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The file includes material on badgers; the ecology of railways, mainly relating to plants; and National Nature Week; one programme features Evan Roberts as a guest speaker.

The file comprises manuscript notes, typed and printed surveys, newsletters and articles, magazine and newspaper cuttings, maps, and a substantial number of letters, relating to the topography, geology, habitats, ecology, environmental issues such as the effects of afforestation, specific plants, birds and animals of Wales, 1956-1995, used by Condry in writing The Natural History of Wales, published in 1981. A small bundle of the letters refer specifically to Spiraea, 1979. The file includes two letters and a postcard from Peter Benoit, 1977-1983, on various plants, habitats and the death of Mary Richards, and four letters from Arthur Chater, 1979-1983, on botanical subjects, with enclosed lists of plants and underlying geological features for parts of Ceredigion.

The file comprises the completed typescript of The National Trust, Wales, published in 1991, a notebook containing lists of Welsh National Trust properties described in the text, brief notes on tourist facilities, interesting scenic features, history and wildlife, with unrelated lists of garden roses on the reverse of some pages; folders containing a letter, notes and checklists regarding publication, together with material used in preparation of the text, which includes manuscript notes, typescript and printed articles, printed information leaflets, circulars, reports, correspondence, maps, postcards, and press cuttings relating to National Trust properties in Wales, 1944-1992.

The file comprises a single press article entitled An Alpine National Park' which is separate from Condry's regularCountry Diary' column.

The file comprises articles by Condry entitled: -- 'Our Noble Native Pine Trees', 'Cuckoo: The Nest Squatter', 'Four-tier Woodland Layers', 'Sycamore: Town and Country Tree', 'A Winter's Day in the Oakwoods', 'Ivy: Tenacious Green Mantle', 'Ancient Forests of Scotland', 'The Yew: Our Oldest Tree?', 'The Snowdonia National Park', 'The Rare Wild Service Tree', 'Our Wild Woodland Apple Tree', 'The Pine Marten: Elusive Hunter', 'Mountain and Moorland Mammals', 'A Peat Bog Nature Trail', 'Red-stemmed Dogwood', 'Wistman's Wood', -- 'The Thornless Buckthorn', 'Beauty of the Beacons', 'Life on Perilous Scree Slopes', 'Cwm Idwal Nature Trail', 'County Matters: Nature Notes from Powys', 'Nature Notes from Powys', 'The Pembrokeshire National Park', 'The Sand Dunes of Newborough Warren', 'Ecology of Our Native Oakwoods', 'Wildlife Among the Beeches'

The file comprises a loose cutting, reporting a radio talk by Condry about Edward Lhuyd.

The file consists of articles by Condry called Nature Reserve' andA Quiet Corner of the Alps'.

The file comprises articles by Condry entitled Redstarts on the Window-sill' [Latin name Phoenicurus],Loughs and Turloughs', referring to Irish lakes, A Season with Harriers' andA Son of the Mountain', commemorating Evan Price Evans.

The file consists of a diary of the holiday in Switzerland, 1956, written on loose ring-binder pages and it includes the description of a visit to the Swiss National Park, with additional notes on loose index cards relating to its origins, places of historical and scenic interest, pine trees, distribution of brown bears, and reminders referring to Condry's diary.

The file comprises manuscript notes and the partial, annotated typescript of an unpublished book written in diary form, giving an account of spring and summer in and around the Dyfi estuary, Merioneth, and including descriptions of the weather, scenery, wildlife, plants, gardening and visits to places of interest.

The file comprises typed surveys of particular areas, namely Aberdyfi, Pennal, Tarrenhendre, and Cwm Cywarch, to include natural features, degree of afforestation, access by road and on foot, interesting or intrusive structures, industry, tourist and recreation facilities, and villages, noting problems of litter, over-development and conservation issues.

The file consists of a radio script about Woofferton, Shropshire.

Transcript of a speech given by Chris Fuller at the opening of an exhibition at MOMA, The Tabernacle, Machynlleth on 29 September 2018, to celebrate the centenary year of William Condry; with a leaflet and poster advertising the William Condry Memorial Lecture by Iolo Williams, 13 October 2018.

The file includes a spiral-bound pad and loose pages of notes describing the different sites visited in Spain and during the return journey through France, with some photographic notes, addresses and deleted drafts of 'Country Diary' articles; loose index cards listing birds not breeding in southern Spain, individual bird species, bibliographic references, plants and places of scenic interest and a typescript article by Condry, entitled 'A Magnificent Spanish Nature Reserve'.

The file comprises proofs of Snowdonia published in 1987 and four small notebooks, entitled 'Snowdonia National Park', 'Snowdonia 2', 'Eryru (sic)', and 'Meadows', which together formed the foundation of the book, containing bibliographic references, historical notes, public access and routes by footpath or road for visitors to the Snowdonia National Park, geology, mining history, notes for preparation of the gazetteer and the selection of photographs to accompany the text, birds and plants, including detailed notes on Woodsias and their propagation, mountain railways and descriptions of places of outstanding scenery, with dates when various sites were visited by Condry, 1984-1985. All four notebooks contain similar material; the title of the last one,`Meadows', may be inapplicable.

The file comprises drafts of articles by Condry, entitled 'The Abereden Project' and 'The Snowdonia National Park' (1982), an untitled [radio] talk about the distribution of various wildlife and formation of new Welsh nature reserves, handwritten notes on Snowdonia place names and their associations with ruminant grazing, the geology and landscape of Cader [Idris], Rhinog and Harlech Dome, pine martens, railways, history of the landscape, ancient monuments, bibliographic references, articles on botanical subjects, early travellers in Wales, including Thomas Pennant and Prince H.L.H. von Puckler-Muskrau,, periodical and newspaper cuttings, 1949-1990, newsletters, printed information sheets and booklets, mainly concerned with visitor amenities, administration problems, conservation, and pressures on national parks from agriculture, industry and tourism. -- The file also includes letters from the Government, 1963, inviting Condry to serve on the Merioneth Park Planning Committee, Peter Benoit, 1963, jointly addressing the Condrys and Mary Richards mainly with regard to wild plants and the first meeting of North Wales Naturalists' Trust, Arthur Chater, 1963, discussing plant species and antiquarian topographical books, Jack [Grasse], [1978x1996], remarking on a particular rock type, Richard Dean, 1982, and Richard (`Dick') [Roberts], 1986, on daffodils and a group of letters about Welsh viewpoints.

The file comprises a card index, the main sections referring to weather, the shape of the Snowdonia landscape (i.e. geology and scenery), natural history of wild plants and fauna, nature reserves, human history and man's impact on the landscape, various means of access for visitors to the area, miscellaneous entries, including a subsection on Edward Lhuyd, a list of places to visit, and records of photographs and bibliography, 1933-1985. Some entries are accompanied by fuller notes, especially on early Snowdonia naturalists and travellers, literary quotations and references, press cuttings, sketches and correspondence, including letters from Peter Benoit, 1960-1966, Arthur [Chater], 1984, Derek Ratcliffe, 1963, and Evan Roberts, 1962, all mainly concerned with wild plants.

The file comprises a card index with entries for the history of the mountain top, ascents and races, vandalism and litter, bibliographic references, literary descriptions, history of tourist facilities and an early printed guide to the summit

The file comprises typed and photocopied articles about the life, career and writings of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, the Scottish geologist, who was renowned for his investigations of the rocks of South Wales and the border lands, and was acknowledged as founder of the Silurian system.

The file comprises printed articles on the formation and characteristics of sedimentary mudstone, Ordovician rocks, mainly in mid and north Wales, including `Nod Glas'.