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Natural history diaries, 1935-1998, field notes, 1952-1994, typescript and published articles, 1947-1998, notes and correspondence relating to his books, 1933-1998, and to various natural history and historical subjects, card indexes, 1930-1998, and printed pamphlets, papers and books relating to Henry Thoreau, 1943-1999. There are several files of general personal correspondence, 1938-2016, including letters from R.S. Thomas. Inevitably, there are considerable overlaps between the various subsections of the archive, since Condry's interests, professional duties and literary activities were inextricably linked. Additional correspondence and papers, 1948-2020, including the files of letters from R. S. Thomas and his wife Mildred Elsie Eldridge (Elsi), 1968-1998, were transferred to NLW in December 2015, May 2018 and June 2020; a further letter, [c. 1946], by William Condry to Ray Perry, was donated in January 2016; a letter by Condry to his niece, Christine Demmar, enclosing a story about a pet jackdaw, was donated in August 2016; and transcript of a speech given by Chris Fuller at the opening of the William Condry centenary exhibition at MOMA, Machynlleth, in September 2018., donated in October 2018.

Deeds and documents, 1660-1922, from Bronwylfa, Llandderfel, partly relating relating to the Fronheulog estate and to the Williams family of Fronheulog and Menairafon, Angelsey, and partly relating to other properties, probably belonging to the clients of Messrs Anwyl and Davies, solicitors, and printed matter, mainly Acts of Parliament, 1816-1850.

The music manuscripts, 1927-1986, of Mansel Thomas, comprising music for male voice choirs, mixed choirs, youth and female voices, solo songs, and instrumental compositions. They consist mainly of Christmas music, hymn-tunes, liturgical music, arrangements of Welsh traditional melodies, secular music and solo songs, the majority of which have been published by the Mansel Thomas Trust and the Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn Publishing Company. Some manuscripts are in the hand of copyists and may contain later notes and additions.

Papers from the collection of William Roberts which include correspondence; sermons; miscellaneous notes and accounts; volume four of an essay in five volumes on the poets and writers of Gwent and Glamorgan; and reports and accounts relating to collieries and iron-works in South Wales.

Deeds and other documents mainly relating to families and estates in the St Davids area, Pembrokeshire, 1694-1896, including manuscript maps relating to the parishes of Llanrheithan and Mathri, Pembrokeshire, and Llanwinio, Carmarthenshire, 1812-1821. The families involved include Howells of Llysyfran, Ford of Stonehall, Owen of Orielton, James of Llandeloy and St Edrins, Parry of Porthiddy (Llanrian), Laugharne of Orlandon, and Mathias of Lochmeyler and Castle Cenlas. The Mathias family include Rev. John Matthias (d. 1805) of Lochmeyler, vicar of Llandeloy, who bought Castle Cenlas, c.1792.

Solicitors' personal and clients' papers accumulated by the depositor. The Montgomeryshire papers derive from early in the depositor's career, as a solicitor in Newtown. Some of the Ceredigion papers in clients' files derive from Griffith Jones of Aberystwyth, solicitor (1880), later of Aberllolwyn, esq. (1890), while other papers relate to his personal affairs. Other papers derive from the practice of R. Geddes Smith of Aberystwyth, solicitor (1882-1887), which became Smith Owen & Davies [Robert Geddes Smith, William Pierce Owen and William Davies] (1890s), Smith, Davies & Evans [C. Denham Evans] (1910s), Smith Davies & Co., and Smith Jessop & Tomley (late 1960s-early 1970s).

Deeds and documents relating to the estates of the Jones family of Pen y Bryn, Ruabon, Denbighshire,1534-1808, and of the Maddocks family of Prees Henlle, Whittington, Shropshire, 1441-1786.

Documents collected by Col. Sir John Conway Lloyd, including over a thousand deeds, 1323-1870, relating to properties in the counties of Brecon, Glamorgan, Hereford, Monmouth, Radnor, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Gloucester, and London; together with various documents, including letters and papers relating to the Lloyd family and other estates. In addition, the archive consists of deeds and documents, 1588-1864, mainly of industrial interest accumulated by John Lloyd (1833-1915), pertaining to the New Weare ironworks, Goodrich, Hereford; the Hirwaun ironworks; the Beaufort Iron Company, the Clydach ironworks; the Dowlais Iron Company; and the Bute Works. A substantial group of Dinas Estate records has been transferred to the Maybery Collection.

Papers of and collected by Hugh Evans of the Brython Press (Gwasg y Brython), Liverpool, including correspondence between and of the Rev. Gwynoro Davies and Isaac Foulkes of Y Cymro (est. 1890), 1895-1896; general correspondence and postcards of the Brython Press, [1895]-[1933]; and miscellaneous papers including, papers relating to the Llangwm area of Denbighshire, 1809-1895, and papers collected by Hugh Evans, [1812x1934].

