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The file comprises letters concerning the proposed formation of the Kite Committee, the need for protection, ways of increasing kite population and distribution, requirements for public awareness, secrecy of nest locations, habits of nesting kites and distinguishing features, the correspondents including Dorothy Raikes, 1947, and Geoffrey Ingram, 1949; articles on kites by Condry, H. R. H. Vaughan and Morrey Salmon; notebooks containing minutes of a meeting of the West Wales Field Society, 1950, history of the Red Kite and its decline in Britain, notes recording sightings of kites, nest sites, condition and success of nests and useful contacts; typed private newsletter of the Kite Committee, 1971, and a typed extract from the journal of Bertram Lloyd for 1931; manuscript draft of a talk given by Condry at Shrewsbury in 1949, regarding the current position of the Kite Committee, its weaknesses and suggestions for improvement in kite protection methods

The series comprises newsletters of North Wales Naturalists' Trust and its branches, 1968-1990, annual reports, 1973-1987, fact sheets, correspondence, 1978-1986 and notes.

The file consists of typed newsletters, covering annnual general meetings, staff news, branch news, programmes of activities, sites of particular interest and conservation issues.

The file comprises newsletters and activity programmes of the various branches, with some items specifically deriving from the Merioneth branch and the Montgomery branch, which later became the Montgomery Trust for Nature Conservation, and a relevant letter to Condry.

The file comprises a typed account of the ecology of Craig y Penglog, near Dolgellau, printed fact sheets, describing the acquisition, access, geology, flora and fauna of several nature reserves in Gwynedd, Clwyd and Powys, their locations indicated by ordnance survey grid references and maps, and a press release with typed sheets, outlining the environmental impact of the Conwy Tunnel.

The file consists of annual reports for 1973, 1982, 1983 and 1987.

The file consists of a printed pamphlet for Penrhos nature reserve, a newsletter of Clwyd Badger Group and a book advertisement.

The file comprises letters regarding possible dangers posed by rock blasting to nesting birds at Craig yr Aderyn, Meirionydd, thanks for funds raised from sale of books, an invitation to become president of the Trust, with a carbon copy of Condry's refusal, 1982, subscriptions, a request for professional advice in advance of a road improvement scheme and staff changes; a bundle of correspondence, photocopied notes and maps in connection with the preservation and possible purchase of unimproved meadow land at Ty Glas, Brithdir, including letters from Peter Benoit, 1982-1983; and a bundle of correspondence, a botanical survey, photocopied maps and plant lists in connection with the designation of fields at Talsarnau as a site of special scientific interest, including carbon copies of two letters by Condry, 1985.

The file consists of handwritten and typed notes on naturalist A. G. Tansley and North Wales Naturalists' Trust members, Harold and Gertrude Armfield, and a handwritten plant list.

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

The file comprises correspondence and minutes of committee meetings in connection with the protection of the Barfog lake and bog from drainage, and designation of the area as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, 1964-1981, including a letter from Arthur [Chater], 1964, on the flora of the bog, together with a copy of a bulletin, 1970, of the Haverfordwest, Tenby and North Pembrokeshire sections of the Pembrokeshire branch.

Circulars, pamphlets, newletters, etc. of the Friends of Cardigan Bay, 1990-1998, and the Woodland Trust, 1987-2005.

Circulars, pamphlets and newsletters of the Friends of Cardigan Bay, of which Condry was vice-president, 1990-1998, and an issue of ‘The Living World’, Winter 1995, in a re-used folder entitled ‘Chapter I, The Mountains’, covered with deleted notes on the same.

An annual report, 1986/7, and other circulars, pamphlets and newsletters of the Woodland Trust, 1988-2005.

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 series comprises loose, handwritten and typed notes, a notebook, correspondence, circulars, press cuttings, loose printed articles, offprints, vegetation samples and information leaflets, mainly concerning the discovery, location and identification of wild plants, with a strong bias towards alpine varieties found in North Wales, in the localities of Snowdonia and Cader Idris.

The file comprises handwritten notes on loose sheets and index cards, covering the discovery, identification, location and lists of alpine plants, mainly in the upland areas of Merionethshire, a set of notes for a lecture on the history of botanical and ecological studies on Cader Idris, with a schematic biography of the Snowdonia botanist E. Price Evans, literary and bibliographic references, typed and handwritten surveys, reports and newsletters relating to the ecology of certain Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in North Wales, 1968-1996, photocopies and off prints, including two papers on the flora of Cader Idris by E. Price Evans, 1932, and press articles about Evan Roberts, 1979, another Snowdonia botanist, occasional items relating to plants in Scotland and other areas of Britain, pressed and dried specimens of alpine ferns with relevant notes, and a large quantity of letters and enclosures concerning similar topics, notably from Peter Benoit (15), 1962-1995, Arthur Chater, (7), 1985-1994, Dafydd Davies (27), 1986-1997, E. Price Evans, (1), 1957, Dewi Jones (24), 1988-1997, with an enclosed typescript article on William Williams, the botanical guide of Snowdonia, Derek Ratcliffe of the Nature Conservancy Council (5), 1983, and Richard (`Dick') Roberts (7), 1985-1991.

The file consists of loose, handwritten notes about early printed botanical records, lists of plants and their identifying features, with sketches and a vegetation sample, outline plans for a lake flora survey, typed circulars regarding the botanical interest of the Shropshire Union Canal and sites in Merionethshire, printed articles on particular plant species, wild plant conservation pamphlets, letters and related enclosures from Peter Benoit (55), 1954-1986, discussing the discovery and identification of various plants, with frequent mention of Mary Richards, local conservation issues and the problems of editing Nature in Wales, E. H. T. Bible (1), 1954, Arthur Chater (5), 1961-1986, regarding a proposed motorway route, bird watching, willow identification and the provenance of a plant specimen, E. Price Evans (6), 1956-1957, partly on plant habitats and his research work in Bangor, Mary Richards (1), ca1950, on the diaries of James Backhouse and a plant list, R. H. Roberts (1), 1955, on identifying features of orchids, and Irene ('Benjamin') Vaughan (3), 1953-1962, with news of WWFS, a proposed botanical survey of Gwbert and red kites.

The file comprises loose, handwritten lists of plants and their sites on Cader Idris, occasionally illustrated by rough sketches, notes on flowering times, 1958-1959, 1983-1993, outline plan of a lecture, list of slides and sketch map, notebook detailing access to botanical sites and views from the mountain, 1994, index cards with entries on the botanical discoveries of the Backhouse family, printed and photocopied articles on plant species and the early naturalist, William Bingley, correspondence from Peter [Benoit] (4) 1984, Dafydd Davies (1) 1989, Jack [Grasse] (2), 1987, all on botanical topics, and Dewi Jones (1) 1994, discussing Cader Idris guides.

The file comprises material almost exclusively concerned with alpine ferns in North Wales, including a typescript draft of an article by Condry, entitled 'Two Rare Ferns of Snowdonia', index cards and loose notes on their identification, sites and altitudes, extracts from literary sources, printed and photocopied articles, relevant letters and enclosures, with occasional copies of Condry's replies. The correspondents inclue Peter Benoit (1), 1983, Arthur Chater (4) 1985-1992, Dafydd Davies (14) 1985-1993, enclosing hand-copied extracts from J. Lloyd Williams' descriptions of Woodsia and Trichomanes, Jack Grasse (1), 1985, Dewi Jones (38), 1985-1996, expressing interest in the diaries of Mary Richards, Derek Ratcliffe (1), 1984, and Richard (Dick) H. Roberts (3) 1985.