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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.

Correspondence, notes, reports, certificates, press cuttings and other papers relating to Cyril Fox's professional and personal life, including material collected for his biography and proposed autobiography, comprising: academic and professional correspondence and notes of Cyril Fox, with letters from archaeologists to Aileen Fox, and some family correspondence, 1903-1994; correspondence and notes relating to Cyril Fox's appointments to posts at Magdalene College, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Museum of Wales, 1924; correspondence between Cyril Fox and Methuen publishers concerning archaeological books written by him for them, 1929-1935; correspondence between Cyril Fox, Wilfrid Hemp and others concerning the work of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, with particular reference to archaeological fieldwork, as well as the appointment and pay of senior staff at the Commission, 1927-1952; copies of reports and minutes of meetings at the National Museum of Wales relating to curatorial matters, finances, education, staff members and the new building, and press cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to the Museum and its work, 1926-1990; correspondence between Olive Fox, Cyril Fox and other members of the family, with notes and press cuttings relating to her death, 1931-1933; obituaries and memorials for Cyril Fox and other archaeologists, 1967-1979; photocopies of letters from Cyril Fox to his family, 1951-1961; autobiographical notes by Cyril Fox relating to his working life, with notes and press cuttings relating to The Personality of Britain, [?1930s]-1962; school, Army and university reports, certificates and associated letters relating to Cyril Fox's school life, Army commission, academic qualifications, and honours, 1894-1953; essays on history, literature, art, politics and ideas, some of them in diary form, by Cyril Fox, 1907-1908; poems composed by Cyril Fox, 1903-1909; a diary of an archaeological cruise undertaken by Cyril Fox from Italy through the Adriatic to Greece, together with letters relating to his early life and the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, as well as family history and publishing contracts, 1903-1981; and correspondence, notes and interviews accumulated by Charles Scott-Fox in the course of preparing his biography of Cyril Fox, including the personal and professional reminiscences of archaeologists, some of them concentrating on Fox's involvement in the Vernacular Architecture Group, 1985-2003.

Papers relating mainly to Iorwerth C. Peate (1901-1982), including press cuttings relating to his dismissal and reinstatement, in 1941, to his post as Keeper of the Department of Folk Culture and Industries at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; and reviews, correspondence, etc., relating to the publication of his work, The Welsh House: a study in folk culture (London, 1940; 2nd rev. ed. 1944).

The file comprises draft and printed articles, notes, species lists, survey sheets, radio and television scripts, questionnaires, press cuttings, maps and correspondence relating to wildlife in general and British mammals, particularly badgers, bats, dormice, otters, polecats and pine martens, rabbits and hares, seals and squirrels. Amongst the correspondents supplying Condry with relevant information about these mammals are Biblos' [E. H. T. Bible], G. C. S. Ingram,Bob' Owen of Croesor, J. H. Owen, Iorwerth C. Peate, Jack [Grasse], Arthur Brook, Frances Pitt and [H. R. H.] `Taff' [Vaughan].

Letters, 1942-75, to Graham F. Thomas who stood unsuccessfully as a Labour Party candidate for the Monmouth constituency in the 1950 general election, before spending some years working as a civil servant in the Sudan and Kenya. The letters relate mainly to his political interests and are from George M. Ll. Davies (6) 1943-4, James Griffiths, MP (93) 1946-75, Hilary A. Marquand, MP (69) 1945-69, Iorwerth C. Peate (28) 1942-69, and Professor William Rees (3) 1953-5.

The file includes letters from Gwilym Prys Davies, 1955, Blaise Gillie, 1954, Lady Megan Lloyd George, 1954, R. E. Griffith, 1954, Harri Gwyn, 1955, Sir George Hamar, 1954, Frank Price Jones, 1955, Sam Jones, BBC, 1955, T. W. Jones (Lord Maelor), 1955, T. J. Morgan (2), 1954, John Morris (3), 1955, Thomas Parry, 1955, Iorwerth C. Peate, 1955, Tudor Watkins, 1955, and Jac L. Williams, 1955.

The file includes letters from Clement Attlee, 1949, James Griffiths, 1948, Hilary A. Marquand, 1947, R. Williams Parry, 1940, and Iorwerth C. Peate, 1943.

The correspondents include: Alfred Neobard Palmer (23), 1896-1912, W. J. Parry (2), 1911-1924, Iorwerth C. Peate (2), 1923-1925, D. Rhys Phillips (3), 1912-1913, Lord Pontypridd (Alfred Thomas), 1919, Thomas Powel, Cardiff (9), 1906-1915, and J. Arthur Price (3), 1891-1895.

