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 The photographs complement Skead’s published and unpublished work held at Cory Library, including field notes, correspondence, and research manuscripts.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 "Proud owners of a Stinkwood. Eastern Province Herald, Wednesday, July 2, 1980." -
Caption "Tree of the year. S. A. Digest. 1 June 1979." -
Caption "Stinkwood trees from seed. Daily Dispatch, Friday, June 9, 1961." -
Caption "Pride of the forest. An Outeniqua Yellowwood tower spectacularly over a clearing in the Alexandria Forest, and over botanist Mrs Noel Urton. Yellowwoods are the tallest trees of our forests and are extremely long lived. This one is probably some hundreds of years old. Magnificent tees for parks and large gardens, they are fast growing in moist conditions. One is on record as having grown to about 15 metres in 15 years from seed. E. P. Herald. 27 Aug. 1980." -
Caption "Flowering shrub is reminder of 1922 battle. Commandandt Frans Nel, Officer Commandoing Prince Alfred's Guard, examines the flowering umzintzani shrub in the regimental garden at the Drill Hall. Regimental historians believe it was this flower which caused the Xhosa tribesmen to name the Umzintzani battle scene the Valley of the Burning Bush. E. P. Herald 31-03-1964." -
Caption "The Day's News from Grahamstown. Herald Staff Reporter. Historic plaque to be unveiled. Just 141 years ago a young 1820 Settler, William Norman and his wife and young daughter, with their belongings sat under a kaffirboom tree at a place he subsequently named Seven Fountains. E. P. Herald. 29-07-1961." -
Caption "Lucky Bean seeds needed. Sir. I have received an appeal from Cape Town for these seeds. Large quantities are required to obtain a tissue plasminogen activator which will be used to manufacture a substance being used experimentally to dissolve blood clots. It the experiments come up to expectations a new drug will be produced for heart attack victims. I have seen many 'kaffirboom' trees in Grahamstown and I appeal to your readers to collect the seeds and leave them at the reception desk of Settlers Hospital. We will forward them to Cape Town. I look forward to the usual co-operation of the Grahamstown citizens. Yours etc. Dr. G. de L. White. Medical Superinendent, Grocott's Mail 1985-03-01." -
Caption "Among first stamps issued under the Republic of South Africa. May 31 1961." -
Caption "The Tale of an old Kaffirboom. C.J. Skead's observant eyes are famous. There is probably nobody else who would have taken much notice of the old kaffirboom on the hill 19 km south-west of King Williams Town. His photographs tell the story of the tree. African Wild Life. Vol. 29. No 3, p. 44, 1975." -
Caption "Tree has new name at last. At last we have an acceptable name for the lovely Kaffirboom. Henceforth it is Coral Tree and that's as near official as can be. It appears in revised edition of 'The National Tree List', by Dr. B. de Winter and Dr. F. von Breitenbach. E. P. Herald. 30 April 1980." -
Caption "Ma,e of tree in 1820. E. P. Herald. 28 May 1980." -
Caption "C. J. Skead's notes. Kaffirboom table 1958, 1959 and 1960. King Williams Town: Individual trees over three years." -
Caption "The end of the old Kaffirboom at Tamacha (Tamara), west of King William's Town, in 1969. It lingered with some green leaves for a while but died back." -
Caption "The end of the old Kaffirboom at Tamacha (Tamara), west of King William's Town, in 1969. It lingered with some green leafiness for a while but died back." -
Caption "Tree quite dead by December 1969. All remained of it is stump and had gone by December 1971." -
Caption "Pavetta. King Williams Town." -
Caption "Pavetta. King Williams Town." -
Caption "Leonotis leonurus beside Stutterheim road, near King Williams Town. 30-04-1960." -
Caption "Leonotis leonurus beside railway-line east of Berlin, C. P. 22-05-1960." -
Caption "Leonotis leonurus beside national Road near Egerton, East London district. 22-05-1960." -
Caption "Leonotis leonurus flowers showing the shorter length of the under part of the corolla tube." -
Caption "Leonotis leonurus flowers. King Williams Town. May 1963." -
Caption "Leonotis leonurus flowers. King Wms Town. May 1963." -
Caption "Limnanthemum in flower at Maden Dam. Jan. 1959. King Williams Town." -
Caption "Limnanthemum in flower at Maden Dam. Jan. 1959. King Williams Town."