Newcomb Archives
2007-27
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Author
- Crickenberger, Pat Lawler
- Title
- Pat Lawler Crickenberger Collection
- ID
- 2007-27
- Date [inclusive]
- Between 1921 and 1990
- Extent
- 1.0 Cubic feet 2 Hollinger boxes
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Pat Crickenberger, whose pen name was Pat Lawler, wrote novels and short stories. During a writing career which spanned most of her life, Pat wrote for magazines like "Ladies' Home Journal," "Seventeen," "Ingénue," "McCall's," and "Good Housekeeping.” She also authored three books for young adults, "My Brother's Place," "What About Me?," and the still unpublished “So This Is Puberty.” Pat began writing in her early twenties, but with the pressures of housework, three children, and a struggling marriage, there was little time to concentrate on being a serious writer. After divorcing her first husband, Ralph, Pat sought teaching jobs in the Denver and Pueblo areas to support herself and her three children. It was during this time that she also began submitting her stories to contests and magazines. She met with some success, and had there been more money in short stories Pat most likely would have devoted all her time to them. Pat continued to find time for writing among her teaching, motherly responsibilities, and magazine work; her first novel, "My Brother's Place," came out in 1976. In 1977 Pat and her new husband moved to New Orleans, where she taught noncredit creative writing classes at Loyola University and worked a secretarial job in the Biology Department at Tulane University. This secretarial job was an "on-again, off-again job” relating to her money situation. Like this job, New Orleans would also come to shift in and out of her life. Though she moved around quite frequently, Pat always returned to New Orleans. Pat published her second novel, "What About Me?," in 1982, eight years before her death. Shortly after this publication Pat was invited to attend the Breadloaf Writer's Conference held at Middlebury College in Vermont. Even at sixty-one Pat still had a special ability to relate with younger generations; she danced and partied with many of the young conference goers. She attributed her first heart attack to the frolic and the cold Vermont air. Although she recovered, she suffered continuous angina, which led to her second and fatal heart attack in December 1990.
Scope and Contents note
This material was assembled by Leslie Palmer and Joan Bennett; it covers the period from 1943 to 1990. The bulk of the material consists of manuscripts. The material might be helpful to writers, or anyone interested in documenting the lives of women who combined motherhood and careers.
Organization and Arrangement
The material is organized into five series: I. Biographical Information; II. Clippings; III. Correspondence; IV. Manuscripts; V. Books.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Controlled Access Headings
Occupation(s)
- Writers
Personal Name(s)
- Bennett, Joan
- Palmer, Leslie
Subject(s)
- Women's Studies.
General note
The bulk of this material is contained in Series IV. -- Manuscripts. Material from all series has been refoldered, and some metal fasteners have been removed.
Collection Inventory
I Biographical Information |
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A Resume Circa 1986 |
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B Creative Writing Classes General noteDescription of creative writing classes that she taught. |
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II Clippings |
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A Newspaper ArticlesGeneral noteNewspaper articles written both by and about Pat Lawler. |
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B Book Reviews |
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C Memorial of Her life General noteMemorial of her life from "Inside Tulane." |
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III Correspondence |
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A Professional Letters |
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1 Letters from Knopf/Pantheon and Curtis Brown Ltd. |
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2 Acceptance notices from magazines |
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3 Notifications of awards |
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B Personal Letters |
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IV Manuscript Collection |
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A Short StoriesGeneral note"The Boy She Married" -- ca. 1988 "Celebration" -- McCall's 1987 "A Difference of Dreams" -- Co-Ed. 1976 "An Eye for Hills" -- ca. 1972 "The Human Element" -- ca. 1989 "A Matter of Responsibility" -- McCall's 1987 "Millie Down Home" -- n.d. "A Sort of Magic" -- n.d. "Strangers on a Honeymoon" -- ca. 1987 "Ater the Wedding" -- Good Housekeeping 1988 (shortened version of above) "Sweet Adversity" -- McCall's 1960 "Try to Remember" -- n.d. "When Hi-old Silver Came Back" -- n.d. "When the Crying Stops" -- n.d. |
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B OriginalsGeneral noteTypewritten works of some of the above mentioned short stories. Typewritten works of stories and novels that were incomplete and unpublished. |
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V Published Books |
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A My Brother's Place General note"My Brother's Place." Pantheon Books, 1987. |
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B Ehrenwort, ich heibe Chance General note"Ehrenwort, ich heibe Chance." Translated into German by Erika Klopp, 1981. |
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C What About Me? General note"What About Me?" Scholastic Book Services, N.Y., 1982. |
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D Ford Times -- Friendly Dining in Los Angeles General note"Ford Times -- Friendly Dining in Los Angeles." Vol. 65, No. 1, 1972. |
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