Indow (Tarow) papers, 1952-2003, bulk 1981-1994

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Title:

Tarow Indow papers

Dates:

1952-2003, bulk 1981-1994

Creators:

Indow, Tarow

Abstract:

This collection comprises the papers of Tarow Indow, professor of Cognitive Sciences and founding member of the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Indow was an internationally known expert on the human visual system and semantic memory. The collection primarily contains lecture notes, teaching materials, and reprints of his scholarly articles. The materials reflect his research interests in mathematical models in visual space, color space, and human memory.

Extent:

7.4 Linear Feet (13 boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Tarow Indow papers. MS-F027. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

This collection comprises the papers of Tarow Indow, an internationally known expert on the human visual system and semantic memory. The collection primarily contains notes for course lectures, conferences, and other presentations; reprints of his scholarly articles; and teaching aids and research tools related to the science of color. The materials reflect his research interests and teaching in the global structure and geometry of visual space; metrics in object color space, an interdisciplinary problem in applied physics, experimental psychology, physiology, and mathematics; and retrieval of information from long-term memory.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Tarow Indow was an internationally known expert on the human visual system and semantic memory. His research, reported in over 100 technical papers in major journals, covered geometric representations of visual space, formalisms of color space, stochastic representations of semantic memory, and ability testing.

Indow received his Ph.D. from Keio University in Tokyo, where he then rose to a full professorship and later became professor emeritus. During his early years in the United States he held visiting positions at Harvard, the Institute for Advanced Study, and at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). In 1979 he became a professor in cognitive sciences at the School of Social Sciences at UCI and was later a founding member of UCI's Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences. He was also a respected member of the International Society for Psychophysics, Society of Experimental Psychologists, and International Color Association.

Chronology
Date	Event
1923 August 22	Born in Tokyo, Japan.
1945	Receives Ph.D. from Keio University in Tokyo.
1953	Marries Minako Kawamura, a language teacher at a private high school.
1973-1977	Serves as president of the International Color Association.
1979	Becomes professor of cognitive sciences at UCI.
1986	Is elected fellow of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.
1988	Psychological Review 88,
1989	Receives Judd-AIC Award.
1990	Psychological Explorations of Mental Structures.
1991	Psychological Review, 98,
1993	Contributions to Mathematical Psychology, Psychometrics, and Methodology Behaviormetrika, 20,
1995	Geometrical Representations of Perceptual Phenomena: Papers in honor of Tarow Indow on his 70th birthday.
2004	Global Structure of Visual Space
2007 September 22	Dies at age 84 following hospitalization for a throat and lung disorder.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Minako Indow, 2007.

Appraisal information:

Student grade reports were removed from the collection and shredded. Also not retained in the collection were research files largely containing photocopies of published works and correspondence, mostly concerning Indow's work as a peer reviewer.

Processing information:

Processed by Cyndi Shein, 2008.

This collection has been minimally processed.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by type of material.

Physical location:

The collection is stored offsite at SRLF. Advanced notice is required for access.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Bibliography:

University of California, Irvine. School of Social Sciences. "News Detail. In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Tarow Indow." University of California, Irvine. September 26, 2007. http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news_item.php?nid=1546 (accessed July 2, 2008).

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Color -- Psychological aspects -- History -- Sources.
Social scientists.
Names:: University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives
Indow, Tarow -- Archives

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Machine-readable finding aid created by Cyndi Shein, 2008.
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-06-18 17:30:21 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Copyrights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.