The Avent family of Oxford has impacted the town’s history since the late 1830s. Large land owners and...
John Cofield
John Cofield grew up in Oxford. He is a local historian and author. John 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.
Today you’d be looking at Renasant Bank and Bouré restaurant. In 1961, the Army Surplus store was a draw...
All the kids in the Avent Park area and all around town went tearing into the street...
The high school band parades up Van Buren Avenue past Oxford Motor Company in this 1949 shot...
In 1961, William Faulkner had been writer-in-residence at the University of Virginia for several years when on...
THE WAREHOUSE DAYS “Oh John, this was a wonderful night out on the town in 1985. At The Warehouse restaurant...
“Through my years of public life, I have travelled the world over many times. But no matter...
Across Jackson from the church stood the other pillar, old City Hall. Almost eight decades after that...
The Tangents at The Gin, photograph by Elizabeth Connell Sessums. Left to Right: Bob Barbee, Duff Dorrough,...