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This is an interview with Johnny Henry Reid of Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Johnny talks about his parents and his family history, Charlottetown, Christmas, school, schooners and the waterfront, selling moonshine, Johnny's Fish and Chips, working in Amherst, his marriage, the Prince Edward Lounge, Stompin' Tom Connors, and stories about his businesses.

This is a recording of Dutch's trip to Orkney, Scotland. Dutch interviews several residents including John Rendall. Some topics covered include the Thomson family history, Orkney, and WWII.

This is an interview with Kathleen Gillis of Indian River, P.E.I. In this interview Kathleen talks about butter, home remedies, forerunners, her first job, working and living in Boston, school, Western horses, seafood, foxes, homemade goods, livestock, Christmas, cars, and various other topics.

This interview is with Walter L. MacLure of West Covehead, P.E.I. In this interview Walter talks about his family, his work as a carpenter and blacksmith, horses, farming, potato diggers, Gregor's Hotel, church, thrashing and meat.

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.

This is a lecture by John Cousins titled "James Heran Fitzgerald: School Teacher, Song Maker, and Patriot", where he discusses prominent Irishmen James Heran Fitzgerald and Frank O'Halloran, lots of PEI, Father Patrick Doyle, education and schooling, and reads from an old diary. John Cousin's lecture is presented partially in song, with music from and about Larry Gorman. The lecture also discusses the Charlottetown Herald, Summerside Journal, poetry, independence and various other topics relating to James Heran Fitzgerald.

This interview is with Manson Murchison talking about his families burial place, visting a Murchison monument in Scotland, and his ancestors. He goes on to talk about meeting his wife after WWII, lighthouses, how they worked and his life as a keeper, an ice storm in 1960, installing fog horns, a local historian, and the erosion of Point Prim.

This is an interview with Louis Richard MacDonald of Cornwall, P.E.I. In this interview Louis talks about the background of Cornwall, his family history, his siblings, the family farm, doctors, WWI and WWII, telephones, illnesses, ghosts, his father, the MacDonalds, and various other topics.

This is an interview with John Trainor of Southport, P.E.I. In this interview John talks about plane crashes and pilots, Charlottetown, dances, horses, tobacco, thrashing, horsepower, the Harvest Excursion, church, bootleggers, characters, schooners, radio, and fiddlers.

This is Paul Stordy interviewing married couple Mrs. Loretta Kelly and Mr. Joseph Kelly at the Senior Citizen's Home. Mr and Mrs Kelly discuss Joseph's career as a fiddler, and Joseph plays fiddle tunes for the interview. They discuss processing flax and making things by hand, Father Duffy and his grave, the naming of Kelly's Cross and Desable.