Our own Huntington Memorial Library is said to be the home of Harriet Huntington, mother of Henry Huntington, who donated the land and his ancestral home to the City of Oneonta for use as a park or library. Trouble is, she's been dead for many, many years.
According to the State Times (SUCO's student newspaper), Marie Bruni, clairvoyant and director of the library, has felt Harriet's presence since the day she interviewed with the library. Harriet is described as a translucent, elderly spirit, who responds to changes within her home by making mischief, such as hiding expensive items only to let them turn up days later. The spirit has gone missing at times, once taking a year and a half hiatus to--no one knows where.
For more on this and other stories, check out "Leatherstocking Ghosts" by Lynda Lee Macken.
Our library has more to offer than you may realize: Friends of Huntington Memorial Library will deliver books free of charge to those who otherwise could not enjoy them. If you can make it to the library, consider Mid-Week Musings, a reading group which meets the second Wednesday of every month. For more: hmloneonta.org.
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