Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1872-1882 (Creation)
Extent and medium
10 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
James Adam was superintendent of the Metropolitan District Asylum at Caterham, Surrey, and of Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries. On Adam's career, cf. C E Easterbrook, The chronicle of Crichton Royal (Dumfries, 1940).
Repository
Archival history
GB 0120 MSS.5510-5519 1872-1882 Collection (fonds) 10 volumes Adam , James , 1834-1908 , asylum medical superintendent
James Adam was superintendent of the Metropolitan District Asylum at Caterham, Surrey, and of Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries. On Adam's career, cf. C E Easterbrook, The chronicle of Crichton Royal (Dumfries, 1940).
Purchased from Paul Breman, 1980.
Diaries of James Adam as superintendent of the Metropolitan District Asylum at Caterham, Surrey, and of Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, with inserted letters, memoranda, and programmes of events, 1872-1882.
Chronological
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English
Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2009 Scotland Dumfriesshire Dumfries Europe Western Europe UK England Surrey Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries Metropolitan District Asylum, Caterham Adam , James , 1834-1908 , asylum medical superintendent Physicians Medical personnel Medical profession Medical sciences Hospitals People Psychiatric hospitals People by occupation Personnel Asylums Medical institutions Health services London
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Paul Breman, 1980.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Diaries of James Adam as superintendent of the Metropolitan District Asylum at Caterham, Surrey, and of Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, with inserted letters, memoranda, and programmes of events, 1872-1882.
System of arrangement
Chronological
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Finding aids
Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
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Rules and/or conventions used
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Language(s)
- English