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William Condry Papers,
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'Early Snowdonia Botanists'

The file comprises brief notes on the lives and work of William Bingley, Thomas Johnson, John Ray, Edward Lhuyd and Peter Bayley Williams, showing their positions in the chronology and development of botany in North Wales, descriptions of certain mountain plants with the Welsh equivalents of their names, and a record office information leaflet.

Education and wartime records

The series consists of Condry's secondary school reports, 1929-1936, a university certificate, 1980, with related letters, 1979-1981, and his application as a conscientious objector, 1939-1940.

Edward Lhuyd

The file comprises a handwritten schematic chronology or 'life plan' and notes describing Lhuyd's family background, education, career, interests, his knowledge of Welsh mountain flora and the influence of John Ray, study of antiquities, contribution to Camden's Britannia, and work for his unfinished Celtic encyclopaedia, establishment of the Edward Lhuyd Society, references and quotations from relevant manuscript and published sources, bibliographies, lecture notes, manuscript and typed drafts of BBC radio talks, 1960, to celebrate the tercentenary of Lhuyd's birth, one of them entitled 'The Greatest Naturalist in Europe', accompanied by two letters from the producer, and a typed article entitled 'A Pioneer Welsh Botanist', with list of textual corrections; relevant correspondence, including letters from Arthur Chater (3), 1960-1980, Dafydd Davies of Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (1), 1985, and Brynley F. Roberts (4), 1974-1993, a press cutting about Lhuyd's connection with Gogerddan, several typed and printed items by other Lhuyd scholars, including the script of a radio talk, with accompanying letter, by Professor E. G. Bowen, 1954, and articles by Arthur Chater, Frank Emery, Dr Brynley F. Roberts and Gwyn Walters.

Bowen, E. G. (Emrys George), 1900-

'Endangered Sites in North Wales' (mainly Snowdonia)

The file comprises notes for a slide lecture on endangered sites, including the mountains of Snowdonia which are subject to erosion, broad-leaved woodlands threatened by conifer plantations, lakes at risk from pollution, antiquities worthy of conservation and natural scenery spoiled by industry

Exploring Wales

The file comprises papers relating to Exploring Wales, published in 1970, including notes, sketch maps, annotated typescripts and synopses of some chapters, printed articles, a copy of a letter from Condry to the publisher, 1965, and manuscript notes on the topography of Wales, places of historical interest and archaeology. The chapter on Breconshire is missing.

Fact sheets

The file comprises a typed account of the ecology of Craig y Penglog, near Dolgellau, printed fact sheets, describing the acquisition, access, geology, flora and fauna of several nature reserves in Gwynedd, Clwyd and Powys, their locations indicated by ordnance survey grid references and maps, and a press release with typed sheets, outlining the environmental impact of the Conwy Tunnel.

Field notebook

The file includes references to places in Shropshire connected with A. E. Housman, sketch map, bibliography and brief biography of the poet, plants of Cader Idris, course of an old road from Strata Florida, describing architecture, wildlife and scenery en route, list of photographs wanted in connection with saltmarsh habitat, notes on the history and wildlife of Welsh hill forts, history and decline of the old, traditional life in Swaffham, Norfolk, sightings from a birdwatching hide, other, brief bird and plant notes, and suggestions for a brochure for the Bardsey Island bird observatory.

Field notebook

The file contains brief remarks, for the most part deleted, on choughs, bog plants, mountain botany, woodland and an abandoned quarry in Snowdonia, and fuller notes about ring ouzels.

Field notebook

The file contains a deleted description of Bronze Age relics, bibliographic reference, deleted 'Country Diary' article, arithmetical calculations, notes on Craig Yr Aderyn (Bird Rock), disturbance of a peregrine falcon and camera note.

Field notebook

The file includes observations on the topography and wildlife of several sites in Cardiganshire and Anglesey, and notes on pioneer botanists, especially William Bingley and Edward Lhuyd.

Field notebook

The file consists of the deleted draft of an article denouncing an hydro-electric pipeline on Snowdon and a simile describing garden plants.

