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Meet Peanut Vendor James “Blind Jim” Ivy
Historian and photographer John Cofield went down memory lane with a post of James “Blind Jim” Ivy and his Facebook page. Cofield reminisced about the several decades’s long relationship the peanut vendor had with his father, J. R. Cofield.
Blind Jim at an Ole Miss football game, 1947 from The Southern Documentary Project on Vimeo.
Russ Jones is the Editor-In-Chief for HottyToddy.com. He can be reached at russ.jones@hottytoddy.com.
John Cofield is a HottyToddy.com writer and one of Oxford’s leading folk historians. 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 the Ole Miss yearbook photographer. Cofield attended Ole Miss as well.
Stay tuned for more information on Cofield’s forthcoming book: Oxford, Mississippi ~ The Cofield Collection — a pictorial history book with John’s writing on the history to go along with the photos.
Contact John at Johnbcofield@gmail.com.
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maralyn bullion
August 31, 2016 at 9:46 am
Thanks for reviving some good memories. I sat beside Blind Jim many a time on the Lyceum steps and chatted with him and maybe bought a bag of peanuts that he and his wife roasted. He was truly an Ole Miss classic. I have a great picture of my late son, Stuart, and Blind Jim when Stuart was not quite one year old.
That would be more than 60 years ago. I love your nostalgia. Keep them coming, Maralyn
JOHN A CRAWFORD JR
August 31, 2016 at 10:09 am
I was a freshman in 1950 playing in the ole miss band , and making a trip to a football game Blind Jim sat next to me on the bus..At the time I didn’t know who he was.but was a main stay at the University, as I was told….Anyway, just read this, and thought I would respond….My, time does fly.. Hotty Toddy….John A Crawford, Jr…Louisville, Ms now living in Starkville, Ms…
Jim Hays
September 1, 2016 at 8:27 am
I Got to know “Jim” as a freshman in 1946. He needed a new sign that he wore with a string around his neck stating ” BLIND JIM- DEAN OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS” I printed new signs for him the years I was there. He always stated that he had seen every football game Ole Miss played for 25(?) years and he had NEVER seen Ole Miss lose a game. He wore a whistle around his neck that was for emergencies. One day we had a slight snow the night before and Jim got off the sidewalk on the the grass (snow) in front of the (then ) chemistry building and couldn’t find his way back on the concrete. This was about 10 in the morning and classes were going on. He blew his whistle he wore around his neck (for emergencies) and it seemed that half the students in classes emptied out of the building to help Jim. Completely disrupted classes in the classrooms overlooking the side walk. That derby hat was always passed around at every game and was always full (and 5 – 10- and even $20 bill were in it as it went around the stadium. Wonderful memories!
Jim. Hays
September 1, 2016 at 12:29 pm
As a freshman in 1946 I got to know the “Dean of the freshman class” pretty well. Over the years I was there. I printed his sign he wore stating “blind Jim “dean of the freshman