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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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: "Protea mellifera on hills near Coombs, Grahamstown. Febr. 1963." -
Caption: "Protea mellifera on hills above Coombs, near Grahamstown." -
Caption: "Protea mellifera when fully open. Grahamstown." -
Caption: "Protea mellifera before fully open." -
Caption: "Cross-section of Protea mellifera showing open nature of florets." -
Caption: "Protea multibracteata on top of woodlands hill, King Wms Town district. 1959. Gordon Ranger in picture." -
Caption: "Protea multibracteata just above the forest line on Kologha Mt., Stutterheim. Note the short growth here. June 1963. Walter Skead in picture." -
Caption: "A single tall Protea multibracteata growing right against the forest at the upper verge on Kologha Mt., Stutterheim. This is the only one of its size in the area. All others are small rose-bush size due to frequent burning of grass etc. June 1963. Walter Skead in picture." -
Caption: "Flowers of Protea multibracteata at Fort Merriman, Stutterheim. Nov. 1962." -
Caption: "Dead and dying, as well as aged Protea multibracteata at Fort Merriman, 10 miles west of Stutterheim. The cattle give an indication of size. The total extant area of these proteas must be about 1 mile by 3/4 mile, but old dead stumps in adjacent grassland indicate that the area was once very much larger. September 1962." -
Caption: "A distant view of the field of Protea multibracteata at Fort Merriman, 10 miles west of Stutterheim, the last survivors of what must have been a much larger coverage. September 1962." -
Caption: "Dead and dying Protea multibracteata plants at Fort Merriman, 10 miles west of Stutterheim. Sept. 1962. Note the bare grasslands in the background where today only stumps stand as proof of a much larger acreage once covered by this protea." -
Caption: "Orchard of Protea multibracteata at Fort Merriman, upper Kubusie Valley. Sept. 1962. In open grassland. Mount Kubusie in the background. Occurs about 10 miles west of Stutterheim town. All trees old and dying. No seedlings coming on. Trees grazed to height of cattle." -
Caption: "Leucospermum near Albertinia. July 1962." -
Caption: "Leucospermum near Albertinia. July 1962." -
Caption: "Protea lepidocarpodendron. Orange-breasted Sunbird inserts beak at lower right. Promerops cafer down between outer bracts (left) or between bracts and florets (back)." -
Caption: "Protea lepidocarpodendron. Right hand peg shows where Orange-breasted Sunbird inserts beak. Other show where Promerops insert bill." -
Caption: "Cross-sections of (left) Protea mellifera and (right) Protea lepidocarpodendron showing difference in compactness of the florets." -
Caption: "Cross-section of Protea lepidocarpodendron showing compactness of florets." -
Caption: "Tree ferns in the Garden of Eden, Knysna. Sept. 1961." -
Caption: "Tree ferns in the Garden of Eden, Knysna. Sept. 1961." -
Caption: "Kologha Falls, Stutterheim. Dec. 1960. Peggy below." -
Caption: "Ferns and Begonia in Stutterheim forest, at Kologha. Dec. 1960." -
Caption: "Ferns and wild Begonia. Kologha forest, Stutterheim. Dec. 1960." -
Caption: "Tree ferns on top of Evelyn Valley, Pirie forest. Below forest station. March 1960."