The fonds consists of three groups of papers of the Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW), formerly the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales, and the Council for the Protection of Rural Wales, the first dated 1928-1961, deposited in 1966, the second (papers of the Caernarfonshire branch) dated 1976-1986, deposited in 1986, both of which had been described in a separate, earlier schedule. Both the 1966 group (Records and Classified files), and the third group (starting with General meeting minutes), deposited in 2002, are described here below. The 2002 deposit comprises General Meeting minutes, 1935-1971, Executive Committee minutes, 1935-1989, Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes, 1973-1989, Meetings of Trustees minutes, 1979-1989, and a committee attendance book, 1973-1989.

The file consists of printed and typescript items relating mainly to the work of the Countryside Council for Wales and other associated matters.

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.