MacNaught History Centre

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The Elders’ Circle Video Tapes are a series of 26 recordings of interviews done with 24 senior individuals of the Summerside area as they reminisced on a large variety of topics. Reg "Dutch" Thompson created the tapes in 1999–2000 as a component of the Summerside Millennium Project. The videos were broadcast in an edited form on the PEI Community Television Cable Network.

The interviews offer an informative, moving, and nostalgic look at Summerside, Prince County, and the province as a whole in the early 20th century. It is history told by the people who lived it. The tapes are in VHS format and are freely available for viewing at MacNaught History Centre and Archives.

In the summer of 2002, a student project worker created a database listing various topics found on 17 of the tapes. It can be accessed at the MacNaught History Centre and Archives, and will soon be available through our subscription service. The remainder of the tapes will be indexed as part of a future project.

The following is the list of interviewees and interview dates:

Barrett, Wylie	Feb 2000 (two)	Key, George	Nov. 1999
Cairns, Wyman	Nov. 1999	Lockerby, Lloyd	Feb. 2000
Cameron, Urban	Nov. 1999	McNeill, Tanton & John	Nov. 1999
Cannon, Earl	Mar. 1999	Olscamp, George	Feb. 2000
Clark, Garth	Nov. 2000	Pate, Trueman	Nov. 1999
Deighan, Charlie	Nov. 1999	Pope, Peter	Feb. 2001
Hall, Tom	Dec. 1999	Rogers, Claudia	Jan. 2001
Harris, Minnie	Feb. 2000	Ronohan, Georgie	Mar. 2001
Hogg, Blanche	Jan. 2000	Savidant, Millie	Jan. 2001
Holman, Alan	Jan. 2001	Schurman, Herb	Nov. 1999 (two)
Huestis, Lowell	Feb. 2001	Steele, Dick	Jan. 2001
Jeffrey, Hudson	Feb. 2001	Tanton, Charlie & Peter	Mar. 2001