Letter from Helen Crone Nolte to Emilie Lawrence Reed, February 14, 1931 printer-friendly version |
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Richmond, Va
February 14, 1931.
My dear Mrs. Reed,
As a school girl
I always dreamed of becoming
a nurse, but the hands
of fate guided me in
another direction. However,
my dreams along nursing
lines are rekindled in
the hope that someday
I may have a son, who
will be interested in the
medical profession, and
that is the secret of my
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story to you. Until a few months ago,
that is prior to my marriage,
I lived with my mother in
Washington. I was engaged in
work which detailed me to
Walter Reed Hospital, and there
I smelt of the things which
meant so much to me. My mother was born in
North Carolina child of Christine
and Thomas J. White, and
Dr. Reed was, I believe, a
cousin of my grandfather,
so that fact, made me very
proud to work in an institution
which bare the name of one
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related to my mother, who had
so famed himself as did your
husband. While my request at this time
may seem a little premature.
I would like to make it nevertheless
I am young and only married
a few months, but I have dreams.
If God should give me two
sons in this life, may I name
one after Dr. Walter Reed?
And is there some word
of encouragement that I might
pass to the son I hope to have
which comes from the memory
of a doctor whose name he
bears, or from the wife he
cherished? which will
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stimulate a desire in him to
be in the medical profession? Maybe this may seem strange
to you, but it is one of the
secrets of my heart. May I thank you now
and wish for you much
happiness in life. Cordially
Helen Crone Nolte
3500 Monument Ave.,
Apr. 7.
Richmond, Va
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