The following excerpt is from an article published October 21, 2016 at the suncommercial.com website.
The Knox County Public Library’s McGrady-Brockman building [of Vincennes, Indiana] is filled — from carpet to crown molding — with books, the pages of which hold a rich history dating all the way back to 1790.
And perhaps no one knows the stories they tell better than Brian Spangle.
“It’s the kind of collection you don’t see at a typical library,” he said, his chin lifted with pride. “People are always surprised when they come in here.”
Spangle has worked at the library for 30 years — spending much of that time putting together a historical collection the likes of which people travel from all over the country to see.
But at the end of November, he will end his three-decade career and leave the massive collection he has spent years tucking into every nook and cranny of the McGrady-Brockman building in the hands of another.
