Collection FOA - Adam Forman Sphagnum Moss papers and photographs

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 235 FOA

Titre

Adam Forman Sphagnum Moss papers and photographs

Date(s)

  • 1916 - 1918 (Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

one box, 46cm

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Forman, Adam
(c.1877-1977)

Notice biographique

Dépôt

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Dr Adam Forman, Rev Adam Forman's grandson

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

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.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

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

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d’accès

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 de reproduction

Permission required from RBGE and Forman family retain copyright.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

Notes de langue et graphie

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

good, album in need of some cleaning.

Instruments de recherche

Instrument de recherche téléversé

adam-forman-sphagnum-moss-papers-and-photographs.pdf

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

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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Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

FOA

Identifiant du service d'archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

Statut

Niveau de détail

Moyen

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

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Localisation physique

  • Tablette: F:3:2