Field notebook

The contents of the file include a study of bird life on Tregaron Bog (Cors Caron); a bird list for Bardsey with other notes on the island's plants, animal life, human habitation, agriculture, place names and a list of items required for the newly established observatory; birds and plants of Morfa Harlech; observations from a harrier hide at Tregaron; polecats in Cardiganshire; brief notes on cottage industry and bird life of Anglesey; visits to upland sites, mainly Cardiganshire, briefly noting plants and birds; detailed observations of wildlife and scenery during a visit to Switzerland and draft for 'A Welsh Nature Note' article (deleted).

Field notebook

The file contains a diary, itinerary and bird list compiled during a visit to France, made in response to the challenge of a BBC producer to search for a bird previously unseen, on a subsistence allowance of #25, (Condry's choice being the Black Woodpecker), list of garden butterflies, notes on Llyn Tegid and Bala, covering the bird life, geology, and history, especially the Roman road, the climate, history and bird life of Bardsey, with outline plans for talks and a newsletter, deleted observations on the African landscape and proposed discussion of afforestation in the Snowdonia National Park with official organisations.

Field notebook

The file includes deleted list of birds and places in Shropshire, brief notes, some of them deleted, about hillside embankments, Caradoc, Dinas Oleu, Cippin Bach and Pen Yr Afr, explorations of prehistoric dwellings, other ancient monuments and spectacular views of the Lleyn peninsula, deleted account of a walk in the local uplands.

Field notebook

The file contains notes on birds, plants and geology of Stanner Rocks in Radnorshire; accounts of camping on Welsh islands, describing the weather, birds, plants, conservation problems, history and archaeology, including the excavation of St Tudwals Priory in 1961; plant list for Dowrog; the source of the River Rheidol and scenery of Plynlimon; bird lists for Bardsey and the Dovey; Barmouth antiquities; old mountain roads and prehistoric remains in Merionethshire; impact of walls on the landscape; ancient ruins and wildlife of Llyn Bodlyn; plants and views from Dduallt; kite records at Dolgoch, May 1964, and a walk on Moel Siabod with a description of Dolwyddelan Castle.

Field notebook

The file includes deleted notes about the African landscape, outline proposals to schedule certain sites in Merionethshire as nature reserves, substantial notes on Parys mine, Amlwch, Anglesey, covering the geology, mineralogy, history, literary references, processing of ores, and eventual abandonment, Dovey bird list and duck count, draft articles on birds, partially deleted, brief notes on various historical sites in Cardiganshire with suggestions for photographs, account of a walk over the Rhinog Mountains, pressures on the Welsh countryside from increased water usage, afforestation, modern agriculture and recreation, definitions of common land, and results of a bird survey, giving reference numbers of the grid squares.

Field notebook

The file contains a description of Hengwm, which includes the weather, landscape and intrusion of modern forestry; brief notes of plants, birds and mammals recorded at various sites in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire; geology and vegetation of the Sugar Loaf and other sandstone or limestone hills, topography of mountainous areas in Breconshire and fungus list for Bont Ddu.

Field notebook 10

The file contains descriptions of the plant and bird life of Tregaron Bog (Cors Caron), especially pipits and curlews, topography of the bog and River Teifi, and observations, made from a hide, on a nest of young sparrowhawks.

Field notebook 11

The file contains a deleted account of a walk in the mountains near Dolgellau, describing views of Rhobell, Rhinog, Mawddach, Cader Idris and Wnion, and bird list inside back cover

Field notebook 9

The file contains notes (1992-1994) on the locality of Harborne and other places in the West Midlands, plants of Cwm Cau, past inhabitants and plant species of Ynys-hir and Eglwys-fach, the Nature Conservancy Council, the Roman Steps, scenery, plants and birds of named sites in upland Merionethshire, with some entries copied from Condry's nature diaries of July and August 1955, partial, deleted drafts of articles, the meaning of a place name and a list of Cader Idris plants

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