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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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 "The Big Tree at Storm River. Bought 13-08-1968 at Forest Inn. Tsitsikama Coastal and Forest, National Park." -
Caption "Old Podocarpus henkelii in Ingele Forest. East of Kokstad. 14-12-1959." -
Caption "Old Podocarpus henkelii in Ingele Forest. East of Kokstad. 14-12-1959." -
Caption "Old Podocarpus henkelii in Ingele Forest. East of Kokstad. 14-12-1959." -
Caption "Old Podocarpus henkelii in Ingele Forest. East of Kokstad. 1959.12.14." -
Caption "Young Podocarpus henkelii in Ingele Forest. 14-12-1959." -
Caption "Foliage of Podocarpus henkelii. 14-12-1959." -
Caption "Silhouette of a forest yellowwood flowering above the forest canopy. Pirie 1959. P. falcatus." -
Caption "Foliage of P. falcatus. Pirie. 1959." -
Caption "Silhouette effect of foliage of P. falcatus seen against the sky. Pirie. 1959." -
Caption "Solitary Podocarpus latifolius left exposed by forest recession. Note relief forest on slope. 14-12-1959." -
Caption "The P. latifolius tree, illustrates in its 2 other plants, as it lane amongst the stones, small fruit saplings are growing. 12-14-1959." -
Caption "Another different view of the same area. In middle distance are a few more solitary P. latifolius. The miracle those have been left standing.14-13-1959. This must surely all have been dense forest." -
Caption "Large Podocarpus latifolius growing from crack in rock. Top Kologha Mt. Stutterheim. June 1961. Only way to survive fire." -
Caption "Young Podocarpus latifolius growing from crack in rock. Top of Kologha Mt. Stutterheim. June 1961." -
Caption "The Eastern Monarch. Amatola Mountains near King William's Town. 1905." -
Caption "In the Forrest at King William's Town. 1905." -
Caption "City move to protect old yellowwoods. E.P Herald. 02-06-1962." -
Caption "From 'Cape Mercury'. King Williams Town. 1899" -
Caption "Exposed Podocarpus falcatus beside the road from Butterworth to Idutywa. About 17,6 km north of Butterworth. There is another out of view to the left. This must once have been a good forest." -
Caption "Introduction to Weeping Willow, S. babylonica to S. Africa." -
Caption "This battered milkwood, once much bigger, is Woodstock's Treaty Tree, under which, legend says, the 1806 armistice was signed between the British and the Dutch garrison. It is now to be protected by Cape Town municipality. E. P. Herald. 10-07-1963" -
Caption "Camdeboo stinkwood growing from base of boulders. Fonteinkloof. Mt. Zebra National park, Cradock. March 1962." -
Caption "Foliage of Camdeboo stinkwood. Woodlands forest. King Wms. Town. 1959." -
Caption "1965 Reddersburg, O.F.S Syringa Tree bearing the plate: 'Seringboom 1859-1959'. It is said to have been planted when the town was established in 1859. Recently a branch broke from the tree and wrecked a car parked beneath."