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Brian Steimel was the longtime head of circulation in the Bruce T. Halle Library, retiring in 2019. Receiving his bachelor and master’s degrees at Eastern Michigan, Steimel began his professional career with the EMU library as a reshelver, eventually climbing his way to the circulation desk and monitoring the Halle Library automatic retrieval system. Away from the stacks, however, Brian is an accomplished painter and professional puppeteer having toured extensively with his partner of many years, Raymond Masters.

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9-19-2019

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Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Bruce T. Halle Library, circulation, library, librarian, higher edcuation, puppeteer, puppeteering, puppet theater, Dreamland Theater

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Permission to quote from this oral history should be requested from the University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).

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