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Transcript of a speech given by Chris Fuller at the opening of an exhibition at MOMA, The Tabernacle, Machynlleth on 29 September 2018, to celebrate the centenary year of William Condry; with a leaflet and poster advertising the William Condry Memorial Lecture by Iolo Williams, 13 October 2018.

The file consists of a radio script about Woofferton, Shropshire.

The file comprises typed surveys of particular areas, namely Aberdyfi, Pennal, Tarrenhendre, and Cwm Cywarch, to include natural features, degree of afforestation, access by road and on foot, interesting or intrusive structures, industry, tourist and recreation facilities, and villages, noting problems of litter, over-development and conservation issues.

The file comprises manuscript notes and the partial, annotated typescript of an unpublished book written in diary form, giving an account of spring and summer in and around the Dyfi estuary, Merioneth, and including descriptions of the weather, scenery, wildlife, plants, gardening and visits to places of interest.

The file consists of a diary of the holiday in Switzerland, 1956, written on loose ring-binder pages and it includes the description of a visit to the Swiss National Park, with additional notes on loose index cards relating to its origins, places of historical and scenic interest, pine trees, distribution of brown bears, and reminders referring to Condry's diary.

The file comprises articles by Condry entitled Redstarts on the Window-sill' [Latin name Phoenicurus],Loughs and Turloughs', referring to Irish lakes, A Season with Harriers' andA Son of the Mountain', commemorating Evan Price Evans.

The series includes scrapbooks, 1957-1984, loose newspaper cuttings, 1959-1998, typescript and manuscript drafts of the `Country Diary' articles published in The Guardian, 1957-1991, other, miscellaneous press cuttings, correspondence, notes and printed leaflets, 1988-1998. Condry's own titles for the files have been denoted by innverted commas.

The file consists of articles by Condry called Nature Reserve' andA Quiet Corner of the Alps'.

The file comprises a loose cutting, reporting a radio talk by Condry about Edward Lhuyd.

The file comprises articles by Condry entitled: -- 'Our Noble Native Pine Trees', 'Cuckoo: The Nest Squatter', 'Four-tier Woodland Layers', 'Sycamore: Town and Country Tree', 'A Winter's Day in the Oakwoods', 'Ivy: Tenacious Green Mantle', 'Ancient Forests of Scotland', 'The Yew: Our Oldest Tree?', 'The Snowdonia National Park', 'The Rare Wild Service Tree', 'Our Wild Woodland Apple Tree', 'The Pine Marten: Elusive Hunter', 'Mountain and Moorland Mammals', 'A Peat Bog Nature Trail', 'Red-stemmed Dogwood', 'Wistman's Wood', -- 'The Thornless Buckthorn', 'Beauty of the Beacons', 'Life on Perilous Scree Slopes', 'Cwm Idwal Nature Trail', 'County Matters: Nature Notes from Powys', 'Nature Notes from Powys', 'The Pembrokeshire National Park', 'The Sand Dunes of Newborough Warren', 'Ecology of Our Native Oakwoods', 'Wildlife Among the Beeches'

The file comprises a single press article entitled An Alpine National Park' which is separate from Condry's regularCountry Diary' column.

The file comprises the completed typescript of The National Trust, Wales, published in 1991, a notebook containing lists of Welsh National Trust properties described in the text, brief notes on tourist facilities, interesting scenic features, history and wildlife, with unrelated lists of garden roses on the reverse of some pages; folders containing a letter, notes and checklists regarding publication, together with material used in preparation of the text, which includes manuscript notes, typescript and printed articles, printed information leaflets, circulars, reports, correspondence, maps, postcards, and press cuttings relating to National Trust properties in Wales, 1944-1992.

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.

The file includes material on badgers; the ecology of railways, mainly relating to plants; and National Nature Week; one programme features Evan Roberts as a guest speaker.

The file consists of a single issue of the journal containing a reprint of a `Country Diary' article on the value of golf courses as areas for nature conservation.

The file consists of a notebook containing a personal account of a journey through North Wales undertaken in September 1963, beginning at Llyn Mair and Rhyd, and ending with Coed y Rhygen, describing scenery, geology, botanical habitats, birds, plants, natural and man-made features of the landscape, and suggestions for photographs, and a few, unrelated notes on Llangrannog and Cwmtudu. The material served as the basis for his The Snowdonia National Park published in 1966.

The file comprises an article by Condry entitled `Wild Life Needs Protection', in a supplement entitled 'Survey of Wales'.

The file comprises annotated galley proofs of The Vertebrate Animals of Cardiganshire which was published in Cardiganshire County History, Vol. 1 in 1994, with covering letters from the publisher, 1992-1993, typescript and manuscript of the text with related letters, author's memos and notes, 1984-1992; an original cardboard folder, annotated with the author's research plan on the cover and containing notes and printed articles about birds of prey, mammals, reptiles, insects, ecology and the history of game management, 1969-1984; correspondence, mainly concerning game management and the production of the book, including drafts and copies of letters by Condry (7), 1985-1991, letters from Arthur Chater (4), 1984-1985, Lord Lisburne (8), 1950-1954, Morrey Salmon (2), 1984, with enclosures, Prof. E. G. Bowen (3), 1983, and Prof. I. G. Jones (3), 1983-1984, both of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and David Austin of the University of Wales, Lampeter (1, 1984)

The file comprises the original manuscript, typescript and proofs of The World of a Mountain published in 1977, all with amendments, a separate, typed version of the index and draft of a letter by Condry to the editor concerning illustrations and alterations to the text.

The file comprises the typescript of Condry's lecture, entitled 'Thoreau's Influence in Britain', preparatory research notes, literary references, correspondence, 1979-1981, press cuttings and other printed articles, including one by Condry, 'The Sage of Walden Woods', 1962.