Up until the early 1960s, private hospitals met the local needs. Oxford Hospital and Bramlett Hospital were...
John Cofield
The wagons rolled in, and mules, tractors, and trucks came and went. The lent lazily floated by and...
There was once a time when the grammar school boys raced to The Oxford Eagle to buy papers...
Behind Marquis Chevron was a well-traveled apartment complex. I had a good many friends who lived there...
He was bigger than life for the kids of Oxford. Johnny Vaught was the king and Archie...
From the third volume of Oxford, Mississippi, the Cofield Collection, this photograph explains the directions the book travels...
No, it was not The Gin, or The Warehouse, it was Ireland’s! Seemingly straight out of a...
Many Oxford children remember the sights and smells of the Lafayette County Co-Op. Seed, feed, and multi-colored chickens...
On The Square, Fall 1961, photograph © Martin J. Dain Collection
“Elbert was a fixture at the store. I took this picture in 1973. He was a regular...
U.S. Marshals Surround The Lyceum on September 30, 1962. Photograph by Ed Meek.
It was back in the day when The Warehouse, The Hoka, and The Gin were all still...
“I can’t believe that some were unaware of or knew of this sacred place in the county...
It’s an Old Oxford memory. The Skipwith House on University Avenue has been gone for years but...
As to Willie Wallace, there is only a handful like him. Some businesses are eclipsed by their...
“I still drive by that place and just look at it remembering a line of kids all...
Phillip Bryant‘s unique law office at the corner of 9th Street and Jefferson gave the steep grade its...
The character of the first order, a dear friend to all that knew him, a worker to...
I think it was the fourth of July, and Oxford gathered in big numbers at Avent Park for...
There were drills and meetings for the guardsman for sure. But add to that the memories of...