In the early 1960s there were 10 libraries in Volusia county. The Deland library was the 4th one built. in order to bring services to more of the rural areas. Before the 1960s many of the libraries were very small some of them were in halls, rooms, Etc However Charlotte Smith the head librarian of Stetson recognized this and in 1952 gathered a group and survey to arrange a county effort to upgrade and enlarge the library system in the county. 

In 1956 the Library Service Act was passed by congress which would provide funds or organize or supplement a service to communities under 10,000 population. Since at the time many areas in Volusia were under this many had to be built not just in Volusia but other counties as well. Some of them them libraries built were  1. Bookmobile Services 2. City Island Library, Daytona Beach  3. DeBary Public Library  4. DeLand Public Library 5. Edgewater Public Library  6. H. G. Putnam Memorial Library Association, Oak Hill  7. Hopkins Library, Lake Helen  8. New Smyrna City Library  9. S. Cornelia Young, Daytona Beach and 10. Volusia County Public Library Headquarters. All of them around the same time.

Then in 1968 the first county wide in service workshop on library service improvement was conducted in Deland. This was to form children's programs and services. Back then even a copy machine was installed and it costs 20 cents a copy. Then the same year a children's film preview committee was formed which would rate films for purchase and the county collection. So for over 40 years the Deland library has had quite the changes and history to it.

Perhaps I decided to investigate it because this place intrigues me as you walk in there is a giant spiral stair case going upstairs, a room for genealogy and local history, then even a occult section. I absolutely love the fact that it has an auditorium or that there is each month an exhibit of some kind. But perhaps its just the fact that you can imagine yourself wandering the library late at night and perhaps running into the supernatural. Can you imagine how haunted this place is once the library closes down. After all it was built on farm lands, lands where native American people hunted, roamed, lived and thrived on. Unfortunately we did not get to investigate very long on our first investigation although it is confirmed there is something ghostly around this library. I also would love to get some ghostly photos inside however the library is so busy during the day It nearly is impossible. But it really is a nice library as most days Ill take a walk up there let my sons play games on the computers, or take out a movie or even look in the archives on local history So I am truly grateful to be able to share a little bit with others who like old libraries with a little bit of the strange occurring.

But the question we ask is why is it haunted perhaps the fact that 10000 a year visit here, or the books come from people who donate, or is it where the library was built on. But when you walk in or even around the library at night you can feel something is here beyond a doubt. We will return sometime in the future to prove to you that there is more to this library then what is told. 

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