Autobiographical sketches, 1965.

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Autobiographical sketches, 1965.

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Brief description of Allison's education at Johns Hopkins University, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, and Huntington College; and description of Allison's sponsorship of William Jennings Bryan for a lecture to fund a telescope for Emory and Henry College laboratory, entitled "I was manager for William Jennings Bryan for a day in the interest of equipping an astronomical observatory."

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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