Collection FOA - Adam Forman Sphagnum Moss papers and photographs

Identity area

Reference code

GB 235 FOA

Title

Adam Forman Sphagnum Moss papers and photographs

Date(s)

  • 1916 - 1918 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

one box, 46cm

Context area

Name of creator

(c.1877-1977)

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Dr Adam Forman, Rev Adam Forman's grandson

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The collection comprises photographs and reports related to the gathering and preparation of Sphagnum moss, in and around the Moffat/Beattock area, S.W. Scotland, which was used as a medical dressing for wounds during the First World War.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The collection was categorised and arranged as follows:
GB 235 FOA/1 Photographs
GB 235 FOA/2 Forman’s Reports
GB 235 FOA/3 Later Additions (photocopied reports, articles, poem)

FOA/1 Photographs
FOA/1/1 Album: ‘Moss Photographs’, photograph album, 92 b&w photos depicting the gathering and preparation of Sphagnum moss, many taken outside of Craigielands, home of the Forman family.
FOA/1/2 Loose photographs, mainly Duplicates from ‘Moss Photographs,’ approx. 70 b&w photos

FOA/2 Forman’s Reports
FOA/2/1 “Memo re Gathering” by Rev A. Forman, Craigielands, Beattock, June 1918, carbon copy, 6 pp.
FOA/2/2 Reports on 12 gathering areas, carbon copy with ms. Annotations - by Mr Archer?

FOA/3 Later Additions
FOA/3/1 Report on Sphagnum Areas, W.W. Smith, RBGE, 1916, photocopy.
FOA/3/2 Prof. George E. Nichols, “Sphagnum Moss: War Substitute for Cotton in Absorbent Surgical Dressings,” pp. 221–235, Annual Report Smithsonian Institution, 1918, photocopy.
FOA/3/3 “Sphagnum Moss,” poem by A.M.S. - photocopy

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Collection is open to researchers by appointment, see (right click, open link in new tab:) https://www.rbge.org.uk/science-and-conservation/library-and-archives/visiting-the-library/

Conditions governing reproduction

Permission required from RBGE and Forman family retain copyright.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    good, album in need of some cleaning.

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    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    See also Sphagnum Moss collection for related material, including photocopies of reports on gathering areas, a memo by Rev Adam Forman, and a report by W.W. Smith.
    For information on the Forman family, including a family tree, see Denis Forman, Son of Adam (London: Andre Deutsch, 1990).

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    Description identifier

    FOA

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    Status

    Level of detail

    Partial

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