History & local legend
Ciletti Memorial Library at Penn State Schuylkill opened in 1994, but its ghost story reaches back to the previous home of the books. The library had occupied the lower level of the campus Classroom Building, originally constructed in 1897 as a hospital for the county almshouse. The university moved into the former county property in 1967.
Campus lore says some of the old building’s inhabitants accompanied the collection when it moved to the new library. The story, collected by The Coal Speaker in 2020, centers on a small study room toward the rear right of the second floor.
Students sitting there alone are said to hear people discussing conditions at the old asylum.
