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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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 "CJ Skead's sundry distribution notes. Yellowwoods. King Williams Town area. Ciskei." -
Caption "CJ Skead's sundry distribution notes. Yellowwoods. King Williams Town area. Ciskei. The Big Tree at Hogsback estimated to be about 2000 years old." -
Caption "CJ Skead's sundry distribution notes. Yellowwoods. King Williams Town area. Ciskei. East London area. Small falcate yellowwoods occur at Bridle Drift in the Buffalo River valley." -
Caption "CJ Skead's sundry distribution notes. Yellowwoods. King Williams Town area. Ciskei." -
Caption "CJ Skead's notes. Podocarpus falcatus and latifolius. P. falcatus if bastard yellowwood. P. latifolius is upright yellowwood, or real yellowwood." -
Caption "CJ Skead's notes. Podocarpus falcatus and latifolius - yellowwood." -
Caption "CJ Skead's notes. Podocarpus falcatus and latifolius - yellowwood." -
Caption "CJ Skead's notes. Podocarpus falcatus and latifolius - yellowwood." -
Caption "Kaffir Plum, Harpephyllum caffrum, on Innes Street, King Williams Town. 1958." -
Caption "Outline of foliage. Kaffir plum." -
Caption "Comparison of Kaffir boom, left and 'Ekebergia Capensis'right; leaves and fruit." -
Caption "Comparison of Kaffir boom, left and 'Ekebergia Capensis'right; leaves and fruit." -
Caption "Kaffir-plum trees with top bent over by the prevailing wind from the sea just west of Igoda R. on road to Kidds Beach from East London. The land around them had recently been cleared of surround bush above which the canopy of the Kaffir-plum protected, see below. The trunk must have grown up straight to the light and then been bent when growing above the surrounding bush canopy. Aug. 1958." -
Caption "Kaffir-plum trees with top bent over by the prevailing wind from the sea just west of Igoda R. on road to Kidds Beach from East London. The land around them had recently been cleared of surround bush above which the canopy of the Kaffir-plum protected, see below. The trunk must have grown up straight to the light and then been bent when growing above the surrounding bush canopy. Aug. 1958." -
Caption "Kaffir-plum trees with top bent over by the prevailing wind from the sea just west of Igoda R. on road to Kidds Beach from East London. The land around them had recently been cleared of surround bush above which the canopy of the Kaffir-plum protected, see below. The trunk must have grown up straight to the light and then been bent when growing above the surrounding bush canopy. Aug. 1958." -
Caption "Kaffir Plum branch broken in street by boys getting at fruit." -
Caption "Guavas knocked off tree in same hailstorm as March 1961." -
Caption "Kaffir Plum fruits, green. Knocked off street tree in King Williams Town. March 1961. Neg. at bark." -
Caption "Avery fine Kaffir plum tree on the road from Welcome Wood, King Williams Town to Kaysers Beach. It is just within the East London division. Spread is 27 yards. Sept. 1963." -
Caption "Kaffir Plum fruits, Harpephyllum caffrum fruits showing the way they are eaten by Cape Parrots. The loose skind is ripped off in the bill and discarded; the tough, fibrous pip is opened by bill action in order that the small sliver of kernal may be taken out and swallowed. The husk is discarded. Loose pips and fruits shown on the outside; opened pips in the middle." -
Caption "Spray of flowers of Halleria lucida much loved by sunbirds. Pirie, King Wms Town. June 1960." -
Caption "Halleria lucida growing alone in open. Maden Dam. King Wms Town. Sept. 1962.In full flower." -
Caption "Trumpet-shaped florets of Halleria lucida slit open by short-billed nector-feeding birds. May 1963. Kei Road, King Wms Town." -
Caption "Vlier, Nuxia floribunda, coming in under pines at Pirie forest." -
Caption "Nuxia floribunda trees beside Maden Dam, Ling Wms Town. March 1960. Note how branched and bushy the tree grows when stand-alone in the open."