page_title: Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room
section_title: In 1989 Main Library Building
hierarchical_section_title: Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room / In 1989 Main Library Building
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room in the Main Library of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system.
context_page_description: The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room is a department of the Main branch of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. It houses historical materials on the history of Charlotte, of Mecklenburg County, and of North and South Carolina. It also contains a wealth of genealogical materials with all fifty states represented. Special collections include maps, photographs, manuscripts, family and business papers, and a music archive.
context_section_description: In 1989, the Main Library began operations in yet another building, about which the Charlotte Observer noted,
  "When the uptown library doubled in space after a two-year renovation, the [Carolina] room was a big winner. It tripled in space, exchanging a cramped room for an airy, high-ceilinged suite in which arched doorways lead to rooms for rare books, newspaper files, music archives and a vault."
  The name of the “Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room” dates from this period and acknowledges the leadership and generosity of two donors: Sally and Russell Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Spangler, Jr.
  The Carolina Room expanded its services in the 1990s by adding computers, offering classes on their use for genealogy, and by creating a music archive. In 1992 the Carolina Room solicited community participation for a special project to scan photographs of African American families. These images became the basis for a book: An African American Album: the Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
caption: A view of the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room in the Main Library of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library system.
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