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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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: "Tree ferns on top of Evelyn Valley, Pirie forest. Below forest station. March 1960." -
Caption: "Tree ferns on top of Evelyn Valley, Pirie forest. Below forest station. March 1960." -
Caption: "Tree ferns on top of Evelyn Valley, Pirie forest. Below forest station. March 1960." -
Caption: "Evelyn Valley, King Williams Town. March 1960. Mark Schorn in picture." -
Caption: "Creeper of Wild Grape over Schotia tree, Pirie, King Williams Town. June 1960." -
Caption: "Fruits of Wild Grape, Rhoicissus, Pirie, King Williams Town. June 1960." -
Caption: "Lianes of Wild Grape, Rhoicissus capensis hanging from a tree in Cwencwe forest, King Williams Town. July 1963. Wild grape trailers are extremely common in the forest." -
Caption: "Kniphofia head showing the dead florets below and the unopened buds above." -
Caption: "Leonotis leonurus flowers showing the shorter length of the under part of the corolia tube." -
Caption: "Leonotis leonurus flowers, King Williams Town. May 1963." -
Caption: "Leonotis leonurus flowers, King Williams Town. May 1963." -
Caption: "Poinsettia flower showing the nectar glands with their narrow slits in which white-eyes probe for nectar." -
Caption: "Limnanthemum in flower at Maden Dam. Jan. 1959. King Williams Town." -
Caption: "Palms. On Yellow-wood River, at crossing to Hanover. King Williams Town district. 1959." -
Caption: "Phoenix reclinata palm in fruit. Buffalo River, below Laing Dam. June 1961." -
Caption: "Ferns on a milkwood branch in Cape Morgan dune forest, near Kei Mouth. March 1960." -
Caption: "Phoenix reclinata palm stripped of its leaves by nesting spotted-backed weaver birds. Kwelegha River, East London. 1950." -
Caption: "Phoenix reclinata palms on Lushington River, Bathurst, C.P. ca. 1922 or 1923." -
Caption: "Nicotiana glauca beside road. King Williams Town, April 1960. Wild tobacco (an alien)." -
Caption: "Nicotiana glauca growing beside road. King Williams Town, April 1960. Wild tobacco (an alien)." -
Caption: "Bunch mistletoe growing from leaf of Euphorbia. Linedrift, Keiskamma River valley. 11 July 1960." -
Caption: "Green mass of mistletoe on branches of Zizyphus in winter barrenness. Linedrift, Keiskamma valley. 11 July 1960." -
Caption: "Moquinella parasites here on Acacia Karoo. Jan. 1959. In flower. Chalumna River, East London." -
Caption: "Thorns of Gymnosporia buxifolia. King Williams Town. 1960." -
Caption: "Pavetta, King Williams Town."