Collection: Foley Burnell Abbott papers

Summary

Collection includes memoirs; Correspondence of the Abbott family; Correspondence of the Montgomery family of Rupert, Idaho; Genealogical material; Yearbooks and newspapers from Rupert, Mountain Home, and Boise, Idaho, high schools, and Boise Junior College; Minutes of the Sub Rosa Club of Mountain Home, Idaho; Photographs taken in Rupert, Pine, Featherville, and Mountain Home; Greeting cards; Post cards; Home movies of ranching, hunting, and fishing in the Pine, Idaho, area; and material related to Abbott's parents, Foley Orlando Abbott and Estella Montgomery Abbott.

Dates

Creation: 1883 - 1991

Biographical Note

Abbott was born in Hailey, Idaho in 1922. He spent his childhood on his family's ranch between the towns of Pine and Featherville. Later, he attended schools in Mountain Home and Boise. During World War II he joined the Navy. Afterwards, he worked for Boeing in Seattle as an aeronautical engineer. His mother, Estella Montgomery Abbot grew up in Rupert, Idaho. Abbott's father, Foley Orlando Abbot, served a stint in Europe during World War I, ranched at Pine, and then retired with Estella in Mountain Home.