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This is an interview with Elton MacDonald. In this interview Elton talks about Keith Mutch's clock, rare clocks, watches, time, and various other topics related to time keeping and clocks.

This is a lecture by Brendan O'Grady titled "Ulster Immigration to PEI", where he discusses historic Ulster, acquiring land, Ireland and Scotland relations, assimilation, Father Augustus and jobs in Boston. The lecture also includes discussion about arrivals of ships, graveyards, Monaghan, Ulster immigration, families, religion, tradition and other topics relating to Ulster immigration.

In this interview, Geoff Lepage interviews Alvin Bryan of Foxley River. This interview talks about the life of the bryan family on Prince Edward Island, superstitions, ghost stories, the first road, black bears, customs and famous people in the bryan family.

This is an interview with Greta Grigg (nee MacLennan) of Port Hill, P.E.I. In this interview Greta talks about big families, chores and housework, horses, storms, mussel mud, potato farming, traveling on the railway, Tyne Valley, working as the postmistress, getting the strap in school, women's rights, airplanes, WWII and rationing, dances, and various other topics.

This interview is with Maude and Jack MacEachern from Ponds in Pictou county, Nova Scotia. The interview begins with a discussion about salmon and lobster fishing. They discuss prices and regulations, and there is mention of working in lumber mills during the winter. They tell about their family histories, Tiny Mason and other bootleggers, and house dances. There is also mention of early radios and cars, schools, old general stores, and doctors in the area. They talk about shipbuilding, lumber yards, Castle Harris, and Bob Porter's Funeral Home. The tape ends with a discussion of the feuds between Protestants and Catholics in the Maritimes.

This is an interview with Neil MacNeill of Little Sands, PEI. In this interview Neil talks about his family history, Gaelic, his grandparents, stumping, horses, the Spanish Flu, snow, working in the lumber woods, driving logs down the river, Sundays, farming, mussel mud, cars, and various other topics.

This is an interview with Lloyd Gates of West Royalty, Charlottetown, PEI. In this interview Lloyd talks about his family home, his siblings, the Upton Airfield, West Royalty, the mill pond, working as an engraver, his family background, the family mill and how it worked, his service in the RCAF during WWII, Operation Bodenplatte, his brother's death, and other stories about his service in the air force.

This interview is with Bertha Ross talking about church socials, her mother growing potatoes, moving to Bridgetown, the world wars, blacksmiths, the Halifax Explosion, traveling, her mother's family visiting from Boston, lobsters, her father, old age, and people not living as long.

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.