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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Helen Vanderplank in front of new cottage. -
1 bowl of Cyrtanthus sanguineus. 42 in flower. -
Cyrthanthus mortanus in pot. -
Boophone disticha in full flower after being uprooted from veld near The Willows. A stump of a root, much dead after 4 years. -
Gasteria acinifolia. -
From East. -
Garden at 38 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth. From North. -
Garden at 26 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth -
Garden at 26 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth -
Garden at 26 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth -
Pool Garden, Walton Park. -
Guy Smith's garden, 14 Walton Road. -
Bowl full of 50+ Cyrtanthus sanguineus flowering -
Bowl full of 50+ Cyrtanthus sanguineus flowering. -
Grassy traffic triangle demarcating roads with strong flowering of Gazania krebsii. -
Good spread of Gazania krebsii seen well into the distance. This strip said to be destined for double-carriageway. -
Fine shrub of cosmos. Garden at 38 Walton Park. -
Garden at 26 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth -
Dense bed of Gazania krebsii, one of many all up it now, a sample of the rest of the area. -
Patches of Tritonia securigera in field. -
Felicia echinata. Garden at 35 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth -
Garden at 25 Walton Park, Port Elizabeth -
Heather and family. -
Good cluster of Gladiolus floribundus with many others out of the picture. Had been a good flowering year at this spot after good winter season, better than seen in last seven years. Note tall building at UPE in background & Technichon Building in centre background. This small sector almost certain to be destroyed in near future. -
Garden at 86 Kruger Gardens, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth