Adam Forman Sphagnum Moss papers and photographs

• Reference:GB 235 FOA
• Dates of Creation:1916 - 1918
• Name of Creator:
  Forman, Adam
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  one box, 46cm

• 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.

• 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

• Access Information

  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/

• Acquisition Information

  Dr Adam Forman, Rev Adam Forman's grandson

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  good, album in need of some cleaning.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission required from RBGE and Forman family retain copyright.

• Related Material

  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).

• Additional Information

  published

  Partial

  FOA

• Subjects

  Sphagnum Moss

  WW1

• Personal Names

  Smith, Sir William Wright

• Geographical Names

  Dumfries and Galloway