Lutrell, Estelle

Biographical note: Estelle Lutrell was University of Arizona librarian from 1904 to 1932. She prepared this report as part of a memorial service held at the University on March 2, 1919 to honor the thirteen men and women killed in the war.

Born in Boston in 1870, Estelle Lutrell earned A.B. degrees from Canton University and the University of Chicago, and later a master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1924. She worked as a librarian at the John Crear Library and at the University of Chicago before coming to the University of Arizona in 1904. At the University of Arizona she served as librarian and professor of English until 1922 when she became the University Librarian. After her retirement in 1932, she continued as a library consultant for many years.

She helped organize the Arizona State Library Association and served as president in 1930. Also during the 1930s, she directed the W.P.A. Historical Records Survey in Arizona. She was a charter member of the American Association of University Women, and president of the Saturday Morning Music Club in 1933-1934. Her publications include Arizona Bibliography, 1913, Mexican Writers, 1920, Mission of San Xavier del Bac, 1922, and Newspapers and Periodicals of Arizona, 1859-1911, published in 1950.