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- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Elordieta, Vincente Doroteo "Vincent"
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is the third of four tapes with Vincent Doroteo Elordieta of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Vincent talks about different jobs on ships, working on ships during WWII, the Panama Canal, storms at sea, superstitions, Sundays and funerals at sea, forerunners, U-boats, laying cable during WWII, being torpedoed, battles at sea, More
- Date Recorded:1996-05-09
- Duration:01:03:36
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Fraser, Sandy
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Sandy Fraser of Halifax, NS and Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Sandy talks about his family, the Halifax Explosion, growing up in Halifax, his parents, working at various hotels including the Nova Scotian in Halifax and the Charlottetown Hotel, bootleggers, WWII, taxi drivers, Charlottetown, and More
- Date Recorded:2008-02-21
- Duration:01:04:15
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with stories about Roy's service in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He begins by telling about joining the navy and being given the duty of instructing new recruits due to his experience at sea. Roy then tells about his friend, Lester MacKeeman, and his experience as a Prisoner of War More
- Date Recorded:2006-09-04
- Duration:01:02:53
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Pickering, Roland
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Roland Pickering. In this interview Roland talks about snowstorms, his ancestors, blacksmiths, family, ships, Peter McNutt, lobster factories, fishing, the Halifax Explosion, WWI, the Spanish Flu, courting, his wife, home remedies, the phantom ship, cars, Jim Tuplin, the Merchant Marines, WWII, and various More
- Date Recorded:Unknown year
- Duration:01:03:15
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Bruce, Clive
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Robertson, Robbie
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:An interview with Robbie Robertson and introducing his friend Clive Bruce. Robbie and Clive are on a tour and talking about the post office, the cheese factory, buying a farm with his brother, families of fisherman and farmers, and the 1883 August Gale. The interview changes to Clive Bruce's life and he talks about the Halifax More
- Date Recorded:1996-04-26
- Duration:01:03:35
- 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 More
- Date Recorded:2004-09-24
- Duration:01:03:30
- 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 More
- Date Recorded:2003-11-14
- Duration:01:34:51
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Irving, Malcolm
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Date Recorded:1995-03-22
- Duration:01:03:44
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:MacLean, James A. "Jim"
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Jim (James A.) MacLean of Montague, P.E.I. Jim begins by telling about his grandfather's forge, his father, and the Adams family. He then talks about his birth, working as a "Soldier of the Sod" during WWI, school, farming, gristmills, and life growing up in Montague. He talks about Maggie McGee, the Halifax More
- Date Recorded:1995-03-21
- Duration:01:03:51
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Bell, Charles Marvin "Charlie"
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is the second of four tapes of interviews with Charles Marvin "Charlie" Bell of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Charlie talks about attending Prince of Wales College, the phantom ship, WWI and his uncle Fred Bell, The Great Depression, Holman's, radios, Jim Crockett, forerunners, his teaching career, and his work as a More
- Date Recorded:1995-12-07
- Duration:01:03:26
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
- Abstract:This is the fifth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by finishing a story about riding motorcycles aboard the Marine. He then talks about trips the Marine made, his siblings, life on the Marine, and the time his father bought her for $7,800. Tom then tells about Emelia More
- Date Recorded:1998-05-21
- Duration:01:03:55
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
- Abstract:This is the first tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling about his father, Captain William Trenholm, a story about catching swordfish, and his childhood. He then tells about schooner races and his father buying the M. M. Gardner, trips down to Barbados, his More
- Date Recorded:1995-11-01
- Duration:01:03:30
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Pike, Captain Ben
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Captain Ben Pike of Burin, Newfoundland. In this interview Captain Pike talks about serving in the Canadian Merchant Navy during WWII, Roland Pickering, rough trips on the North Atlantic, seasickness, being wounded near Barbados during WWII, how he met his wife Thelma, how he joined the Merchant Navy, sailing More
- Date Recorded:1998-04-17
- Duration:01:03:30
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:McCarvill, Vernon
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Vernon McCarvill talking about working at the general store, grading eggs, moving mussle mud, swamp sand, his family, horse and sleighs, diptheria and the undertaker, home remedies, leaving Prince Edward Island and moving around until he settled in Ontario, working with Canada Packers and travelling with the More
- Date Recorded:2003-12-17
- Duration:01:35:17
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview begins with Roy telling of his mother's chickens (and "clucking hens") and how she was able to pick out which eggs would be roosters using a candle. They then go one to talk about selling chickens and different breeds. Roy tells a story of a poorly cooked chicken in Halifax, and then continues to discuss his mother's More
- Date Recorded:2006-02-01
- Duration:01:03:14
- 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 More
- Date Recorded:2002-01-29
- Duration:01:03:33
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview with Roy starts with a conversation continued on from tape thirteen. Roy tells about piloting ships into harbours. He then briefly talks about a murder in Georgetown before telling a story about a fire at Boon Thompson's. Roy then goes on to talk about shearing sheep, carding mills, and fires in Montague. An interview More
- Date Recorded:2006-09-04
- Duration:01:36:17
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:Roy speaks of some of his firsts: buying his first boat, making his first moonshine and his first near death experience. He also talks of his neighbor Ben Miller and how he once stole a keg of rum from his brother Stanley. Roy also talks about work fishing when he was only 12, and about the time he and his good friend George once More
- Date Recorded:2006-08-11
- Duration:01:04:06
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Clow, Roy
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview with Roy Clow begins with the remainder of a conversation about Ben Clow and his homemade blueberry wine. Roy then goes on to tell about Ben's fox ranch, property, and family. The conversation then turns to schooners and rum runners, and then on the Boughton Island. Roy then tells about the bounty set on crow and how More
- Date Recorded:Unknown year
- Duration:00:55:39
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Nicholson, Rev. Donald
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Rev. Donald Nicholson of Hartsville and Clyde River, P.E.I. In this interview Donald talks about food, family, training to become an ordained minister, quiet Sundays, chores on the farm, horses, going out West on the Harvest Excursion, working in the United States with granite, the Halifax More
- Date Recorded:1995-12-21
- Duration:01:03:25
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gallant, John "Ralph"
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with John "Ralph" Gallant of Summerside and Kensington, P.E.I. In this interview Ralph talks about moving to Sasketchewan on the Harvest Excursion at age 14, life out West, signing up for WWII at age 15, his father and his service in WWI, the family home, horses, lobster fishing, his mother, and home remedies.
