?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies Martin Adamson papers SC1 Table of Contents Summary Information Biographical/Historical note Scope and Contents note Arrangement note Administrative Information Controlled Access Headings Other Finding Aids note Collection Inventory Photographs Correspondence Publications Summary Information Repository The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies Creator Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth Title Martin Adamson papers: from the D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Collection, ID SC1 Date 1923-1945. Extent 1.0 Linear feet General Physical Description note (1 box, 106 items) Language English Preferred Citation note Martin Adamson papers. The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Return to Table of Contents » Biographical/Historical note Alastair Martin Adamson was born in Scotland in 1901 and trained in zoology at the University of St. Andrews. On completion of his studies, he was appointed Assistant in Zoology to Professor D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson at St. Andrews and they developed a life-long friendship. In 1933 he was apppointed Senior Lecturer and head of the Department of Entomology of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA), St. Augustine. While on staff at ICTA he obtained his Ph.D Degree from the University of California and was promoted to the rank of Professor. He served on the staff of ICTA until his death in 1945. Return to Table of Contents » Scope and Contents note The collection consists of mainly letters from Adamson to Thompson. In a few instances there are replies from Thompson and from institutions with which Adamson was in contact. Four of Adamson's publications and two photographs are included. Return to Table of Contents » Arrangement note Arranged by form of material. Return to Table of Contents » Administrative Information Publication Information The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus 868-662-2002 Ext.82132 Custodial History note The collection is part of the D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Collection held at the University of St. Andrews Library from which The University of the West Indies bought the photocopies. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Purchased from the University of St. Andrews Library, Scotland in 1985. Return to Table of Contents » Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad and Tobago). Subject(s) College teachers Return to Table of Contents » Other Finding Aids note Rouse-Jones Margaret D. and Hazel Hazzard-Samuda, The Martin Adamson papers (from the D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson Collection) : a descriptive inventory (Main Library, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, 1993). Return to Table of Contents » Collection Inventory Photographs  Copy of a photograph of Martin Adamson.  Folder 1 Return to Table of Contents » Correspondence  Letter to D'Arcy Thompson from David Burt, 15 May 1927 - 20 June 1927.  Folder 2 Financial assistance from England, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14 July 1923-7 July 1924.  Folder 3 Job application to "Discovery" Committee, 6 July 1926-31 Dec. 1926  Folder 4 Summer vacations, 4 July 1923-22 Aug. 1925.  Folder 5 California/Pacific Islands research, 28 Sep 1926-23 Dec 1927  Folder 6 California/Pacific Islands research, 12 Jan 1928- 10 Dec 1928  Folder 7 California/Pacific Islands research, 16 March 1929-22 Dec 1929  Folder 8 California/Pacific Islands research, 30 Apr. 1930-25 July 1931.  Folder 9 California/Pacific Islands research, 5 Jan 1932- 10 Dec 1932  Folder 10 California/Pacific Islands research, 18 Jan 1933-25 Feb 1933  Folder 11 Application for lectureship at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad 6 May 1933-31 July 1933  Folder 12 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture (ICTA), 12 Jan 1934-30 Sep 1934  Folder 13 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad (ICTA), 30 march 1935-26 Oct. 1936  Folder 14 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad (ICTA), 12 June 1937-12 Dec 1938  Folder 15 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad (ICTA), 5 July 1939-1 Oct 1940  Folder 16 Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad (ICTA), 28 July 1942-16 April 1944  Folder 17 Illness and death, 10 Apr. 1945-5 may 1946  Folder 18 Return to Table of Contents » Publications  Folder 19 L. Berland. 'Resherches entomologiques faites aux iles marquises par Mumford et Adamson." Compte Rendu Sommaire des Seances de la Societe de Biogeographie, no. 76, July 1932.  Entomological Researches in the Marquesas Islands. with E.P. Mumford. [Paper] read at the International Congress of ENtomology, Paris, July 1932. 18p iv.  "The Work of the British West Indies plant Quarantine Station from 1934 to 1939." with R.E.D. Baker in Tropical Agriculture, Vol 17, 1940, pp 4-5.  "A Second Report on the Termites of Trinidad, British West Indies", Tropical Agriculture, Vol 17, 1940, pp 12-15.  Return to Table of Contents »