Local History

“Why I Live at the P.O.”: Eudora Welty Classic Accepted For Publication 74 Years Ago This Month GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA

“Why I Live at the P.O.”: Eudora Welty Classic Accepted For Publication 74 Years Ago This Month

Rafael Alvarez February 26, 2015

Today we honor Eudora Alice Welty (1909–2001), the sheltered girl from Jackson who grew into one of...

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The Great Magnolia Vagabond – No. 2

Rafael Alvarez February 16, 2015

About a year ago, late February 2014, I was driving north through Mississippi from New Orleans to visit artist friends Pati D’Mico and...

“The Prodigal Professor: William Weaks Morris (1934–1999)” GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA

“The Prodigal Professor: William Weaks Morris (1934–1999)”

Rafael Alvarez February 2, 2015

Like thousands of others around the world, I recently finished reading The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt of...

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The Great Magnolia Vagabond – No. 1

Rafael Alvarez January 14, 2015

I spent New Year’s Eve 2006 in a small motel in West Point, Mississippi, some 50 miles...

“THE WEIRDEST MUSIC HE EVER HEARD” by Rafael Alvarez GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA

“THE WEIRDEST MUSIC HE EVER HEARD” by Rafael Alvarez

TLV News December 13, 2014

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO W.C. HANDY (1873–1958) Today we honor W.C. Handy, born 141 years ago on November...

The Influence of Larry Brown, Mississippi Writer (July 9, 1951 – November 24, 2004) GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA

The Influence of Larry Brown, Mississippi Writer (July 9, 1951 – November 24, 2004)

TLV News November 20, 2014

“Around the time I started to get serious about writing, a friend gave me a copy of...

“Ike Wister Turner: Clarksdale Bluesman Would Have Been 82 on November 5, 2014” By Rafael Alvarez GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA

“Ike Wister Turner: Clarksdale Bluesman Would Have Been 82 on November 5, 2014” By Rafael Alvarez

TLV News November 10, 2014

I was in Los Angeles in early December of 2007, on strike with the Writers Guild of...

“LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Thirty-Seven Years of Hard Luck” by Rafael Alvarez GEDSC DIGITAL CAMERA

“LYNYRD SKYNYRD: Thirty-Seven Years of Hard Luck” by Rafael Alvarez

TLV News October 16, 2014

Fatal Plane Crash in Amite County, Mississippi Nearly Four Decades Ago this Month John Lewis, the sage...

Sandroni’s risk on Hoda Kotb paved way to CBS stardom resize

Sandroni’s risk on Hoda Kotb paved way to CBS stardom

Carver Rayburn September 12, 2014

When the Ole Miss Radio Network broadcasts live from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday, it will be without...

“Behind the Big House” Tour in Holly Springs: April 11-13 Digital Camera

“Behind the Big House” Tour in Holly Springs: April 11-13

TLV News April 8, 2014

The south has a rich and varied history. The storybook life seen on the silver screen is...

Paying Our Dues to the Blues DuesBluesFeatYancy

Paying Our Dues to the Blues

Jesse Yancy January 27, 2014

The Blues have shaped American music for over a century, and many people the world over consider...

The Mississippi Flag: A Primer mississippiflag

The Mississippi Flag: A Primer

Jesse Yancy January 27, 2014

Most state flags were adopted between 1893 and World War I. Texas is an exception, her flag...

Civil War Soldiers on Ole Miss Campus to be Memorialized Sunday, May 5, 2013 2013-Confederate-Memorial-2013-1-600

Civil War Soldiers on Ole Miss Campus to be Memorialized Sunday, May 5, 2013

Newt Rayburn May 3, 2013

More than 700 Confederate dead on Ole Miss campus to be memorialized OXFORD, Miss. — The University...

Proud Larrys’ in Oxford, Mississippi Celebrates 20th Anniversary Bats out of Hell

Proud Larrys’ in Oxford, Mississippi Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Tom Speed May 3, 2013

Proud Larrys’ in Oxford, Mississippi Celebrates 20th Anniversary by Tom Speed – from The Local Voice #178...

Union Officers in the 47th Illinois camped in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862 during the Civil War 1862-47thillinoisinoxford-watermarked

Union Officers in the 47th Illinois camped in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862 during the Civil War

Newt Rayburn January 14, 2013

This is a photograph that was taken in Oxford, Mississippi in December of 1862. The caption reads:...

December 20, 1862 – Confederates Raid the Union Garrison at Holly Springs, Mississippi Holly Springs, Mississippi town square in 1862.

December 20, 1862 – Confederates Raid the Union Garrison at Holly Springs, Mississippi

Newt Rayburn December 20, 2012

December 20, 1862. Union troops stationed at Holly Springs, Mississippi under the command of General US Grant...

Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Correspondence from Oxford, Mississippi – December 19, 1862 HITH-Ulysses-Grant

Union General Ulysses S. Grant’s Correspondence from Oxford, Mississippi – December 19, 1862

Newt Rayburn December 19, 2012

December 19, 1862. Union General US Grant was headquartered in Oxford, Mississippi with the Army of the...

December 17, 1862 in Oxford, Mississippi: General US Grant issues the controversial “General Orders No. 11”

December 17, 1862 in Oxford, Mississippi: General US Grant issues the controversial “General Orders No. 11”

Newt Rayburn December 17, 2012

On December 17, 1862 Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued a most controversial directive from his headquarters...

December 5, 1862: General Ulysses S. Grant’s troops camped on the Square in Oxford, Mississippi The men of an Illinois regiment of the Union army camped around the Oxford, Mississippi courthouse in December 1862. This is the only known photograph of Oxford's original courthouse and is authenticated for The Local Voice by President Grant's Library.