Fred Allison Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains various materials formerly belonging to Dr. Fred Allison spanning the entirety of his career. Most notably amongst these materials are: academic papers, research notebooks, correspondence, academic journal articles, laboratory photographs, and interview tapes and transcripts.
Dates
- 1933-1977
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Biographical / Historical
Fred C. Allison (1882-1974) is best know for his research on the effect of applied magnetic fields on the propagation of light through different substances (magneto-optics) and the related technique he developed for identifying chemical elements, which became known as the Allison Method or the Allison Effect. This research brought him fame in the 1930s for identifying two elements of the periodic table: alabamine (now astanine) and virginium (now francium). By the late 1930s, the Allison Effect became a major scientific controversy when other researchers were unable to replicate Allison's results. He founded Auburn University's Department of Physics, where he taught from 1922 to 1952 and pursued an active research agenda until his death. (Source: Online Encyclopedia of Alabama)
Extent
9.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Guide to the Fred Allison Papers
- Author
- Processed by: Dowe W. Littleton, Jakeman, Dieter C. Ullrich, Tommy Brown Digitized by: Noah Biblis
- Date
- 6/9/1978; 12/17/1984; 4/30/2004; 2/7/2011; 10/31/2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Container: Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Container: Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Container: Box 2 (Realia)
- Container: Box 1 (Text)
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- Container: Box 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Container: Box 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Container: Box 10 (Text)
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
