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A little light reading about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War helped guide a young eastern Ohio boy into becoming the new curator and social historian at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, with a few historic stops along the way.
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Diane Klinefelter has retired from her position as the Espy Post curator and social historian at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall.
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Diane Klinefelter is retiring from her position as Espy Post Curator and Social Historian at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall. Local archivist and historian Jon-Erik Gilot is poised to take her place.
Klinefelter, a passionate student of history and a professional genealogist, has served as curator since 2006 when she became library director at the ACFL&MH. She retired from that role in 2015, but has remained active with the Espy Post, authoring two books on Civil War veterans.