Jesse Scott Himes Collection

Jessie Scott Himes speaking at the dedication of Himes Hall

Jessie Scott Himes at 60.

Miss Laura Burhuff, a neighbor girl and Jessie Scott HImes

Jessie Scott Himes, 1873 - 1969

Jessie Scott Himes visiting Laura Barkhuff

Louis Lavonier, Sr. built the bookcase in November 1889 for Jessie Himes. She kept the bookcase in her living room until 1953 when she offered it to Don Schiele, who "grudgingly" accepted i

Don Schiele was a student and friend of Jessie Himes.  He donated her 1889 Louis Lavonier bookcase to the Lock Haven University Archive.  She gave him the bookcase in 1953.