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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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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Caption: "Shade for the farmyard. Two lovely spreading umbrellas at a farm house in the Peddie district. Jan. 1959." -
Caption: "On the grounds of Grey Hospital, King Williams Town. Flowering Kaffirboom. 22/08/1959." -
Caption: "Wild fig tree on Old Golf Course, King Williams Town. Summer 1959." -
Caption: "Wild fig tree in winter on old golf course, King Williams Town. 1959." -
Caption: "A close-up of branches spread of huge Ficus tree at Kaffir drift on the Great Fish River. 5/9/1961." -
Caption: "Looking down on the outsize Ficus tree at Kaffir drift. 5/9/1961." -
Caption: "Beneath the Ficus tree at Kaffir drift on the Great Fish River, showing the four trunks. 5/9/1961." -
Caption: "Ficus at Kaffir drift, Great Fish River, Bathurst, Peddie." -
Caption: "The spread of the huge Ficus tree at Kaffir drift, on the Great Fish River. 5/9/1961. The overall spread of the tree is 56 yards." -
Newspaper article: A living landmark in Pietermaritzburg's history, a grove of trees in the heart of the Botanic Gardens, is 100 years old this year. These gnarled giants, all planted in 1884 or earlier, are "probably the most representative selection of exotic trees in South Africa". according to the curator of the Gardens, Mr Brian Tarr. He sees education as the real function of a botanical garden. Picture: Mr Tarr among the roots of a giant Morton Bay fig planted more than 100 years ago. The Natal Witness. S.A.Digest. 1984-03-23. -
Caption: "The field of Protea subvestita on the western slopes of Pirie West Peak (Hoho) with the Rabula Valley below. King Williams Town. Jan. 1963." -
Caption: "Close-up of flowers of Protea subvestita. Showing the pink and white (half-obscured in processing of film) variants. The central flower is still opening. Others around are past their best. The central one is in full nectar flow." -
Caption: "Protea subvestita on top of Dohne Peak, Stutterheim. June 1963. Walter Skead on beacon." -
Caption: "Seed pods of Protea subvestita from which the sugarbirds take down for lining their nests. They also probe into these perhaps for bill wiping." -
Caption: "The leafy branch-end of Protea subvestita into which sugarbirds probe regularly, ostensible for bill wiping. A bill going down between the overlapping stiff leaves will be wiped clean on both sides." -
Caption: "Protea cynaroides. Grahamstown. July 1962." -
Caption: "Cross-section of Protea cynaroides showing spacing of the florets." -
Caption: "Protea barbigera Caledon. July 1962." -
Caption: "Protea barbigera Caledon. July 1962." -
Caption: "Protea roupelliae on slopes of southern Drakensberg above Elliot. c.1933. Photo Syd Coutts." -
Caption: "Protea roupelliae on slopes of southern Drakensberg above Elliot. c.1933. Photo Syd Coutts." -
Caption: "Protea roupelliae on slopes of southern Drakensberg above Elliot. c.1933. Photo Syd Coutts." -
Caption: "Protea roupelliae adjacent to scrub bush forest in kloof at top of southern Drakensberg above Elliot. c.1933. Photo Syd Coutts." -
Caption: "Protea roupelliae from the Drakensberg near Mooi River. May 1963." -
Caption: "Proteas of some sort."