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Edward Farrington Abbott, Jr. Papers,
1915-1978, n.d.
0.50
linear feet.
Catalog Number:
M225
Series List:
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Agency History / Biographical Note:
Edward Farrington Abbott, Jr. was born in Auburn, Maine, January 4, 1909 and
died on October 17, 1979. He graduated from Bowdoin cum laude in 1931 and
studied at Harvard from 1931 to 1932. He was the son of Edward Farrington
Abbott (Bowdoin 1903) and Mary Dana Abbott. Two brothers were also Bowdoin
graduates, Luther Dana Abbott (Bowdoin 1939) and John Cushman Abbott (Bowdoin
1943). On June 30, 1951 he married Maude McCurry. One of their children,
Philip J. Abbott, graduated from Bowdoin in 1980. Edward Farrington Abbott,
Jr. was a businessman in the Lewiston-Auburn area from 1933 until his death
in 1979, except for three years during World War II. During the war, he
served as a weather forecaster in the USAAF, reaching the rank of staff
sergeant. He was a director of the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA and a former
president of the Auburn YMCA and the Maine Contract Bridge League, winning
several New England Bridge Championships. In Bowdoin affairs he was a member
of Theta Delta Chi, was chairman of the Lewiston-Auburn area Capital Campaign
from 1962 to 1964, was a director of the Alumni Fund from 1958 to 1960, and
served as 1931 Class Agent in the Fund from 1956 to 1960.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains World War II correspondence of Edward Farrington
Abbott, Jr. to family members, 1942-1945 and miscellaneous biographical
material. Primary correspondents are his parents, Helen Abbott (sister), and
Margaret Campbell (sister), but other family members are represented as well.
The letters principally concern Abbott's day-to-day and recreational
activities. Most of the biographical material is for Abbott, with a few items
for other immediate family. Material includes school report cards,
identification cards and photographs, and contract bridge cards.
Finding Aid/Index:
Cite as:
Edward Farrington Abbott, Jr., Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of
Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library
Access Restrictions:
None.
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