about Jack Leeco's aluminum air-cooled touring car. The conversation then changes to black mitts on a fishing boat, and then on to other fishing superstitions. Roy then

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clow, Roy
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This taped interview with Roy Clow begins with a discussion about home remedies. Roy then tells of his birth, the local midwife Lizzy White, and doctors in the Murray Harbour area. Roy then goes on to talk about moonshine being used in place of gasoline, rum runners being hungry enough to eat gulls, and a time when Roy and George

Type:Interview
Contributor:Down, Orland Ross
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Orland "Ross" Down of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Ross talks about his family, growing up in Charlottetown, the family cottage in Stanhope, his nickname, life as a kid in Charlottetown, school, listening to the radio, businesses in Charlottetown, and always having something to do as a kid.
Date Recorded:2007-02-07
Duration:00:32:00

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McCarron-Gallant, Rosella
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Rosella McCarron-Gallant. In this interview Rosella talks about Minnie McGee and her family, her father and his work at Falconwood, chores on the farm, a ghost story about a lady in white, her ancestors coming to the Island from Ireland, fishing, and her wedding.
Date Recorded:1995-06-30
Duration:00:31:46

Type:Interview
Contributor:Farquarson, Robert Montague
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Robert Montague Farquarson of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Robert talks about his ancestors, Mt. Stewart, his father, the railway, animals in town, ponds, Charlottetown, WWI, school, WWII, teaching, Prince of Wales College, working for Canada Packers, his garage and car rental business, The Butts and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Brooks, David "Ray"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the second of four tapes with David "Ray" Brooks of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. In this interview Ray talks about eggs, blacksmiths, travel, farming, sea captains, fishing, and fertilizer. He also talks about ice cutting, radios and telephones, trains, starch factories, and his honey business.
Date Recorded:2003-11-07
Duration:01:03:51

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Matheson, Ralph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ralph Matheson. In this interview Ralph talks about milk, cheese, New Glasgow, blacksmiths, firewood, doctors, midwives, thrashing, horses, tractors, cattle, the 1930s, peddlers, Christmas, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:03:22

Type:Interview
Contributor:LeClair (Doucette), Margaret Alda
Contributor:LeClair, Peter Alyre
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Peter Alyre and Margaret Alda (nee Doucette) LeClair of Charlottetown and North Rustico, P.E.I. In this interview Peter and Margaret talk about the Hindenburg, nicknames, Margaret's Acadian heritage, school, family, butchers, Market Square, horses and horse trading, mussel mud, rum running, potato picking,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Campbell, Robert "Oscar"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Robert "Oscar" Campbell of Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. In this interview Oscar tells about his family and life growing up in Borden, German P.O.W.s, the Spanish Flu, working as a diver for the CNR and on the ferries, rum running and bootlegging, hockey, cars, The Singing Cowboy, and The Great Depression.
Date Recorded:2003-10-21
Duration:01:36:08

Type:Interview
Contributor:Livingstone, Olive Lois
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Olive Lois Livingstone of Charlottetown and New Perth, P.E.I. In this interview Olive talks about her family history, Sundays, home remedies and her birth, entertainment, Christmas, school, attending Prince of Wales College, teaching in the U.S., teaching children with polio, and major events of the early 20th