Occupation Librarian | Died 3 July 1972 | |
Born January 21, 1906 ( 1906-01-21 ) Sioux City, Iowa Known for President of the American Library Association Books Check List of New Jersey Imprints, 1784-1800 | ||
Lucile M. Morsch (January 21, 1906 – July 3, 1972) was an American librarian. Morsch served as President of the American Library Association from 1957 to 1958. Morsch also worked as the deputy assistant chief librarian of Congress.
Morsch began her career as a cataloger in the library of the University of Iowa as a student. She went on to receive degrees in Library Science from Columbia University. She returned to work at the University of Iowa for five years before taking a position at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and then joining the Library of Congress in 1940. Morsch married Werner Ellinger in 1944.
Morsch received the Margaret Mann Award from the American Library Association in 1951 for her leadership in creating the "Rules for Descriptive Cataloging in the Library of Congress." Morsch was found dead in her apartment in Washington, DC on July 3, 1972 after losing her husband just a few weeks earlier.