James Adam (1834-1908): archives

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

10 volumes Written 10 volumes of Letts's Diary, each 325 × 205 mm.

Purchased from Paul Breman, 1980.

On Adam's career, cf. C E Easterbrook, The chronicle of Crichton Royal (Dumfries, 1940).

A digitised copy is held by Wellcome Collection as part of The Mental Health Archives digitisation project.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).