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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Dense nature of fynbos there. -
Distant view of Witteklip Mt. -
View of Lady's Slipper Rock on Witteklip Mt., Vanstadensberg, 38km west PE central. -
View of Lady's Slipper Rock on Witteklip Mt., Vanstadensberg, 38km west PE central. -
Seen halfway up slope, from the west. -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1958.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree in flower in Buffalo Pan, East London. Aug. 1960.” -
Caption "a fine tall, Sneezewood tree, beside the road through Alexandria Forest, near Langebosch. Oct. 1982.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree. King Wms Town, commonage. 1959.” -
Caption "Sneezewood tree. King Wms Town, commonage. 1959.” -
Caption "Spray of sneezewood leaves. Beside Maden Dam. 1959.” -
Caption "Group sneezewood trees at junction of Fort Grey, Buffalo Pass roads, East London. 19--?.” -
Caption "Row of Sneezewood's near Line drift, Keiskamma R. valley.11.07.1960” -
A stretch of sandy mounds typical of the sandflats (Zand vlakte, now Paterson) area, 2 km north of Paterson village. Others reach both west and east of those depicted for a kilometre or two each way, They lie below the foothills of the Suurberge. -
Caption: "Autumn tints of Fagara (Knowbwood) (sic). King Williams Town commonage. 3/6/1960." -
Caption "Row of Sneezewood's near Line drift, Keiskamma R. valley. 11.07.1960." -
Caption "Bushy sneezewoods growing in front of a sneezewood tree. Line drift, Keiskamma R. valley. 11.07.1960." -
Caption "Sneezewood tree. Line drift, Keiskamma R. Valley. 10-07-1960. Left hand are in free winter foliage."