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William Condry Papers,
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Cuttings

The file comprises newspaper and magazine cuttings on the subjects of wildlife persecution and the need for preservation, the impact of industrial developments on the environment, natural history and special sightings of particular birds, plants, reptiles, mammals and insects, agricultural methods, traditional crafts, land management and conservation issues.

Ceredigion Rare Plant Register

The file consists of two registers compiled by A. O. Chater and produced by the Nature Conservancy Council, containing alphabetical lists of species with ordnance survey references, dates, site status and locations.

Chater, A. O

Grassland survey

The file comprises a volume, entitled A Preliminary Survey of Lowland Grassland in Two Areas of North Wales, Volume 2, by Paul Day, produced by the Nature Conservancy Council.

Lecture report

The file is a cutting of a press article, reporting a slide lecture on birdwatching, given by Condry to the Cambrian Ornithological Society at Colwyn Bay.

'Nature in the Garden'

The file comprises notes prepared for a talk on garden ecology, covering non-flowering plants, ferns, wild flowers, creation of a hay meadow, pests, garden flowers and wildlife.

'Dyfi Valley '

The file comprises a list of slides for a talk on the Dyfi (Dovey) Valley, covering physical geography, plants, wildlife, historic buildings, general ecology, industry and human habitation.

Nature

The file includes a radio script called 'Wales: Welsh Marsh', written and presented entirely by Condry.

Miscellaneous radio scripts

The file includes scripts about marshland birds, 1961, birdwatching in Switzerland, Edward Lhuyd, 1960, 1966, leadmining in Wales, 1963, island birdwatching, 1957, polecats, 1954, seals, 1954, and a programme in which Peter Scott and Tony Soper also participated, 1963.

Scott, Peter, 1909-1989

Personal papers

The sub-fonds comprises William Condry's personal papers, being defined as those which provide an insight into his character, education, special interests, travels, friends and acquaintances. The papers include nature diaries, 1935-1998, field notebooks, 1952-1994, printed books, journals, press cuttings and notes about other naturalists, 1935-1996, and Henry Thoreau, 1943-1999, correspondence, [c.1938]-2016, travel records, 1947-1994, school records, 1929-1936, biographical sources, and a number of letters and tributes received by his wife after his death, 1998-2020.

'Offa's Dyke'

The file comprises a newsletter, 1995, containing an article of Condry's which the Offa's Dyke Association had previously obtained his permission to reprint, together with related information leaflets and visitor guides.

Nature diary

There are no entries between October 1963 and February 1964, when Condry was in Africa.

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