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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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 "One of the greatest threats to the fynbos - Hakea acicularis. African Wild Life, Vol. 25. No. 1 p. 14. March 1971." -
Caption "Nuxia floribunda, Vlier, in flower beside Maden Dam, King Williams Town. 31-05-1960." -
Caption "Kaffir Plum, Harpephyllum caffrum fruits as opened by Cape Parrots, Poicephalas robustus to reach the olives of kernel in the seeds." -
Caption "Kaffir Plum, Harpephyllum caffrum fruits as opened by Cape Parrots, Poicephalas robustus to reach the olives of kernel in the seeds." -
Caption "Left. Harpephyllum caffrum. Right. Ekebergia capensis. For comparison of leaves and fruit." -
Caption "Odd notes - CJ Skead." -
Caption "The Day's News from Grahamstown. Plant may send spire toppling. E . P. Herald. 20-01-1959." -
Caption "Wild Fig generally. Species not always identified. C. J. Skead notes." -
Caption "Wild Fig generally. Species not always identified. C. J. Skead notes." -
Caption "A huge wild fig, F. natatensis? In Bathurst, Sept. 1963. It stands on the corner opposite the Pig & Whistle Hotel. The overall spread is 54 yards one way and 47 the other, yet there is only one main stem It is amaing that the lateral branches can remain in place without splitting at the main stem. Said by daughter of man who planed it to have been planted as a truncheon in 1918." -
Caption "The main stem of this big wild fig at Bathurst town showing how close to the ground the branches start to spread. Sept. 1963. Planted in 1918. One large branch broke off in 1975. A large branch broke off in 1983. The rest were cut back to the main trunk. Were re-shooting 1984." -
Caption "The main stem of this big wild fig at Bathurst town showing how close to the ground the branches start to spread. Sept. 1963. Planted in 1918. One large branch broke off in 1975. A large branch broke off in 1983. The rest were cut back to the main trunk. Were re-shooting 1984." -
Caption "Heavy crop of wild figs on the big tree opposite the Pig & Whistle Hotel, Bathurst. Sept. 1963. They were fed over by large flock of black-bellied and Redwing Starlings. Ficus ceratosoma." -
Caption "Wild Fig tree growing from under the branches of a palm. In grounds of Roman Catholic church, King Wms Town. 1960." -
Caption "F. craterostoma. Fine wild figs at Cweba Halt, near Hamberg, C. P. Maybe 1960. Stand about 40 ft. high." -
Caption "Large Ficus ceratostoma beside road between Impetu and Komga in which Green Pigeons, Trumpeter Hornbills, etc. were feeding heavily. Oct. 1963." -
Caption "Given to Mr. v. Oordt. Photo C. J . Skead. Wild fig planted by Mr. van Oordt. At 'de Hoop', Bredesdorp in April 1957. One year growth." -
Caption "Gerry Broekhuysen kneeling beside the fig tree planted by Mr. van Oordt at de Hoop. 9/1961. Photo: C. J. Skead. Seen in August 1988 this tree was a robust and wide-spreading tree of good size." -
Caption "Large wild-fig leafless. Norris's KWT Nov. 1961. Been thus since March.." -
Caption "A Wild Fig tree growing out of the stone wall ruins of the fort at Kaffir Drift on the Great Fish River, Bathurst district, 1982. The site of the old fort is now a Police Station." -
Caption "Wild fig (ficus) in winter dress on old golf-course. King Willams Town. (1958)." -
Caption "Wild Fig tree on Old Golf Course, King Wms Town. Summer. 1959." -
Caption "Looking down on the oversize Ficus tree at Kaffir drift. 05-09-1961." -
Caption "A close up of branch spread of huge Ficus tree at Kaffir drift on Gt. Fish R. 05-09-1961." -
Caption "The spread of the huge ficus tree at Kaffir drift on the Gt. Fish R. 05-09-1961. The overall spread of this tree is 56 years."