Pritchett, Lulita Crawford

Biography

Lulita Crawford Pritchett was born at 7:45 am, March 7, 1906 at the Pritchett home at 2735 Boulevard “F” in Denver,Colorado. Her sister, Margaret Elizabeth Pritchett, wrote the following letter in support of filing a delayed birth certificate for Lulita:

March 30, 1962 I wish to certify in regard to my sister’s name that in our Family Bible and in her Baby Book her name is listed as: Lulie Crawford Pritchett. My sister is named after our mother whose first name was Lulie. Our mother’s sister was visiting us at the time of “Lulie’s” birth. She did not want another Lulie in the family; so our Papa said: “We’ll call her “Little Lulie” in Spanish which is LULITA for a girl!” That is how, ever since, my sister has gone by the name of Lulita Crawford Pritchett. ... Lulita attended Steamboat Springs High School, graduating as valedictorian in the class of 1922 just after turning 16 ... Lulita graduated with honors in 1926 from the University of Denver, and from the Parks School of Business Administration in 1927 ... Lulita wrote throughout her life. Her poem “Little Brook” was printed in the Denver News when she was 9 years old, and her booklet “Memories of a Beloved Little Girl – Margarita Mexican”, was printed just two years before she died. She went through four different phases in her career: (1) poetry through the 1920s when she was a student; (2) short stories, western romances, and juvenile fiction in the 1930s as she devoted full time to writing; (3) poems, western romances, and her premiere novel Cabin at Medicine Springs in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s when she had a full time office job; and (4) historical booklets and articles in her retirement years of the 1970s and 80s. Died 11 February 1991.