Records of the Brecon Beacons National Park Committee, 1984-1995, including committee agendas, minutes, correspondence and reports, 1986-1995, Development Control Panel and National Park Planning Committee agendas, minutes, planning applications, proposals and recommendations, 1986-1993, National Park Planning Sub-Committee agendas, minutes, planning applications and correspondence, 1988-1995, Park Management Committee agendas, minutes and reports, 1990-1993, Education & Information Working Party agendas, minutes and correspondence, 1992-1995, correspondence files, 1984-1995, tours, conferences and seminars, 1986-1995, and miscellaneous papers, 1986-1995.

Additional papers from Dr C. Stephen Briggs collected in connection with his appointment as a member by the Secretary of State for Wales on the Brecon Beacons National Park Committee, 1986-1995. This group remains uncatalogued.

An additional consignment of papers from Dr C. Stephen Briggs, comprising correspondence, minutes of meetings and various other papers, ca. 1989-1994. This group remains uncatalogued.

Papers, 1968-2006, of the Reverend David Morris relating to his interests in political and social issues, his career as MEP for Mid and West Wales, and later MEP for South Wales West, and his work as a Presbyterian minister.

Papers, 1889-1963, of Prof. Roderick Urwick Sayce, including notes by him on anthropology, archaeology, geology and geography, together with drafts and offprints of publications written and collected by him, his personal papers and correspondence, and a considerable amount of material collected by Professor A. C. Haddon, Professor of Zoology at the Royal College of Sciences and Assistant Naturalist to the Science and Art Museum of Dublin, relating to Irish folklore, including correspondence between Sayce and Haddon.

Deeds, wills and other documents relating to Monmouthshire, 1568-1825.

Deeds and documents relating to Trimsaran Coal, Iron and Steel Company, [c. 1861]-1872; Ynisarwed Resolven Colliery Company, 1866-1875; and Yniscedwyn Iron, Steel, and Coal Company, 1837-1875; and copies of Court Rolls of the Manor of Evenjobb, Radnorshire, 1798-1851.

Student notes on petrology, 1903; university lectures and notes for lectures given at Aberystwyth and Manchester, 1919-[1930], and at Cambridge, 1931-1938; other lectures and addresses on geological subjects, 1925-1939; material relating to academic and consultative research, undertaken mainy in Wales, 1884-[1942], including material relating to the mineral mining industries and river drainage in Mid Wales; files of personal papers and correspondence, 1913-1943; copies of letters to his wife, 1909-1966; pocket notebooks, [1920s]-[1930s]; theses and papers by other individuals, 1931-1943; photographs and slides, [c. 1903]-[1949]; portfolios containing plans, sections, maps and graphs relating to mines, collieries and power stations in Wales and England, [c. 1871]-1935; miscellaneous papers and research notes, 1904-1966.

The fonds consists of administrative records and accounts, 1974-1998, of the Association of Visual Artists in Wales, formerly the Association of Artists and Designers in Wales, comprising material relating to both its national and regional activities.

Papers of Harri Webb, [c. 1919]-1995, including poetry, 1942-1989; reviews and reader's reports, 1974-1986; correspondence with publishers, broadcasters and editors relating to Webb's work, 1949-1995; correspondence from literary and artistic figures, [1940s]-1983; political correspondence, 1964-1974; political press cuttings, 1952-1981; papers relating to Plaid Cymru, 1961-1978, and Scottish politics, 1967-1969; and personal papers, [c. 1919]-1984.

A collection of Harri Webb's diaries. This group remains uncatalogued.

Manuscripts, [16 cent.]-1930, consisting to a large extent of the collections of the Rev. John Montgomery Traherne of Coedriglan, Glamorgan and of members of his family and that of the Mansel Franklen family of St Hilary, Glamorgan. A minor group included in the collection (MSS 6606-6615) represents the papers of William Davies, Cringell, near Neath, Glamorgan. The material includes correspondence of John Montgomery Traherne and correspondence and other material of or relating to John Walters, rector of Llandough; nineteenth-century music manuscript books, some of which belonged to members of the Talbot family of Penrice and Margam; a manuscript in the hand of Thomas Richards of Coychurch; a notebook of Jean Poingdestre; historical and other material of Glamorgan interest, including material relating to the Stradling family of St Donat's Castle, the Mansel and Talbot families of Margam and Penrice, and Sir Matthew Cradock; a sixteenth-seventeenth-century manuscript of poetry; together with political material, antiquities, pedigrees, transcripts and translations, newspaper cuttings, etc.

Estate records of the Cernioge estate, Denbighshire, and records of the Kenrick family of Cernioge and Nantclwyd, 1502-1856, comprising deeds, 1502-1832, of the Cernioge estate; rentals, 1664-1771, 1806-1813; transcripts of documents relating to the abbey of Conway; and correspondence, 1806-1827.

Records of the Committee of Welsh District Councils, comprising correspondence and papers of the Committee, 1983-1989, together with related papers of the Association of District Councils, 1981-1991, the Representative Body for Wales, 1974-1988, and the Council of Welsh Districts, 1989-1991.