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Type:Collection
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:
Mr. Thompson currently has approximately 700 hours of field recordings stored on audio-cassette in his home, along with an additional 100 hours recorded on video. This is surely one of the richest single troves of oral history in Eastern Canada – a treasure of both provincial and regional significance – and Mr. Thompson has

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Patton, Raymond
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Raymond Patton begins with talk about lobster canneries and doreys, before moving on to ghost stories and the phantom ship near Merigomish. Ray then tells about his first radio, playing the fiddle at dances, and the very musical Murdock family. He then tells stories about Stormy Sandy and Jim Henderson.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:31:55

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Patton, Raymond
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This interview with Raymond Patton begins with a discussion of his father's work as a blacksmith. The conversation then moves on to farming, then on to the Mason family and fishing. Raymond goes on to tell about Ed and Tiny Mason, as story about his father Scott going to town for coal, and working in the woods. Raymond and Dutch

Type:Interview
Contributor:Dawson, Ray
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Ray Dawson in Kington, England. In this interview Ray talks about blacksmiths, taking animals to market, his rooster, and police.
Date Recorded:1993-12-08
Duration:00:31:48

Type:Collection
Contributor:University of Prince Edward Island. Robertson Library
Abstract:
The need for a sound and moving image archive in Prince Edward Island was first articulated in a 1988 report commissioned by the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. Now, fifteen years later, the Prince Edward Island Sound and Moving Image Archive is taking shape in the form of a special collection

Type:Photograph
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a photograph of Jean Pratt sitting outside with some of her flowers.
Date Recorded:Unknown year

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gulak (Bezan), Polly
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Polly Gulak (nee Bezan). In this interview Polly talks about farming, growing up in Manitoba, her family, languages she speaks, Christmas, horses, chores as a child, home remedies, cooking, livestock, milking, homemade clothes and goods, cars, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2009-09-10
Duration:01:04:25

Type:Interview
Contributor:Fraser, Betty Anne
Contributor:Fraser, Gordon
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is a tape titled Phantom Ship. It is an interview with Gordon and Betty Anne Fraser and others covering topics such as the phantom ship, Henderson the Klondiker, and Cookie John Wilson.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:01:01:13

Type:Interview
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:O'Hanley, Mary
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Contributor:Whitty, Peter
Abstract:This is an interview with Peter Whitty and May O'Hanley of Souris, P.E.I. In this interview Peter and May talk about Matthew and MacLean's, peddlers, Souris, coal, Christmas, home remedies, WWII, fish flakes, trains, family, Dr. Gus, and various other topics.
Date Recorded:2002-04-08
Duration:01:03:48

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Herlihy, Elwyn
Contributor:Hicks, Peter
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is an interview with Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy. In this interview they talk about their ancestors, Colonel Herlihy, immigrants to Atlantic Canada, and Antigonish.
Date Recorded:Unknown year
Duration:00:18:40