art by Cher Jiang

Yale Station: Letters of Love
My Dearest, It is an awful thing and hurts me terribly. A little bit of that hurt is because you let it occur to you for even a moment that I might be disappointed. Perhaps I might be a little if you had failed. But you haven't . Failure comes only when you tackle something, pitting against it your full capability, concentration ,energy and time, and then it defeats you. This is certainly not the case with those ___?___ subjects. Today shall be my day of prayer to my God that you are granted a leave of absence. In the interim period you could get a job and save some money for that as in your revisiting , it should be possible to give those darn subjects the time they require. In this I can help you very much. It could be worked out beautifully between the two of us. ( We'll discuss it tomorrow.) If you are not granted the leave - well it's not the end of the world. I would so like you to finish not for myself but for you, because I know how you hate leaving a thing undone. I want with all my heart to help preserve your pride in achievement. Don't forget I know you, I love you. You could never be anything less than you are to me. It's the basic George I love so much - of course all the trimmings are nice and like many little bits of magic- but if one must be dispensed with it , could have no bearing on how I feel. Also this is our first problem really. Everything has been so wonderfully and miraculously smooth. This is the first thing that brings a muted momentary sadness. But it's something we can share. We never said that we wanted a life to be a pathway strewn with roses, did we? I want you to have this letter today. I'll be thinking of you every moment today. Do not be hurt if the decision is not favorable. You've put all of yourself into it, and gotten a great deal which will be of use. I'm thinking of you. Loving you very dearly, my darling - Your Emily

letters through April 17, 1947

  1. from another correspondent, January 6, 1947 (typed)
  2. from George to Emily, February 19, 1947 (handwritten)
  3. from George to Emily, February 21, 1947 (typed)
  4. from George to Emily, February 22, 1947 (typed)
  5. from George to Emily, February 23, 1947 (typed)
  6. from George to Emily, March 14, 1947 (typed)
  7. from Emily to George, March 23, 1947 (typed) (current letter)
  8. from Emily to George, March 24, 1947 (typed)
  9. from Emily to George, March 29, 1947 (typed)
  10. from George to Emily, April 5, 1947 (typed)
  11. from George to Emily, April 6, 1947 (typed)
  12. from George to Emily, April 7, 1947 (typed)
  13. from George to Emily, April 7, 1947 (typed)
  14. from George to Emily, April 7, 1947 (handwritten)
  15. from Emily to George, April 9, 1947 (handwritten)
  16. from George to Emily, April 10, 1947 (typed)
  17. from Emily to George, April 15, 1947 (handwritten)

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Minnie Renzer Bostick (1881-1955), father of Glyn Bostick, Fort Worth, Texas, 1911.
Minnie Renzer Bostick and wife Lily, on the road near Childress, Texas, 1938.
Emily Greatrex in New York City, 1939.
Emily Greatrex (left) with her friend Millie Gonzales-Coto, 1939.
Glyn Bostick, San Francisco, March 21, 1942.
Emily Greatrex (upper left) helps decorate The New York Daily News office Christmas tree, 1942.
Emily Greatrex, age 23, July, 1944.
Emily Greatrex, November 13, 1944.
Clipping from The New York Daily News, January 6, 1947.
Emily Bostick with first child Chris, Long Island, New York, March 13, 1952.
Glyn Bostick arm wrestling with Diane and Chris, Syracuse, New York, March 25, 1959.
Glyn Bostick, posed portrait, Syracuse, New York, January 23, 1983.
Glyn Bostick U.S. passport photograph, June 14, 1990.
Glyn and Emily Bostick, Syracuse, New York, March, 1997.

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