Name/Title
Perry "Chip" Duryea III Oral HistoryEntry/Object ID
OH.ML.2023.PDScope and Content
Perry “Chip” Duryea III (b. 1949) is the former owner of the Lobster Deck restaurant and of Duryea’s lobster house, both on Montauk’s Fort Pond Bay. He worked alongside his father, Perry Duryea Jr., in a three-generation, family-run seafood business before transforming it into a popular restaurant. Chip Duryea’s father, Perry Duryea Jr., was an 18-year New York State assemblyman and six-year Assembly speaker who ran for governor in 1978. Perry Duryea III, who is a cancer survivor and source of support for cancer patients, has witnessed many changes in his hometown since he attended the Montauk School and learned to surf in the 1960s.Oral History Details
Interviewee
Perry "Chip" Duryea IIIInterviewer
Virginia GarrisonInterview Date
Jun 13, 2023Interview Place
* Untyped Interview Place
Montauk, New YorkLength of Interview
1 hour, 3 minutes.Primary Language
EnglishRecording Media
Digital RecordingTranscriber
Virginia GarrisonAcquisition
Acquisition Method
GiftAcquired From
Perry "Chip" Duryea IIICopyright
Type of License
In copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Copyright Holder
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