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The file comprises a volume, entitled A Preliminary Survey of Lowland Grassland in Two Areas of North Wales, Volume 2, by Paul Day, produced by the Nature Conservancy Council.

The series comprises loose, handwritten and typed notes, a notebook, correspondence, circulars, press cuttings, loose printed articles, offprints, vegetation samples and information leaflets, mainly concerning the discovery, location and identification of wild plants, with a strong bias towards alpine varieties found in North Wales, in the localities of Snowdonia and Cader Idris.

The file comprises handwritten notes on loose sheets and index cards, covering the discovery, identification, location and lists of alpine plants, mainly in the upland areas of Merionethshire, a set of notes for a lecture on the history of botanical and ecological studies on Cader Idris, with a schematic biography of the Snowdonia botanist E. Price Evans, literary and bibliographic references, typed and handwritten surveys, reports and newsletters relating to the ecology of certain Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in North Wales, 1968-1996, photocopies and off prints, including two papers on the flora of Cader Idris by E. Price Evans, 1932, and press articles about Evan Roberts, 1979, another Snowdonia botanist, occasional items relating to plants in Scotland and other areas of Britain, pressed and dried specimens of alpine ferns with relevant notes, and a large quantity of letters and enclosures concerning similar topics, notably from Peter Benoit (15), 1962-1995, Arthur Chater, (7), 1985-1994, Dafydd Davies (27), 1986-1997, E. Price Evans, (1), 1957, Dewi Jones (24), 1988-1997, with an enclosed typescript article on William Williams, the botanical guide of Snowdonia, Derek Ratcliffe of the Nature Conservancy Council (5), 1983, and Richard (`Dick') Roberts (7), 1985-1991.

The file comprises material almost exclusively concerned with alpine ferns in North Wales, including a typescript draft of an article by Condry, entitled 'Two Rare Ferns of Snowdonia', index cards and loose notes on their identification, sites and altitudes, extracts from literary sources, printed and photocopied articles, relevant letters and enclosures, with occasional copies of Condry's replies. The correspondents inclue Peter Benoit (1), 1983, Arthur Chater (4) 1985-1992, Dafydd Davies (14) 1985-1993, enclosing hand-copied extracts from J. Lloyd Williams' descriptions of Woodsia and Trichomanes, Jack Grasse (1), 1985, Dewi Jones (38), 1985-1996, expressing interest in the diaries of Mary Richards, Derek Ratcliffe (1), 1984, and Richard (Dick) H. Roberts (3) 1985.

The series comprises notes, drafts of articles, reports, correspondence, maps, printed articles and press cuttings relating to island habitats, 1956-1982; geographical and geological features, 1963-1996; and the history, landscape, wildlife and conservation issues of Snowdonia, 1947-1995.

The file comprises two typescript drafts of articles by Condry, entitled 'Exploring a Welsh Island' and 'Island of a Celtic Saint' [ca.1961], handwritten notes covering the subjects of the islands' nomenclature, conservation issues, historical changes wrought by man and nature, geology, flora and fauna, typed reports on the wardening of a roseate tern colony, 1969, a settlement site on Grassholm and wildlife management on Puffin Island, three printed articles, and correspondence, including a note from Arthur Chater, 1982, enclosing copies of three letters to other recipients, 1980-1982, regarding conservation problems on Cardigan Island and the need for its proper management as a nature reserve.

The file consists of an ordnance survey map of Wales and the Marches, with places of wildlife, historical and scenic interest marked heavily in red, photocopied archaeological survey map of Llwynysgaw, coloured, black and white paper and acetate maps of special areas and centres in the Snowdonia National Park, black and white paper and actetate geological maps of North Wales

The file is a cutting of a press article, reporting a slide lecture on birdwatching, given by Condry to the Cambrian Ornithological Society at Colwyn Bay.

The file comprises notes prepared for a talk on garden ecology, covering non-flowering plants, ferns, wild flowers, creation of a hay meadow, pests, garden flowers and wildlife.

The file comprises a list of slides for a talk on the Dyfi (Dovey) Valley, covering physical geography, plants, wildlife, historic buildings, general ecology, industry and human habitation.

The file comprises a slide list for a lecture to discuss the plants of Cader Idris, covering habitats, lime tolerance and rare ferns.

The file includes a radio script called 'Wales: Welsh Marsh', written and presented entirely by Condry.

The file consists of a radio script about Wells-Next-The Sea, Norfolk.

The file comprises Condry's radio reviews of books on mountaineering and nature reserves.

The file includes scripts about marshland birds, 1961, birdwatching in Switzerland, Edward Lhuyd, 1960, 1966, leadmining in Wales, 1963, island birdwatching, 1957, polecats, 1954, seals, 1954, and a programme in which Peter Scott and Tony Soper also participated, 1963.

The sub-fonds comprises William Condry's personal papers, being defined as those which provide an insight into his character, education, special interests, travels, friends and acquaintances. The papers include nature diaries, 1935-1998, field notebooks, 1952-1994, printed books, journals, press cuttings and notes about other naturalists, 1935-1996, and Henry Thoreau, 1943-1999, correspondence, [c.1938]-2016, travel records, 1947-1994, school records, 1929-1936, biographical sources, and a number of letters and tributes received by his wife after his death, 1998-2020.

The file comprises a newsletter, 1995, containing an article of Condry's which the Offa's Dyke Association had previously obtained his permission to reprint, together with related information leaflets and visitor guides.

There are no entries between October 1963 and February 1964, when Condry was in Africa.