Papers, 1902–1927, of Adam Elder (1879-1961), emigrant to Australia. Adam Elder was born in Hawick, Scotland, in 1879. After serving an apprenticeship to the joiner trade, he moved to Glasgow where he acquired significant knowledge of building construction and trained in sanitary science. In 1903 he was appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector of the Burgh of Port Glasgow and in 1906 he became Sanitary Inspector and Inspector of Cleansing of the same authority. Adam Elder emigrated to Australia in 1909. In 1916 he was appointed Justice of the Peace for the Katanning district, Western Australia. While in Australia he took up farming in Moulynning.

The papers consist of reference letters from various employers, academic certificates, certificate of his appointment as Justice of the Peace signed by the Secretary to the Premier of Western Australia and a farm accounts book.