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The series comprises correspondence and minutes of committee meetings regarding the wetland area of Barfog, and a bulletin.

This section comprises papers resulting from the editing and preparation of newsletters of the West Wales Field Society (WWFS), 1950-1954, entitled Field Notes

The file consists of a script about springtime in Wales.

The file consists of a radio script about the Dovey Estuary.

The file comprises a card index which Condry used for his book, Welsh Country Essays, published in 1996, covering place names, personal names, plants, birds, fish, reptiles, mammals, trees, insects, geology, literary references and historical topics, [1952]-[1987], marked with numbers which denote pages in the printed version of the book.

The file comprises two sets of amended typescripts and finished printed versions of various collected essays, some published in Country Life, others previously unpublished, 1954-1987, with lists of contents and photographs eventually used for the book, Welsh Country Essays, published much later, in 1996. The subject matter includes Welsh rivers, islands, birds, mammals, plants and human history

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

The file comprises a card index divided into sections on lakes, classified according to area and type, wetlands and rivers, indexed by name, plants, insects, fish and mammals, 1947-1979. Some of the entries are expanded by additional notes on history, geology, distribution and early discoveries of certain species, threats and conservation issues, topographical descriptions, human activities, bibliographic references, preparatory notes and personal reminders, and derivations of place names, sometimes accompanied by press cuttings, species lists, typed reports, sketches and printed pamphlets

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 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.

The file comprises an index and notes compiled by Condry for his chapter to the first volume of the Cardiganshire County History, entitled 'The Vertebrate Animals of Cardiganshire'. It includes a bibliography with a list of references and page numbers, entries relating to the history, folklore, names, descriptions, distribution and habits of various birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, marine creatures, carnivores, grazing animals and rodents, information on prehistoric animals and man, the landscape and climate, and notes concerning the order of the book, 1947-1984. Printed articles, literary sources and correspondence accompany some entries.

The file consists of a certificate for the degree of honorary MSc, awarded to Condry in July 1980 by the University of Wales for his lifetime's study of wildlife, accompanied by a translation and explanatory letter; and a second folder of related and congratulatory letters, with a copy of the addresses of presentation, 1979-1981.

The file consists of a single article entitled 'The Kites of Europe' [Latin term Milvus], published in an unidentified foreign wildlife journal.

The file consists of typescript articles and relevant letters from American Thoreau scholars.

The file comprises the amended typescript of an article for the journal, Trivium, entitled 'From Herbals to Floras: The Illustrated Botanical Works in the Founders' Library', referring to the library of the University of Wales, Lampeter, together with relevant correspondence between Condry and the editor, and a printed list of the contents of vols 29-30, comprising essays in memory of R. C. Rider, 1997.

The file is a card index consisting of typed and manuscript entries on early botanists, the formats, texts and illustrations of printed herbals and personal reminders to check references. A miscellaneous subsection includes bibliographic references, notes on printing and techniques of illustration. The material was used for an article published in Trivium, in February 1997.

The file comprises a letter and two copies of a list by Arthur Chater, outlining antiquities in Cardiganshire worthy of preservation, including church architecture, inscribed stones and industrial ruins. Condry used the material for a lecture to the WI in 1970, to celebrate European Conservation Year

The series comprises pocket diaries, notebooks, loose index cards, correspondence, articles, printed information booklets and leaflets, maps, checklists and nature reserve management plans, relating to Condry's visits to Africa, Ireland, Jersey, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland, covering the topography, climate, plant and animal life, nature reserves and national parks of each country.

The file comprises a schematic chronology of published works on the subject of travel in Wales, handwritten on two cardboard sheets.

The series comprises loose, printed magazine articles, 1943-1995, newspaper articles 1944-1997, letters, 1952-1999, newsletters, circulars, information leaflets, notes relating to Thoreau's life, the Walden pond and woods, Condry's book on Thoreau (published in 1954) and a lecture which he gave to the Thoreau Society in Concord, Massachusetts, 1981. Recurrent themes include Thoreau's rejection of the conventional values of capitalist society, his life in a cabin by Walden Pond, his friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, his writing, admirers and imitators, activities of the Thoreau Society, environmental pressures and conservation of wildlife in Walden and Concord.