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Title: |
Mathew Alpern papers |
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Repository: |
Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Phone: 330-972-7285 http://www.uakron.edu/chp |
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Creator: |
Alpern, Mathew |
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Dates: |
1929-1996 |
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Quantity: |
41.0 linear feet |
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Abstract: |
The Mathew Alpern papers document the professional activities and research of Mathew Alpern, who primarily worked in the field of ophthalmology, vision, and color blindness. The papers contain correspondence, course materials, written works, and raw data files. |
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Identification: |
p15960coll10/id/433 |
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Location: |
M4513-M4611, M1723-M1729 |
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Language: |
The records are in English |
Mathew Alpern, was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. He briefly attended the University of Akron (1937-38; 1942) and earned his first Doctorate degree in optometry from the Northern Illinois College of Optometry in 1941. After wartime service in the Army, he also earned a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1946 from the University of Florida and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics in Physiological optics from Ohio State University in 1950. After starting his career at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon (1951-1955), Alpern established his career at the University of Michigan. Alpern's research focused on sight and vision as well as psychophysics, affecting areas of research pertaining to contact lens development, prisms, scattered light and astigmatism. Alpern, in conjunction with other ophthalmologists, invented a technique known as focal electroretinography, that allowed the precise measurement of the electric response of the retinal cones for the diagnosis of various eye diseases. Mathew Alpern died in 1996.
The Mathew Alpern papers contain correspondence, course materials, written works, and raw data and analysis.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
Related Material: Related MaterialCorrespondence between Alpern and Anna Berliner (1959-1978) is located in the
CCHP Special Interest collection. These materials were donated by Eckhard Hess.
Research data has been transferred to boxes M1723, M1724, M1725, M1726, M1727, M1728, M1729 in the oversized stacks.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Cite as: [identification of item], [folder number, box number], Archives of the History of American Psychology, The Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology - The University of Akron