Rev. Willie Houston digs William Faulkner’s grave, Photograph by Martin Dain, July, 1962.
John Cofield
John Cofield grew up in Oxford. He is the son of renowned University photographer, Jack Cofield. His grandfather, J. R. "Colonel" Cofield, was William Faulkner's personal photographer, and for decades was Ole Miss annual photographer. Four generations of the Cofield family have contributed to Oxford's pictorial history.
For my generation of 1970s teens, we too were mesmerized by the comings and goings at Thacker...
Good visiting with Jimmy Sledge at lunch today. Here is his mother, Sally Hollowell Sledge, on The...
Filmed on Lafayette County land owned by Kaye Hooker Bryant, her barn was actually burned for the...
Looking east on Jackson Avenue, 1976, with Rebel Chevrolet on the left and Kiamie’s on the right....
Jimmy Buffett supposedly finished one of his books on the Faulkner “Absalom, Absalom” table. Photograph by Robert Jordan.
Molly Barr was a local legend. She is a memory with myth mixed in. She had landholdings,...
They rode up into Intruder In The Dust as the Gowrie Twins. As kids in Oxford, we...
One last train car before we walk to campus. When this one rolled into Oxford it never...
Ron Shapiro’s Happy Chanukuh Card from the fields. Courtesy Diane Faulkner Cawley. For experimental and medical use...
She is a jewel in the crown. There are all the rest of the fine old homes...
The Grove was their playground and The Square their sitting room. The vibe was theirs and they...
Bramlett Elementary is remembered by most for the many events and programs the teachers and moms worked...
John and William Faulkner in the yard at Memory House, photograph by Phil Mullen. (c) University of...
Before 2002, the Bailey’s Woods Trail was left to nature’s hands. After the Museum and Rowan Oak...
Yes, it was a big old deal when Jerry “The King” Lawler, and “Handsome” Jimmy Valiant, came...
“To give an idea how tall this corn stalk is… Daddy was 6 foot 5 inches tall....
James Bell, back row, second from right. “While the wreck changed his life, he was not defeated....
When Three Dog Night released “Joy to the World”, it would go on to be its signature...
Rebel Drive In on Jackson Avenue Extended / Business 6. The drive-in was located approximately where Home...