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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.

Letter written in both Swedish and English from Lajla to her parents describing their new house in Birmingham. Includes a diagram of part of the layout.

Letters written from Lajla to RHY, mostly during 1915-17, plus a single letter from 1919.

Mostly family letters around the time of Eric's (1914) and Margaret's (1916) birth. Includes some congratulations from friends.

Family letters to and from RHY and his wife on the subject of the war.

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.

Letters written from RHY to his wife following their marriage. Letters are numbered in a new sequence, 1-98, with no gaps or envelopes. There are pressed plant specimens enclosed in two letters.

Handwritten letters from Lajla to her husband. Letters are numbered continuously from sequence pre-marriage, 107-186, with some gaps. Empty envelopes are present for numbers 187-189,191-192,194-203, and 207.

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

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