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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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 "Evelyn Valley, just above Maden Dam, King Williams Town. 1962." -
Caption "E. North of Keiskamma R. near line drift. 19uu" -
Caption "All that is left of a once fine Kaffirboom. National Rd. Peddie. In 1949 dumped this tree was stripped. In summer until the winter of 1958 when it died." -
Caption "Caffra." -
Caption "Kaffirboom growing as street tree n Graaff Reinet. 1959." -
Caption "Old tree on top of woodlands. King Willliams Town - Stutterheim Road. 1958." -
Caption "Avenue of Erythrina caffra. Kaffirboom trees at Port St. Johns. They were in full flower in September - a most beautiful sight, and full of birds taking nectar. 19uu." -
Caption "St Andrews Presbyterian Church. King Williams Town. This tree was a fair size in 1883 when the church's foundation stone was laid. 20-08-1959." -
Caption "Caffre. K.W.T." -
Caption "St Andrews Presbyterian Church. King Williams Town. This tree was a fair size in 1883 when the church's foundation stone was laid. 20-08-1959." -
Caption "Branch from tree at another Presbyterian Church, King Williams Town." -
Caption "Silhouette of Kaffirboom, E. caffra, at top of Woodlands hill, King Williams Town district, end August 1958. Not yet in flower but with enlarged buds." -
Caption "The same tree but in Summer. Jan. 1959 In leaf." -
Caption "Kaffirboom truncheans planted on poles and carrying wire around a ploughed land. Truncheans sprouting near Cam-Roads. Peddie. Jan. 1959." -
Caption "Row of Kaffirbooms in winter. These trees are lively when in flower. Taken winter of 1958. Turn off National Road in Peddie." -
Caption " Kaffirbooms in a circle. Probably started as fence of a kraal. Lower Peddie. 1962." -
Caption "Kaffirbooms planted round a small waterhole in Peddie native areas south of Woodlands, 05-09-1961." -
Caption "Close up of Kaffirbooms around a small waterhole in native territory Peddie, s. of Woodlands. 05-09-1961." -
Caption "Kaffirbooms round a waterhole in Peddie native areas s. of Woodlands. 05-09-61. Strange for natives to do this." -
Caption "Salmon flower of Erythrina caffra in grounds of Anglen Inn. Hamburg. 11-08-1960.. " -
Caption "E. caffra at corner of Cambridge Road. Queen St. King Williams Town 1960.08.21. Beauty in drab area. " -
Caption "E. caffra at corner of Cambridge Road. Queen St. King Williams Town 1960.08.21. Beauty in drab area. " -
Caption "Erythrina lysistemon in grounds of Kaffrarian High School for Girls. King Williams Town. 25-08-1960." -
Caption "All that is left of what must have been dense valley bushveld on the upper slopes of the Keiskamma R. above Brighton Drift. On the opposite side in European territory the bush is dense. This tree is in National territory. Note the nice tall lone tree on top of the hill in the left background. Jan 1959." -
Caption "Schotia latifolia at Hamburg. July 1960."