C.J. Skead's Forest and Bush Recession Collection

Item set

Title
C.J. Skead's Forest and Bush Recession Collection
Alternative Title
Forest and Bush Recession Collection
Creator
Skead, C.J. (Cuthbert John)
Role (unbound)
en compiler
Description
A research collection comprising photographs, scholarly and news articles, and various ephemera collated by C.J. Skead. The materials document the ecological recession of forest and bush environments, likely focusing on the Eastern Cape or Southern African regions.
Language
English
Provenance
The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University
Type
Mixed materials
Subject
Forest ecology
Deforestation
Bush encroachment
Environmental history
Botany
Conservation
Format
Photographs
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Source
C.J. Skead Papers and Photographs
Spatial Coverage
South Africa (Eastern Cape)
Access Rights
The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Cory Library for Humanities Research.
Rights Holder
Various. Please check individual items for the copyright statement.

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  • The Cathcart Tree, Twelfth Pass, Waterkloof. Adelaide district, CP
    Original caption "ILN Vol. 72 p, 509: 1878. (Melton Prior) Said to be the largest tree in the Waterkloof. In the Kaffir War, after some heavy fighting, Sir G. Cathcart had his name and the date carved on the tree. It lived until about 1875 when it began to die. It was about 150 ft. high and 29 ft. in circumference (i.e. 45.6 m high and 8.8 m round)."
  • Abuse of trees
    Original hand-written caption "Row of pines in Alexandria Road, King Williams Town, the main thoroughfare of the national road through the town, each with a notice bearing a word which in the end made a sentence inviting people to attend the Dutch Reformed Church Bazaar. Strangely though the wording is in English, not in Afrikaans".
  • Preserving trees
    Article written by C. J. Skead to the East London Daily Dispatch (dated 19 May 1959), bringing attention to the deforestation of the Fort Grey forest by Mr C Miles Warren (MP). The article is acompanied by a harndwitten note stating "Mr C Miles Warren, M.P. had the contract for removing the forest and did very well out of it, especially with box-wood!! Hence the letter which would have [illegible] his consumers".
  • Old steam engine at Isidenge, King Williams Town
    Caption "Old steam engine at Isidenge, King Williams Town. Such are still used by sawyers in the area beacause they can be fired by sawdust and cut-offs from the sawn timber. Gordon Ranger standing beside. 1959."
  • Old saw-pit, Nqantosi area, Upper Kubusie, Stutterheim
    Caption "Old saw-pit in receding forest, Nqantosi area, Upper Kubusie, Stutterheim. One figure in the pit, one on edge. Bole of latifolius yellow-wood at the edge. 1959."
  • Old engine
    Caption "Old engine used for drawing timber in Pirie Forest [illegible]. K Williams Town [King William's Town]."
  • The felling of the palm tree at the Sacred Heart Church King William's Town
    Caption "The felling of the palm tree at the Sacred Heart Church King Wms Town [King William's Town]. 1962. The Church had been so well balanced by the two huge palm trees. Now it is all odd. The first English Starling in K.W.T. were seen in the right-hand palm."
  • Storm's River Bridge
    Caption "At Storm's River Bridge (west side), Tsitsikamma. Across the road from Restaurant & Gorge, c. 1960's. Shows internal cross-section of a forest, with trunks and canopy."
  • Forest recession - Crapkloof, King William's Town
    Caption "TW 11. Desecration by the GPO. A kloof remorselessly hacked for a new telephone line 1 mile s. Kei Road, K.W.T. This is the famous Crapkloof of immortal memory. 1962."
  • Forest recession - Cwengcwe
    Caption "TW 11. Showing the nature of tall moist-forest growth at Cwengcwe, King Wms Town. A cross section against a place recently felled of its pines. 1962."
  • Dead Yellowwood tree
    Caption "Dead yellowwood tree on Lange Vlakte farm, Alexandria, 10 km SW Alexandria town. 1980. The tree had been burnt and killed, apparently by blacks taking honey from its hollow stem. Photo C.J. Skead, 1980."
  • Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie
    Caption "TW 2. Receding forest in the Nqantos area, upper Kubusie with big trees left standing. The two in the middle are falcatus yellowwoods. 1959"
  • Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie
    Caption "TW 1. Receding forest in the Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie with a stump of a once tall tree. It showed signs of charring from fire. 1959"
  • Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie
    Caption "TW 1. Patch of isolated forest, Upper Kubusie. The lone Yellowwoods have been left standing by the receding forest 1959"
  • Bush recession - Dubu Drift, Keiskamma River
    Caption "Lone Scotia species tree left standing when all other bush destroyed above Dubu Drift, on the Keiskamma R. southern King William's Town district. Even the veld is destroyed. Ca. 1962"
  • Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie
    Caption "TW 2. Black Ironwood, left foreground left standing by receding forest at Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie, Stutterheim. 1959."
  • Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie
    Caption "TW 1. Stump in Kubusie forest. 1959."
  • Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie
    Caption "TW 2. Charred stem of old dead tree in receding forest at Nqantos are, Upper Kubusie, Stutterheim. 1959. The figures are 6 ft. tall so the fire must have swept about 25 ft. up the stem. 1959."
  • Forest patch on Lynedoch farm, Baviaans River Valley, Bedford
    Extract: "Forest Patch on LYNEDOCH farm, Baviaans River Valley, Bedford. This small patch of what can best be described as Woodland/ Forest by virtue of its hybrid condition as influenced by man's chopping activities down the years, lies at the head of what is called Grootkloof on this farm, and is the last patch of such forest up this otherwise dry valley in which the lower slopes receive a much lower precipitation than the upper heights under which the patch of forest persists by virtue of the extra moisture it receives from passing cloud. The forest patch is 27 km NW of Bedford town, and at about 1 000 m a.s.l."
  • Forest recession
    Original hand-written caption "Sheer vandalism at East London. The road through the beautiful Fort Grey Forest Reserve, Buffalo Pan at east London. Only a strip of 50 yards wide has been left at the right. All the beautiful forest has been removed to make way for a pineapple research station. This is a public scandal".
  • Forest recession
    Original hand-written caption "This is the only forest in the world where the species of tree known as Mtisa [Umtisa] grows. A prominent member of parliament secured the contract for removing and selling sneezewood and birchwood trees".
  • Forest recession: Grootkloof, Baviaans R. Valley, Bedford E. Cape
    Caption "Trees in the r[e]lict for[e]st patch at the head of Grootkloof on Mynedoch (corrected to Lynedoch)" farm, 17 km NW Bedford town, Bedford CP. This forest has been opened up down the years."
  • Forest recession: Grootkloof, Baviaans R. Valley, Bedford E. Cape
    Caption "View showing part of the relict forest at then head of Grootkloof, 17 km NW Bedford, in the Baviaans River valley, on Lynedoch farm."
  • Forest recession: Grootkloof, Baviaans R. Valley, Bedford E. Cape
    Caption "View across the upper part of Grootkloof to the forest patch on Lynedoch farm, Baviaans River valley 17 km NW Bedford town, Bedford. In half shade. July 1981. This area gets more rain than the dry valley below. Forest bird species are found here, e.g. Knysna Loeries, Foret Canaries, etc."
  • Forest recession: Grootkloof, Baviaans R. Valley, Bedford E. Cape
    Caption "View inside the relict forest patch at the head of Grootkloof on Lynedoch farm, Baviaans River valley 17 km NW Bedford district. July 1981."