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Two letters from RHY to his mother, from the train en route to London on 27 July 1910 and having just boarded the S.S. Vectis on 28 July 1910. An accompanying ticket wallet contains a flier for the S.S. Vectis cruise leaving Tilbury for the Norwegian Fjords on 28 July 1910, together with other tickets, and a ribbon for the British Association Edmonton meeting 11 September 1909 and excursion ticket for the British Association office-bearers and guests for an excursion at the Winnipeg meeting 1909.

Photograph albums containing prints from RHY's trip to Malaysia in 1899-1900, and a visit to Cornwall in June-July 1902.

Letters of congratulation to RHY on his appointment to a professorship at Belfast. Some are from family, but the majority are from friends and colleagues.

Fourteen handwritten letters to RHY, plus a press-cutting relating to St John's examination results, with RHY's name underlined, and a handwritten list of herbarium curators, on which Yapp appears 1899-. There is a mix of personal and official correspondence.

Letters from friends and family congratulating the couple on their marriage. Includes some earlier letters of congratulation on their engagement.

The majority of this correspondence is letters to RHY congratulating him on his appointment at Birmingham. The folder also contains a letter from Evelyn Spence Weiss thanking the Yapp's for their letter of condolence on the death of her mother, papers relating to house-hunting in Birmingham, a letter from Seward asking RHY's advice regarding the directorship of the Cambridge Botanical Garden, together with RHY's draft reply, a letter from Francis Darwin regarding a testimonial (not present), a draft from RHY regarding his request for an assistant and discussing possible candidates, plus two printed notices: one for the Royal Society meeting of 13 November 1919, and the other regarding Edith Sinclair Martin's nomination to the Senate at Queen's University Belfast.

Letters sent by and to RHY during a health trip to Switzerland and Italy. The majority (16) are from RHY to his mother, two more are to his sister. There are also letters to RHY from his mother, E.M. Freeman, and E.A. Newell Arber.

Three letters from RHY to his mother describing the wedding, plus a list of photographs with notes on those that had been ordered.

Contains letters and cards to and from RHY relating to the University Expedition to Malaysia 1899-1900. Includes personal letters from RHY to his family, letters to RHY from W.W. Skeat, M.R. Baldwin, Henry Burkill, H. Harold W. Pearson, and Alfred P. Wallace. Letters from 1910 relate back to matters associated with the expedition. There is also a list of equipment with translations, and a list of articles wanted from Eaden Lilley and other Cambridge suppliers from E Third Court, St John's.

Letters between members of the Yapp family to RHY or Lajla or them both. The majority are from RHY's mother, but there are also letters from his brother Arthur, his sister Ada, or her husband Will. Four letters were written by RHY to his mother from Italy in 1911. There is also a letter from F.E. Weiss.