C.J. Skead Photograph Collection

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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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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

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  • Senecio
    Caption reads: "Senecio creepers draped from forest beside Maden Dam, King Williams Town. 31/5/1960."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Caption reads: "The shield of the nectar glad [sic], the folded membranes and the pollen-carrier of Strlitzea reginea. Birds insert bills under the membrane in the shield."
  • Giant Strelitzia
    Caption reads: "Giant Strelitzia at Kei Mouth, Komga. Oct. 1963. Showing sticky stigma."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Caption reads: "Strelitzia reginae."
  • Giant Strelitzia
    Caption reads: "Close-up of Giant Strelitzia showing three heads, each emerging at right angles to the other. Kei Mth. Komga. Oct. '63."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Caption reads: "Strelitzia reginea. Our King Williams Town garden. 1961."
  • Strelitzia seeds
    Transcrit: "Babiana's answer is that strelitzia seeds are notoriously difficult to germinate but a little easier if the seed is very fresh and the skin not yet hardened and become impervious to water. For interest's sake you could try filing the seeds until the skin is rubbed almost through before planting them by pressing them into the moist surface of a seed box containing compost and coarse sand. It is hardly worth the trouble, however, as seeding Strelitzias take about seven years to flower."
  • Close-up of Giant Strelitzia, S. nicolai from Kei Mouth, Komga
    Caption reads: "Close-up of Giant Strelitzia, S. nicolai from Kei Mouth, Komga. Oct. 1963. Showing the right-angled junction of the flower-heads."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Strelitzia reginae.
  • Tecomaria
    Caption reads: "Red and yellow colour varieties of Tecomaria capensis. Marme Glen, East London. August 1958."
  • Tecomaria
    Caption reads: "Hedge of our garden at King Williams Town. 1950's."
  • Tecomaria
    Caption reads: "Red and yellow colour varieties of Tecomaria capensis. Marme Glen, East London. August 1958."
  • Waterlily
    Caption reads: "Blue Nymphaea water lilies at the Assegai R. at Sevenfountains, Albany disrtict. 1954."
  • Waterlily
    Waterlily
  • Strelitzia
    Caption reads: "Strelitzia nicolai in flower. Port St. Johns. April 1964."
  • Watsonia
    Caption reads: "Red Watsonia on top of Hogsback, near Kettlespout Falls, end December 1947."
  • Tecomaria
    Caption reads: "Yellow Tecomaria hedge. Mr. Bodiley's garden. King Wms Town. 22/5/1959."
  • Tecomaria
    Caption reads: "TW 14. Flower spray of Tecomaria capensis."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Caption reads: "Close up of Strelitzia reginae flowers."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Article from the Eastern Cape Herald, Wednesday, September 3, 1980. Growing things. Babiana. Article about Japanese Strelitzia expert, Mr Yutaro Suzuki, on his visiting Mr John Shelton in Port ELizabeth.
  • Strelitzia augusta
    Caption reads: "Strelitzia aigusta in the Groot River Pass, Knysna. June 1963. They were then in flower."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Strelitzia reginae flower.
  • Strelitzia augusta
    Caption reads: "Strelitzia aigusta in the Groot River Pass, Knysna. June 1963. They were then in flower."
  • Strelitzia reginae
    Caption reads: "Close up of Strelitzia reginae flowers."
  • Streptocarpus rexi
    Caption reads: "Streptocarpus rexi on a rock in Kologha Forest, Stutterheim. December 1960."