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The file comprises letters regarding possible dangers posed by rock blasting to nesting birds at Craig yr Aderyn, Meirionydd, thanks for funds raised from sale of books, an invitation to become president of the Trust, with a carbon copy of Condry's refusal, 1982, subscriptions, a request for professional advice in advance of a road improvement scheme and staff changes; a bundle of correspondence, photocopied notes and maps in connection with the preservation and possible purchase of unimproved meadow land at Ty Glas, Brithdir, including letters from Peter Benoit, 1982-1983; and a bundle of correspondence, a botanical survey, photocopied maps and plant lists in connection with the designation of fields at Talsarnau as a site of special scientific interest, including carbon copies of two letters by Condry, 1985.

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 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.