C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
Item set
- Title
- C.J. Skead Photograph Collection
- Creator
- Skead, C. J. (Cuthbert John)
- Description
-
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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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
-
Newspaper article: "The twin pines of Kenton" -
Newspaper article: "The Herald's ghost pines" -
Newspaper article published in The Star, ca. 1970 detailing the massive baobab tree, Muri Kunguluwa, found in South Africa -
Image of baobab tree. Origins unknown. -
Caption "Baobab near Messina, N. Transvaal, 1952." -
Caption "Baobab near Messina, N. Transvaal, 1952." -
Caption "Seeds of Acacia karoo. King Wms Town. April 1960." -
Caption: "Aloe ferox inflorescence burnt by frost on slopes of Karburie River at Peninsula far near Gray's Halt, KWT district, June 1958. Only the heads of a certain stage of development were affected. The fulls open and the sprouting ones were undamaged." -
Caption: "Aloe ferox inflorescence burnt by frost on slopes of Karburie River at Peninsula far near Gray's Halt, KWT district, June 1958. The head on the right is affected but not the others. It was a most exceptional spell of frost in an otherwise mild winter." -
Caption: "Flowering heads of Aloe arborescens on Woodlands Hill, King Willliams Town dist., April 1963." -
Caption: "Aloe arborescens on Woodlands hill, King Willliams Town. June 1963." -
Caption: "Aloe saponaria near Cwencwe, Stutterheim. May 1963." -
Caption: "Head of Aloe saponaria near Cwencwe, Stutterheim. May 1963." -
Caption: "Aloe lutescens, Northern Transvaal. Tshipiseaalwyn, Noord-Transvaal. 1973" -
Caption: "Aloe distans, Saldanha Bay. Strandaalwyn, Saldanhabaai. 1973" -
Caption: "Aloe alooides, Eastern Transvaal. 1973" -
Caption: "Aloe striata growing in rock crevice. King Wms Town. Sept. 1962." -
Caption: "Aloe striata at King Wms Town. Sept. 1962." -
Caption: "Aloe striata at King Wms Town. Sept 1962." -
Caption: "Aloe speciosa." -
Caption: "Close-up of flowers of Aloe striata showing the bulbous bases and slightly constricted necks. The stem has been sleared of most flowers for clarity of photography." -
Caption: "A. speciosa in garden in Grahamstown, Highlands, Albany. Opening first on the side facing sun." -
Caption: "Use of Aloe arborescens for kraal. Near Woodlands, King Wms Town.1959." -
Caption: "Aloe ferox with striated leaves, probably diseased. Normal plants behind. On farm 'Clifton', 19 km NW Grahamstown, near Pigott Bridge, Fish River valley. Plant later removed to farm garden. 1978." -
Caption: "Two of five magnificent Aloe Bainesii at entrance to Mr. Basil Gowie's property in Oatlands, Grahamstown, July 1977, the site of the old firm of W.C. Gowie & Sons, nurserymen & seedsmen."The scar at the base of the lefthand tree occurred in June 1977 when this whole section of the tree 'calved' from the main stem on its own. Two other large A.bainesii trees, almost as large grow to the left, out of the picture, and a fifth can be seen in the near distance behind the two figured. These pictures may prove to be significant in that trees of comparable size nearby in Oatlands are gradually collapsing as if having reached their limits."