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Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Montgomery, James Cousins "Jim"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview James talks about his work as a traveling salesman selling candy and an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company. He also talks about general stores, Christmas, college, cars, mills, entertainment, Charlottetown, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Date Recorded:1997-04-07
Duration:01:03:39

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Rodd (MacCaull), Mary D.
Contributor:Rodd, Jack
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Jack and Mary D. (nee MacCaull) Rodd of Charlottetown and Winsloe, P.E.I. In this interview Jack and Mary talk about blacksmiths, tractors, horses, foxes, family, home remedies, thrashing, fish, farming, how they met, teaching, WWI, tuberculosis, hockey, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1999-01-18
Duration:01:03:29

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacDonald (MacPhee), Margaret Matilda "Hilda"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Margaret Matilda "Hilda" MacDonald (nee MacPhee) of Clearspring and Selkirk, P.E.I. In this interview Hilda talks about the Halifax Explosion, her family, ghosts, Selkirk, Christmas, horses, homemade soap and butter, trading eggs for groceries, music and dances, fiddlers, rum running and moonshine, Captain Dicks

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John, Thomson, Robyn, MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Linkletter, Hester
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Hester Linkletter talking about driving a Model-T Ford, her birth and familly home, her mother Irene Bell, aunt Helen Smith Bell, and her grandfather Albert Bell and how much she loved them, meeting her husband, teaching and how much she was paid, school days, home rememdies, Christmas time, her aunt Patience

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Schurman, Herbert B.
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about Christmas, snow and snowplowing, Crystal Rink, German POWs, his family, doctors and home remedies, school, characters, cars, his brother's service in WWI, the Halifax Explosion and the Spanish Flu, life growing up in Summerside,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Chandler, Helen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Helen Chandler of Hazelbrook, P.E.I. In this interview Helen talks about various things including her family, The Great Depression, farming, airplanes, cars, radio, horses, pack peddlers, electricity, and war.
Date Recorded:1998-02-03
Duration:00:53:06

Type:Interview
Contributor:Heffell, Harry Holbourn
Contributor:Heffell, Marjorie
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Harry Holbourn and Marjorie (Somers) Heffell of Travellers Rest, P.E.I. In this interview Harry and Marjorie talk about their family background, their parents, blacksmiths, horses, school, chores, farming, WWI and WWII, fox ranching, potato farming, Christmas, pack peddlers, cars, sleighs, and horse races.
Date Recorded:1997-04-11
Duration:01:03:37

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Martin, Harold Neil
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Harold Neil Martin of Orwell, P.E.I. In this interview Harold talks about his family, MacDonaldites, school, WWI, his Scottish heritage, religion, the Spanish Flu, funerals and undertakers, factories, ice, his father's work as a wheelwright and his time in Milwaukee, farming, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:1998-01-20
Duration:01:03:40

Type:Interview
Contributor:Edwards, Gwen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview is with Gwen Edwards of Kington, Herefordshire, England. This interview begins with Gwen discussing her birth and her family. She then talks about her sister Annie, who was on the Titanic, and then about chores on the farm and walking to school. She then tells about her father, WWI, and jobs her family held. She and

Type:Interview
Contributor:Grigg (MacLennan), Greta
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Greta Grigg (nee MacLennan) of Port Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Greta talks about her birth, Christmas, home remedies, her parents, Port Hill, drownings, self sufficiency, her work at a lobster factory, dances, Milligan and Morrison's, Tyne Valley, ice storms, electricity, Courtney Maynard, big families,

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Swan (Watts), Grace
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Grace Swan (nee Watts) of York, P.E.I. In this interview Grace talks about her family, doctors, Christmas, WWI, the Spanish Flu and other illnesses, midwives, pack peddlers, York, the family farm, school, religion and Sundays, flour bag clothes, socials, Market Square, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2007-01-05
Duration:01:35:55

Type:Interview
Contributor:Campbell, Oscar
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:McGrath, Arnold
Contributor:Quigley, Elsie
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a recording of interviews regarding German prisoners of war. Interviewees include Oscar Campbell, Arnold McGrath, and Elsie Quigley. Some topics covered include POWs, the Spanish Flu, WWI, the railroad, and ghosts.
Date Recorded:1996-07-21
Duration:00:31:53

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacBeth (Dingwell), Georgie Helen
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Georgie Helen MacBeth (nee Dingwell) of Montague and Forrest Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Georgie talks about Lucy Maud Montgomery, her mother, school, her family, cars, homemade goods, home remedies, the family farm, Christmas, cholera, Charlottetown, Prince of Wales College, teaching, church,

Type:Interview
Contributor:Hart, George Edward
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with George Edward Hart of Brighton in Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview George talks about his family, growing up in Brighton, WWI and the Spanish Flu, radio and CFCY, Bobby Cotton, rum running and bootlegging, the Burtwhistles, teaching, school, cars, general stores, pop, and old Charlottetown.
Date Recorded:2009-07-22
Duration:01:04:04

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Walker, Spurgeon William "Friday"
Abstract:This is an interview with Spurgeon William "Friday" Walker of Georgetown, P.E.I. In this interview Friday talks about his grandfather and father working as harness makers, his work on the railway, trains, shipping, his nickname, hockey, doctors, rum running, Georgetown, cars, blacksmiths, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2000-11-28
Duration:01:34:57