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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 group consists of notes, drafts, correspondence, press cuttings, leaflets and other printed material used in the preparation of books and articles, a large quantity of Condry's finished newspaper and magazine articles, and substantial number of card indexes, 1893, 1933-1998, on the subjects of wildlife, development and history of the landscape, nature conservation, ecology, other naturalists, past and present day travel and tourism. The subjects relate mainly to Wales, but also to other parts of Britain, Europe and Africa.

The section comprises notes and slide lists for lectures given to extra-mural classes, natural history societies and other groups at different locations throughout mid-Wales, and in Shropshire, 1966-1993, and scripts for radio and television programmes, 1948-1980, together with relevant correspondence. Subjects include ecological and environmental issues, conservation, nature reserves, geology and topography.

The section consists of newsletters, annual reports, circulars, printed pamphlets, fact sheets, correspondence and notes relating to various conservation groups with which Condry was involved, 1947-2005

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 section comprises press cuttings relating to wildlife and conservation, 1949-1980, printed information leaflets, Nature Conservancy Council handbooks and a register, 1971-1998, letters from professional bodies and individuals, 1962-1985, papers relating to Ynys-hir reserve, 1969-1990, and papers concerning Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire conservation projects.

The unit consists of notes and printed material relating to Welsh topography and history, 1928-1997, nature diaries, 1935-1998, field notebooks, 1952-1994, personal diaries, 1994-1998, notes and printed matter relating to Henry Thoreau, 1943-1999, and other naturalists, 1935-1996, correspondence, [c.1938]-2016, and travel records, 1947-1994.

The section comprises secondary school reports, 1929-1936, a university certificate and related letters, 1979-1981, newspaper and magazine articles written about Condry during his lifetime, 1973-1992, obituaries, letters of condolence to his widow, other memorials and tributes, 1998-2020.