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[004767] . PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OKLAHOMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION HELD AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, January 4,5, 1909. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Brown Pebbled Cloth. Oklahoma. Good Frontis. portrait of Frank Wells, President protected by tissue guard. Includes List of Officers and Members for 1908 and 1909; General Council Members and Proceedings. Appendix: Address of the President, Frank Wells; Report of the Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Reform; Report of Committee on Law Reporting and Digesting; Commercial Law; Conservatism in Legal Procedure by Hon. F. W. Lehmann, St. Louis; Law-Making by P.C. Simons, Enid, Oklahoma; Ethics of the Legal Profession, by D.H. Linebaugh, Atoda, Oklahoma; Precedent Vs. Progress, by James L. Brown, Oklahoma City Bar and Fielding Lewis' Obituary. 214 pp. Brown pebbled cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. On spine in gilt: " Vol.II " Corners bumped and spine ends rubbed. Covers are Good to Good+. Hinge broken on Contents page. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004765] . GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF THE OKLAHOMA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1921-22. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Stiff Covers. Oklahoma. Good Compiled by Mrs. Ed. S. Roberts, State Registrar, Avard, Okla. "The National Society has planned to have each State do some genealogical research work. Some are copying records from old tombstones, some copying court records. Oklahoma is a new state and has no Revolutionary records in cemetery or court. So we have taken up another branch of the work, that of collecting the genealogical records of the members...This volume is small but it contains a wealth of genealogical and historical information that will, no doubt, be of much interest..." 116 pp. plus Index with list of names. Grey paper covers soiled. One small circular piece missing from front side border. Spine paper rubbed and both ends paper peeling a bit. Overall covers are Good. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper and date: Mrs. James H. Laughlin, Christmas 1923. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $35.00

[004345] . ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE1910. Norman, OK: University Press, 1910. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/4". Stiff Covers. Oklahoma. Very Good+ Preliminary Report of the Proceedings of the Organization Meeting 1909-1910. " The new state of Oklahoma presents a fine opportunity and great possibilities for a wide-awake, active Academy of Science. If the Academy is to be a real factor in the promotion of science in Oklahoma, we must have the help of the progressive people from all parts of the state; with a strong membership we will be able to enlist the support that our cause merits and secure funds for such enterprises as, the building up of a state scientific library, the establishment of a state museum, the publication of original papers and researches of members, the organization and promotion of a state biological survey and other similar projects under the direction and patronage of the Academy.". 15 pp. Includes: Call for Organization Meeting-"On December 9, 1909, Seventeen members of the faculty of the University of Oklahoma issued the following call..." (Includes their names); Response to Call; Minutes of Organization Meeting; Membership of the Academy; Officers of the Academy, 1910; and By-Laws of the Academy. Laid in NOTICE sheet regarding Charter members. (Oklahoma became a state on Saturday, November 16, 1907) Stiff grey covers with black lettering on front. Covers are Very Good+. Title page discoloring around edges, otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00

[004736] House of Representatives. THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA.. 1877. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. Oklahoma. Very Good THE TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA. MR. SOUTHARD, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE TERRITORIES, SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT. 44th Cong., 2d Sess. House of Representatives Report No. 82. "The Territory proposed to be organized by this bill is bounded on the north by Kansas and Colorado, on the south by Texas, on the east by Missouri and Arkansas, and on the west by Texas and the Territory of New Mexico. It contains about 70,000 square miles, which is an area larger than the six New England States..." 13 pp. Includes statistics on the Indian tribes. "This territory is occupied by thirty-one Indian tribes, who number in the aggregate about 75,000 souls. The principal of these tribes are what are known as the five civilized tribes, viz, the Cherokee, the Creek, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, and the Seminole..." Disbound. Last page barely attached otherwise in Very Good condition. Clean and tight. Famous Americans in document: Chapman Freeman; Geo. A. Bagley;and D.B. Culberson of the Committee on the Territories. $35.00

[004735] House of Representatives. Statehood for the Territories...Oklahoma and Arizona . ill. Tables. 1906. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Disbound. American History. Very Good- 59th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 496. " ...This bill, enables two States to be admitted into the Union. It consists of 43 sections, the first 18...relate to the proposed State of Oklahoma, the area which is to comprise the present Territory of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory: and the remaining 17 sections relate to the proposed State of Arizona..." 28 pp. Includes an Analysis of Bill; Qualifications for Statehood; Arizona; New Mexico; Oklahoma and Indian Territory; Allotment; Memorandum showing condition of work to the Five Civilized Tribes (Seminole Nation, Creek Nation, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations and the Cherokee Nation); and Conclusion. Includes Views of the Minority and Appendix No. I: Protests to Congress against the Passage of the Joint State Bill for New Mexico and Arizona. Disbound. Pages 1-12 intact, page 13 loose. and pages 13-28 intact. 1/2" tear on pages 13-28 at top left margin. Not near text. Otherwise document is Very Good. Clean. $35.00

[004761] Lane, H. H.. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS AND PLACENTATION OF TATU NOVEMCINCTUM and A SUGGESTED CLASSIFICATION OF EDENTATES. ill. Figures (Diagram drawings), Table. Norman, OK: University Press, 1909. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Paper Wraps. Zoology. Good to Good+ The State University of Oklahoma, Research Bulletin. Nos. 1 and 2. by Dr. H. H. Lane, Professor of Zoology and Embryology. 26 pp. including Bibliography. Pages uncut at top edge. No. 1: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE HABITS AND PLACENTATION OF TATU NOVEMCINCTUM-18 pp. 3 full page illustrations with Explanations. "...so little is known concerning the anatomy, habits, or distribution of that species of armadillo which constitutes the only living representative of Edentates native to the United States. This is the Nine-banded Armadillo." and No.2 " A SUGGESTED CLASSIFICATION OF EDENTATES"-pp.21-26. Grey stiff covers. Mildly soiled. ex.mus. numbers on front cover's upper edge.Tiny tear at side edge. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Tiny nick shows up on several pages at same side edge-very minor. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $45.00