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The file comprises manuscript and typescript drafts of several articles by Condry, 1947-1982, namely 'Lowlands - Winter' (partly compiled from notes dated at Dale Fort, 1947), 'Forestry', 'The Raven', 'Plant Hunting on a Welsh Crag', 'Birds of the Welsh Woods', 'Cwm Idwal Nature Trail', with a note, 'not essay quality', 'The Welsh Marches' with a note regarding editing, part of an untitled article about buzzards, notes and sources for historic sites in Harlech and Merioneth, a small notebook, 1966, containing items of topographical and historical interest in Monmouthshire, Pembrokeshire and the Marches; author's proof of an article on Welsh wildlife, typed drafts and a cutting of 'A Welsh Nature Note', written for the Liverpool Daily Post; correspondence, 1957-76, on the effects of flood lights and lighthouses on migrating birds, the Gwent Levels and photography; other typescript and printed articles, newsletters, pamphlets and maps on subjects which include field studies and other outdoor educational activities, conservation in agriculture, reclamation of industrial sites and history; magazine and newspaper cuttings, 1955-[1974], relating to birds, geology, scenery, industry, history, crafts, natural history and conservation.

The file comprises a card index referring mainly to places of natural history interest, with a brief description of each and notes on visitor access, bibliographic and reference sources, acknowledgements, places to visit and notes on the author's indexing system, and a separate gazetteer consisting of notes, information leaflets and press cuttings mostly relating to historical sites in Wales, with subsections on national nature reserves, the wildlife, plants and history of Harlech and botanical sites from the Nature Conservancy Council inventory, 1954-1986.

The section comprises loose, handwritten and typed notes, notebook, binders, substantial correspondence, photographs, vegetation samples, circulars, press cuttings, maps, loose printed articles, offprints and information leaflets, accumulated during work in natural history and conservation. The material is indicative of Condry's dedicated and detailed approach to research concerning plants, birds, animals and their different habitats. It is obvious that some of the information which he gathered represented an extension of his personal interests and was used for the compilation of books and articles. -- The main subjects comprise botany, ecology, geology, zoology and the work of other naturalists, such as Evan Price Evans, Mary Richards and Evan Roberts. Regular correspondents include Peter Benoit, E. H. T. Bible, Arthur Chater, Dafydd Davies, Evan Price Evans, Jack Grasse, Dewi Jones, Derek Ratcliffe, Mary Richards, Richard H. Roberts, Morrey Salmon, H. R. H. Vaughan and Irene Vaughan.