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The file comprises handwritten and typed notes, sketch maps, printed pamphlets, correspondence, newsletters, newspaper and magazine articles, covering various topics of Welsh history, ancient monuments, local historical attractions, legends, traditions, crafts, industry, transport, archaeology, architecture, ancient herbals, ornithology, botany, geology, the Welsh landscape, destruction of scenic areas and the need for their conservation. Correspondents include Arthur Chater, Iorwerth Peate, 1967, about a prehistoric ox horn, and H. R. H. Vaughan, 1969, reporting action by CPRW for the removal of an unsightly footbridge at Llandovery.

The file comprises two typescripts of an unpublished work entitled Birdwatching in Wales with handwritten additions and alterations, four rejection letters from publishers, 1956-1957, a list of contents, and a word count, dated 1997 on the cover of the original folder.

A History of the Kite (Milvus Milvus) in Wales, compiled by H. Morrey Salmon, copy no. 1. At one time highly confidential as includes photographs and details concerning the efforts to revive the Red Kite from the brink of extinction in Wales and movements for its protection. Reportedly rescued by Iolo Williams (1962-) in a refuse skip following the closure of the RSPB Wrexham office in the late 1980s/early 1990s.