BACONE INDIAN UNIVERSITY: A HISTORY

[Oklahoma City]: Published for the Oklahoma Heritage Association by Western Heritage Books, Inc, 1980. First Edition. Signed by Meredith beneath his printed name on the title page. Also, with a signed presentation by Williams on the half-title page: "To Billie, In appreciation of the contributions you have made to this school and for your friendship, John L. Williams. 5/16/80." Bacone College, formerly Bacone Indian University, is a private liberal arts college in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Founded in 1880 as the Indian University by Almon C. Bacone. Bacone College is the oldest continuously operated institution of higher education in Oklahoma. The college has strong historic ties to several tribal nations, including the Muscogee Nation and the Cherokees, and also to the American Baptist Churches. Billie R. Tower is a retired Professor Emeritus at the college and has a nursing program there named after him. The book’s authors were also professors at Bacone. With his small address label on the front endpaper. 8vo., red cloth in dust jacket; 163 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); little edgewear (tiny nicks & short tears) d/j.