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The file includes eight small notebooks, containing a diary of the first African trip, 1963-1964, remarking on the work of Mary Richards and Desmond Vesey-Fitzgerald, detailed notes on the area of Rukwa, with ideas for chapters in Condry's forthcoming African book, Penny Condry's diary for the end of 1963, and camera notes, a typed itinerary for Condry's visit to East Africa in July 1967, brief notes on species seen and photographs required, bird lists, and loose notes on Arusha, describing its designation as a national park and the involvement of Desmond Vesey-Fitzgerald; Condry's diaries of his trip to Arusha, 1971, with a further diary in a different hand, possibly by Vesey-Fitzgerald, covering 1971-1974.

The file contains a letter from Peter Benoit, 1967, which includes an account of a plant-hunting expedition to the Great Orme and information about [Evan] Price Evans and Mary Richards, a list of Great Orme plants, an account of a motor journey made by Condry to the peninsula, remarking on the geology, scenery, flora, ancient monuments, history, growth of Llandudno as a holiday resort, the Orme visitor centre and conservation.

The file is an index to slides intended for illustrating the book. Entries include Mary Richards herself and associated people, places, plants, animals, insects and birds, in both Wales and Africa, 1946-1971.

The file comprises notes for a lecture discussing the importance of Evan Price Evans and Mary Richards in founding the Society, early meetings, members, past activities and the running of the organisation, with especial gratitude to Peter Benoit.

The file consists of articles, 1950-1998, on birdwatching in Wales, mammals in general, polecats, Welsh botanists, including Mary Richards, the natural history of mountains, the Bardsey bird observatory, an obituary of Eric Hosking, the Snowdonia National Park, the alpine flora of Snowdon, the environment and conservation, together with a list of Condry's publications and reports, 1950-1959, and substantial number of press cuttings of articles mostly by other Guardian Country Diarists, mainly 1997-1998, and of Condry's own articles in 'Country Diary', 1950-1998.

The file comprises letters and postcards, some of them annotated by Condry, concerning sightings, distribution and identification of birds, mammals, insects and plants, bird photography, persecution of birds of prey, kite protection, birdwatching activities at Bird Rock, published and private wildlife records, especially in connection with West Wales Field Society. Correspondents include E. H. T. Bible, (16) 1945-1954, on birds seen in and around Aberdovey, particularly starlings, swifts and herons, recognition of the need for egg protection and contact with Mary Richards; A. W. Boyd, (1) 1950, on identifying features of the Little Stint; Hugh Chater, (1) 1950, discussing cultivated strawberries, spartina and familiarity with Devon; T. A. W. Davis (1) 1951, in note form, reporting sightings of squirrels, long-tailed tits, mute swans and the breeding status of starlings; Jack [Grasse] (5) [1951], mainly concerning birds seen during visits to Wales and identification of ants; Geoffrey Ingram, a postcard, 1950, on chaffinch migration, acknowledging Bible and Salter, and the updating of a fauna of North Wales; Philip ('Pip') Miles (4), 1952, on insect migration and identification, with printed entomological bulletins and observation sheet; J. H. Owen (12), 1949-53, concerning wildlife books, numerous different birds, especially robins, and wasps, Morrey Salmon, (2), 1950, on eider ducks, and a letter to Salmon 1960, on the ecology of Borth Bog; Irene ('Benjamin') and H. R. H. ('Taff') Vaughan, (4), 1952, mainly regarding red kite protection, butterfly migration and dialect bird names; and Kyffin Williams, (1) 1951, about the sighting of a hoopoe.

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.

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 comprises a small notebook listing the contents of Mary Richards' library, in the handwriting of Penny Condry, with additions by William Condry (1977), a spiral-bound notebook containing genealogy of the Richards family, biographical details of Mary Richards, her botanical education and life in Africa, and Condry's plan for the book which was published posthumously in 1998, and a notepad with deleted entries for events in Mary Richards'life, under chapter headings 1-14.