Recovering Files from the Library of a Deleted User

I have been having major problems on a User Account that I copied over from Snow Leopard. So I deleted the User account and intended to only move over the files I needed by leaving the Home folder accessible. But the folders I needed are in the Library and I cannot view the Library.
I ran this command to make the Library viewable,
chflags nohidden ~/Library/
but it only worked on the Active Accounts. I know the data is still there because of the size of the deleted User Account, but I cannot access the files. Any suggestions.

Download the program http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/download.php5 and select the unhide finder items and relaunch finder. Once you do that you can then navigate to the home folder of the deleted user and your Library folder should be visible and able to access your needed files.

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