The correspondents include Llew Owain (2), Thomas Parry (6), Iorwerth Peate (6), D. Rhys Phillips (5), Evan Roberts, Llandderfel (17), R. E. Vaughan Roberts (8), R. Gwylfa Roberts (2), Robert Roberts ('Isallt') (5), Arthur Somervell (2), Mansel Thomas (1), and Undeb Cymanfaoedd Canu Alawon Gwerin Cymru (12).

Letters to John Cowper Powys arranged alphabetically, K-P. The correspondents are as follows: Florian Karsch (1), 1951 (enclosing a photostatic copy of a letter, 1945, to Victor Goldschmidt from John Cowper Powys) (both letters refer to correspondence between John Cowper Powys and Florian Karsch's father Joachim Karsch); the Reverend H. R. King (1 postcard), 1927; George Wilson Knight (1), 1957; Derek Wilton Langridge (1), 1956 (the envelope inscribed by John Cowper Powys (f. 7)); [? C. McStrace] (1), no year noted (photocopy); John Middleton Murry (2), 1946; John Morgan, husband of novelist Elena Puw Morgan (1), 1945; Bernard Price O'Neill (3 letters, 2 greeting notes and 1 postcard), 1937, 1942-1943, 1945, O'Neill's daughter Jill Olson (1), 1947, and his son Brian O'Neill (1), 1947 (the latter two letters referring to the death of Bernard Price O'Neill); Doris Pascal (1), 1918; Iorwerth C. Peate, of the National Museum of Wales (1), 1942 (photocopy) (translated interlineally by John Cowper Powys, or at least in his hand); William Perrott, on behalf of The Society of Dorset Men (1), 1962 (nominating John Cowper Powys for Honorary Life Membership of the Society); Charles Rollo Peters (1), undated; and Jacquetta Priestley (née Hawkes) (2), 1955-1956.

Letters (7), 1943, including copies of original letters (ff. 96-100), from J. R. Jones, Liverpool, to various correspondents, relating to Twm o'r Nant's silver pen.

The addressees include Grace Gwyneddon Davies (1), J. H. Davies (1), Prof. David Evans (2), A. G. Gilchrist (1), E. J. Grutchfield (3), Ruth Lewis (3), Myfanwy Morris (2), Thomas Parry (2), Iorwerth Peate (1), and D. E. Parry Williams (1).

Letters (5), 1943, from Jessie E. Griffith Jones, mainly to J. R. Jones, Liverpool, relating to Twm o'r Nant's silver pen.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of a letter (or article) concerning the history of the plastic and graphic arts in Wales, arising from articles on architecture in Wales by Clough Williams-Ellis and Iorwerth C. Peate. There is also a draft of a letter concerning the Tryweryn reservoir scheme and drafts of a writing concerning Coel Hen, a figure who appears in the early Welsh genealogies.

Correspondence with Jenkin Evans and others (including Sir Cyril Fox, Iorwerth Peate and Esther Grainger) concerning his work, together with related press cuttings, notes, photographs, catalogues and committee minutes, and correspondence with him concerning personal and social matters. Also included is correspondence with members of his family, especially his wife, Bessie, concerning personal and family matters.

Three files of correspondence, 1940-1942, of J. D. Lewis and Sons, Gomerian Press, Llandysul, including letters from Brenda Chamberlain, T. Rowland Hughes, Iorwerth C. Peate, John Petts and D. J. Williams. = Tair ffeil o ohebiaeth, 1940-1942, J. D. Lewis, Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul, gan gynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth Brenda Chamberlain, T. Rowland Hughes, Iorwerth C. Peate, John Petts a D. J. Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Alun Creunant Davies (2); Alun Oldfield-Davies (2); Jennie Eirian Davies; J. Gwyn Griffiths; Nel Gwenallt; Iorwerth C. Peate.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: James Callaghan; Dr Noelle Davies (2); Desmond Donnelly; Winifred Ewing; R. E. Griffith (2); J. Gwyn Griffiths; A. O. H. Jarman; Dr Gareth Morgan Jones (7); R. Gerallt Jones; Robyn Lewis (2); D. Elystan Morgan; John Morris AS/MP; Iorwerth C. Peate; Goronwy O. Roberts; Dafydd Elis Thomas (2).

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Teleri Bevan; Per Denez; Winifred Ewing; Ffred Ffransis (3); Raymond Garlick (2); Moses Griffith; Robin Gwyndaf; Dafydd Jenkins; Robyn Lewis (3); Saunders Lewis; D. Tecwyn Lloyd; Iorwerth C. Peate.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Cassie Davies; Ithel Davies; T. I. Ellis; Roy Hattersley; Dr David Jenkins; E. D. Jones; Dr Gareth Morgan Jones; Derec Llwyd Morgan; John Morris; B. G. Owens (2); Iorwerth C. Peate; George Thomas; Ned Thomas; Eirene White; Gordon Wilson.