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This is an interview with John "Emmett" Hickey of Indian River, P.E.I. In this interview Emmett talks about his years as a lobster fisherman, running the Fish Island Lighthouse, schooners, rum running, mussel mud, ice travel, cars, and various other topics.

This is a recording of the St. Teresa Heritage Fair in St. Teresa, P.E.I. It includes various interviews with interviewees such as Father Francis Corcoran, Cecil Trainor, Mary Reggie MacDonald, and Johnny Bradley. Some topics covered include poetry, St. Teresa, songwriting, storytelling, parties and dances, school and teaching, and music. Several tunes are played and stories of locals are told.

This is an interview with Arthur R. Lambe of Charlottetown and Emerald, P.E.I. In this interview Arthur talks about animals on the railroads, Keith Richardson, people he worked with on the railway, Emerald and Emerald Station, Breadalbane, a story about selling a horse, accidents on the railway, a story about a train missing its stop, and his career as a railway worker.

Stories as told by Roy Clow of Murray Harbour North that also include Sturgeon, Montague and the Arctic Sea. Tales of traveling doctors, Sealing, farm living, pack salesmen, earthquakes, horses, ice cream and a near death experience while welding in the Atlantic Ocean. Stories take place from 1920s-1950s.

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 Methodist churches, singing and performing, her teacher Mr. Arthur Fletcher, her father's brain operation, singing and recieving a cup and saucer from Govenor DeBlois, the railway bridge, and riding ponies.

This is a lecture by Leonard Cusack titled "A Magnificent Gift Declined", where he discusses growing up in Emyvale, Charles Dalton and his silver fox breeding,, the donation of a hospital/sanitorium, healthcare in PEI, lawyer's involvement with hospitals and other stories to do with hospitals and healthcare.

David Mckenzie and Karen Doyle interview Louis O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor talks to them about industries and trades on the island during the early days which included Shipbuilding, Agriculture, Carpentry and Blacksmithing. He mentions that the Irish were superstitious and poor, but had unique personalities with a strong faith. He then goes on to talk about manual labor, fighting amongst the Irish and Changes in the early days.

This interview is with Warren Leard talking about the building of an O'Leary mill, and his grandfather also building and buying a mill, cutting lumber and different kinds of wood, fire and rebuilding of the mill in 1887, moving houses and buildings around PEI, growing wheat and barley, and his father breaking his leg.

This interview is with Clayton Ballum of Tyne Valley, P.E.I. Clayton begins by telling about his family and his background. He then goes on to tell a little about the first time he had electricity, milk, and potato picking. He tells of waking up with a dead man in his bed, a story about looking for a job, his mother's cooking, and raising chickens. He then tells about mussel mud and potato farming, pesticides, harvesting grain, wool, binders, and sheep. Clayton goes on to tell about horses, homemade clothes, firewood, apples, and the Harvest Excursion. He then talks in great detail about working on Milligan and Morrsion's fox ranch and working as a driver for Dr. Stewart. He goes on to mention Christmas, the big snow of 1942, and the ice storm of 1956.