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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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 "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." -
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." -
Caption "Big Hole at Kimberley with Pepper Trees growing down the steep slope leading to the vertical walls. April 1959. Pepper trees played a great part in providing shade and shelter in the drier hinterland of forest especially, and road farmsteads, railing stations, etc." -
Caption "Big Hole at Kimberley with Pepper Trees growing down the steep slope leading to the vertical walls. April 1959." -
Caption "Pinus insignis, the lone tree a top of Bedford mountain behind the town. This tree is nimber near Fort Beaufort. Several species of pine trees were planted but only this tree survived. June 1958." -
Caption "Pinus insignis, the lone tree a top of Bedford mountain behind the town. This tree is nimber near Fort Beaufort. Several species of pine trees were planted but only this tree survived. June 1958." -
Caption "Pine forest. Hogsback. Oct. 1959." -
Caption "Arum in the forest stream." -
Caption "First Hogsback farm near Hunterstown." -
Caption "D. 77. Kettle Spout Fall." -
Caption "Hogsback. Outside the Hydro." -
Caption "Arum in a stream in the forest." -
Caption "Looking down from below the forester's cottages. Toward the Hogsback Inn." -
Caption "Looking across Upper Kubusie valley towards Mt. Kubusie, under a Black Ironwood tree. 1959." -
Caption "Old bridge over Evelyn Valley Stream in Pirie Forest. King Williams Town. Nov. 1959. Made of Black Ironwood. Still going strong after about 60 years." -
Caption "Keurboom Virgilia in K. W. Town garden. Dec. 1959." -
Caption " Close up of flower of Keurboom Virgilia in K. W. Town garden. Dec. 1959." -
Caption "Fagara capensis. Hogsback forest. Oct. 1959." -
Caption "Autumn tints of Fagara, Knobwood. King Williams Town commonage. 03-06-1960." -
Caption "Xymalos monospora. LemonWood. Note wharls on bark. Hogsback forest. Oct. 1959." -
Caption "Olea exaperata in dune forest, Keiskamma River Mth. July 1960." -
Caption "Massed fruits of Olea capensis. King Williams Town, June 1963." -
Caption "Pinus halepensis spreading on mountainside near Simonstown. Photo: H. C. Taylor. African Wild Life, Vol. 25. No. 1 p. 11. March 1971." -
Caption "Hakea laurina from Australia. This is an attractive small tree, non-spreading, which grows profusely on the French Riviera. The flowers are pink and scented. From a drawing by M. L. Wicht. African Wild Life, Vol. 25. No. 1 p. 12. March 1971." -
Caption "Above: Rooikrans, Acacia cyclops, which has widely infested the fynbos. It was first planted during the last century to arrest the sand on the Cape Flats. Photo: Mr. Crafford. Below: Hakea acicularis. The fruits open after fire and profuse regeneration takes place. This is one of the most serious pests which threaten the fynbos. Photo: H. C. Taylor. African Wild Life, Vol. 25. No. 1 p. 13. March 1971."