Diploma of Social Study 1953. File contains: Photograph; enrolment form; application form; correspondence and notes relating to the student's admission interview and enrolment including references from the headmistress of Esdaile School and Rev. C Alexander Dodds, minister of Golspie; reference for the post of Children's Officer, Inverness County Council. Details of practical placements can be found at the back of the file and include reports from: E Ogilvie, Almoner, The Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children; Jean Kerr, District Secretary, Edinburgh Council of Social Service, for which Adam undertook home visiting; The Corporation of Glasgow's Children's Department where Adam was required to learn about boarding-out, adoption, admissions and court procedures with regard care and protection cases; B L Johnston, Secretary, Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Associaton (SSAFA), Edinburgh.

Title of thesis: "The Care of Deprived Children in Scotland". [NB a copy of this does not survive in the file].