Background
Morsch, Lucile M. was born on January 21, 1906 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Meyer) Morsch.
Morsch, Lucile M. was born on January 21, 1906 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Jacob and Lydia (Meyer) Morsch.
Bachelor of Arts, State University Iowa, 1927. Bachelor of Science, Columbia (Lydia Roberts fellowship), 1929, Master of Science (Lydia Roberts fellowship), 1930.
Assistant preparations division New York Public Library, June-August 1929. Cataloger, later 1st assistant catalog department State University Iowa, 1927-1928, 30-35. Associate head, later head catalog department Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, 1935-1940.
Chief descriptive cataloging division Library of Congress, Washington, 1940-1951, 52-53, 62-65, chief general reference and biblio., 1951-1952, deputy chief assistant librarian, 1953-1962.
Instructor cataloging and classification Louisiana State University, summer 1930. Instructor school library service, Columbia, summers 1937-1939.
Member of the United States National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. First recipient Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification, 1951. Member American Library Association (council.
Married Werner B. Ellinger, May 20, 1944.