- Date Recorded:1999-02-11
- Duration:01:03:21
- 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 More
- Date Recorded:2003-07-03
- Duration:01:03:51
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Stewart, Marguerite
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Marguerite Stewart talking about her family, the LePage family and their general store, the Cudmore and Rattary families, her grandparents and her aunt that helped raise her and her brothers, her father selling the farm and moving them to Charlottetown and what he did for work there, Ritz apartments and former More
- Date Recorded:2004-01-28
- Duration:01:03:20
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Ravenhill, Louise
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Louise Ravenhill of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview Louise talks about her family history and their immigration from England as Home Children. She tells about her father's tough life and the book she wrote about it.
- Date Recorded:1996-01-12
- Duration:00:31:53
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacDonald, Louis Richard
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about working in Halifax, WWII, pack peddlers, his father, hockey, school, winters, the telephone, North River, Jack Ellsworth, rum running, Cornwall, clothes, stores, the Upton Airfield, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2002-11-25
- Duration:01:03:41
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Paynter (Andrews), Joyce
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Joyce Paynter (nee Andrews) of Sutton, England and French River, P.E.I. In this interview Joyce talks about her family, growing up in England during the 1930s, WWII, Christmas, how she met her husband, the Canadian Women's Army Corps, her wedding during the war, and moving to PEI after the war.
- Date Recorded:1998-03-03
- Duration:01:03:05
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Coombs, John
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with John Coombs. In this interview John talks about his upbringing, his parents, his father's service in WWI, working as a farm labourer at age 16, school, the Halifax Explosion, working out West during the Harvest Excursion, the chaotic train ride out, and stories about his travels as a hobo.
- Date Recorded:1994-04-29
- Duration:01:03:50
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and 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:MacAuley, James A. "Jim"
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with James A. "Jim" MacAuley of Grand Tracadie, P.E.I. Prior to his death in 1999, Jim was the last living WWI veteran on the Island. Jim begins by telling about his birth in Tracadie and growing up in an orphanage. He then tells about his father's work as a fisherman, old fishing boats, and school. He then goes on More
- Date Recorded:1995-04-11
- Duration:01:35:11
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacDonald, Colin
- Contributor:MacDonald, Jean
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is the second half of an interview with Josephine "Jean" Bernadine and R. Colin MacDonald of St. Peters Bay, P.E.I. In this interview Jean and Colin talk about mussel mud, traveling on the ice, family history, WWI, Colin's work in shipyards, their father's practice and other local doctors, Christmas, butter, an various topics More
- Date Recorded:1995-11-22
- Duration:01:03:35
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
- 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. More
- Date Recorded:1994-04-01
- Duration:01:03:41
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory of Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about accidents at sea, the first draggers in the area, and local fish plants. He then talks about life on the draggers, the decline in fish numbers, and tuna fishing. He tells about rum running, fast cars, bootlegging in Souris, and liquor More
- Date Recorded:1995-03-28
- Duration:01:03:55
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gill, Eddy
- Contributor:Gill, Johnny
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This interview is with Johnny and Eddy Gill, and continues on from Tape 1. They talk about working in their father's shop, blacksmithing, farm machinery, mills, and a local tailor shop. They then tell a story of their father caught in a snowstorm, they talk about ships and schooners, and tell about how transportation has changed over More
- Date Recorded:1995-03-08
- Duration:01:35:37
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:MacDonald (Malone), Amy
- Contributor:MacDonald, Elmer Joseph
- 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:Bruce, Clive
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
- Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Abstract:This is an interview with Clive Bruce. In this interview Clive talks about storms, shipwrecks, cod liver oil, Basin Head, fishing, lobster prices, lobster canneries, ships, North Lake, farming, home remedies, the 1929 earthquake, radios, Christmas, stores, cheese, the Halifax Explosion, horses, and various other topics.
- Date Recorded:2002-04-08
- Duration:01:03:30
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
- Contributor:Trenholm, Mary
- Abstract:This is the ninth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Included in this interview is Tom's wife, Mary Trenholm (nee MacGillivray). The interview begins with Mary telling about her family and growing up in Louisbourg. She then talks about how she and Tom first met, their first trip together More
- Date Recorded:2002-01-13
- Duration:01:03:37
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
- Abstract:This is the sixth tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling a story about sailing back from New York on the M. M. Gardner and almost crashing into the Devil's Limb off of Seal Island. He then talks about the Marine, explains "slushing the spars", and tells a story More
- Date Recorded:2000-12-21
- Duration:01:04:04
- Type:Interview
- Contributor:MacKay, Paul
- Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
- Contributor:Trenholm, Captain Thomas
- Abstract:This is the third tape of several interviews with Captain Thomas Trenholm of Murray Harbour, P.E.I. Captain Tom begins by telling about trips to and from British Guiana with mention of a pet monkey. He then goes on to tell about superstitions and old time sailors, the sinking of the Cape D'Or, a trip down to Barbados with his wife More
- Date Recorded:1996-01-16
- Duration:01:35:54