C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
Item set
- Title
- C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
- Creator
- Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John)
- Description
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The Jack (Cuthbert John) Skead Collection comprises a substantial body of photographic material that documents the natural environments, vegetation types, and ecological habitats of the Eastern Cape and the wider southern African region. The photographs—taken over several decades—capture landscapes, plant communities, wetlands, forests, grasslands, and other habitat formations that were central to Skead’s extensive research interests. Many images also document environmental change, land use patterns, and field sites associated with his ornithological and botanical studies.
The collection provides a valuable visual record for researchers working in the fields of environmental history, ecology, biogeography, conservation, and Eastern Cape natural heritage. The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts. - Language
- English
- Provenance
- Materials received from the Skead Family.
- Type
- Collection
- Genre
- Photographs
- Subject
- South Africa--Addo Elephant National Park
- Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa)
- Natual history -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Vegetation -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Habitats -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Ecology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Landscape photography -- South Africa
- Photograph collections
- Environmental change -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Biogeography -- South Africa
- Eastern Cape (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Albany District (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John), 1912–2006
Items
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Last house in top left-hand corner. Deryk Landman & Jennie Bennie in picture. -
Note type of vegetation. -
Note type of vegetation. -
Note type of vegetation. -
Note type of vegetation. -
Lies in a hollow from which rainwater has no escape other than through the cave then out, presumably through seepage, beneath the scrub-covered dune behind into vlei behind the seashore rocks. -
The height of cave interior allows standing room with bent head only. -
Note heavy drapings of Cynanchum obovatum creeper. -
Front covered by draping creeper-cloth. A Man can stand up fairly comfortably, sloping away to tunnel. -
Schoenmakerskop after fire in November 2005. -
NMM University ground just north of Chelsea Point. -
NMM University ground just north of Chelsea Point - Flat stony ground. -
Bushveld behind NMMU on South side of road. -
Bushveld behind NMMU on South side of road. -
Bushveld behind NMMU on North side of road leading towards Admin Block. -
Schoenmakerskop after fire in November 2005. -
Recovery after fire of veld at NMMU campus. -
Recovery after fire of veld at NMMU campus. -
Portugese ship Sacramento was wrecked on 30 Jun 1647. Site of wreck shown by pillar, upper right. Nature reserve is to the right. -
The kop in the background. Foreground shows old cannon recovered from Portuguese ship SACRAMENTO wrecked at Gordon Beach west of Schoenmakerskop on 30 jun 1647, 350 years before this photo was taken. -
Group of about 50 plants of Cyrtanthus speciosus in grassy Seaview, many others nearby. -
Small group of Cyrtanthus speciosus on an open grassy area. Very dry at the time. Other similar groups nearby. -
Satyrium hallackii, twelve plants in boggy ground beside the sea. -
Satyrium hallackii. -
Close-up of three Satyrium hallackii in marshy ground. Two dozen or more others in same marsh.