Bob-E and the Book Fair

Oral History

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Montauk Library Archives

Name/Title

Bob-E and the Book Fair

Entry/Object ID

OH.ML.2024.BM

Scope and Content

Barbara Metzger (1944-2023) was an award-winning novelist as well as an editor, writer of greeting card verses, artist, and longtime volunteer with the Friends of the Montauk Library. It was in that last capacity that Bob-E, as she was known, was instrumental in organizing book fairs on the Montauk Green on July Fourth weekends from 1980 to 2014. The events involved a colossal amount of work but raised thousands of dollars for library programs and equipment.

Oral History Details

Interviewee

Bob-e Metzger

Interviewer

Stephanie Krusa, Friends of the Montauk Library

Interview Date

Jan 23, 2024

Length of Interview

40:10

Primary Language

English

Recording Media

Digital Recording

Transcriber

Virginia Garrison

Oral History Notes

In 2023, Bob-E wrote down her remembrances of the early book fairs in preparation for an oral history interview, but she died before the interview could take place. Stephanie Krusa, the Friends’ first president, read the notes on Bob-E’s behalf for this recording.

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquired From

Bob-e Metzger

Web Links and URLs

Listen to the oral history on New York Heritage Digital Collections.

Copyright

Type of License

In copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Copyright Holder

Montauk Library

Copyright Details

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