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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Garden at 86 Kruger Gardens, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth -
Garden view 86 Kruger Gardens, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth -
Garden at 86 Kruger Gardens, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth. -
Nerine sarniensis (half-open) in pots. -
Oxalis imbricata and Pelargonium inquinans flowering in yard. Non-flowering Oxalis smithiana plants also in pots. -
Nerine sarniensis (Fully open) in pots. -
Encephalartos altensteinii plants (left hand one with at least three cones) at the base of one Encephalartos. With Aloe ferox and Strelitzia reginae in background. -
Cycad Encephalartos with Aloe africana and Aloe ferox in background. -
Two species of cycad, one with cone, with Aloe ferox on hand. -
Encephalartos sp. with cones -
Encephalartos sp. with four cones, only three visible. -
Aloe arborescens in garden. Relict of a much larger hedge. The unit caters for training of deep sea divers, etc. -
Garden at 8 Walton Road, Port Elizabeth -
Kalanchoe beharensis (alien) coming into bud for first time after 16 years since planting. Flowers opened later but were insignificant for photographing. -
Dietes among Impatiens sp. in garden. -
Boophone disticha, rescued when uprooted and left in veld. -
Helen Vanderplank with Maltese Cross Lilies grown from seed when plants cast out at roadside, abandoned by some gardener in Port Elizabeth's Western Suburbs. -
Helen Vanderplank with Maltese Cross Lilies grown from seed when plants cast out at roadside, abandoned by some gardener in Port Elizabeth's Western Suburbs. -
Silver Tree, Leucadendron argenteum, been in for about 7-8 years, the tree was shedding its silver-tipped cones. -
Daisy-like weed in garden with some in seed. A very common weed in lawns if allowed to develop. -
Canary-creeper, Tropaeolum peregrinum flowering. -
Head of Leonotis leonurus flowers. Photo taken to test effect of flowers in sunshine against dark background shadow from a tree across a lawn. -
Pelargonium tetragonum in pot with 18 blooms. Grown from slip taken at Redhouse. Origional flower illustrated by Helen Vanderplank. -
Cyrtanthus spiralis in a pot. Bulbs collected at Perseverence Factory area near Redhouse at site about to be covered by a new factory. This Cyrtanthus grows commonly in the stretch of veld between Redhouse and Despatch but is doomed to disappear under urban sprawl and industrial expansion. -
Strelitzia juncea in good flower. The species grows naturally in the bushveld sector of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage districts, not along the coast.