Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard was the University of Mississippi’s first Chancellor. In 1856, Barnard, the former Chair of Physics and Astronomy, convinced the legislature to...
Dr. Porter L. Fortune was the 21st chief executive of The University of Mississippi. Dr. Fortune received a PhD from the University of North Carolina at...
Robert Jerry “Ben” Williams was the first black football player at The University of Mississippi. A defensive lineman from 1972-1975, he thrilled fans with his athletic...
You have to be ‘old’ Oxford –– from the 70’s and 80’s, and probably a drinker –– to have a clue as to what this photo...
Built by W.S. Neilson, founder of Neilson’s on the Square, the Neilson-Culley-Lewis House located at 712 South 11th Street is a large wood-frame vernacular Greek Revival...
Dean Swift Falkner, the youngest of the four Falkner brothers, was born in 1907. The family nurse, Mammy Callie, gave him his family nickname, “Deanie.”...
Noah S. “Soggy” Sweat, Jr., of Corinth, was a former judge and lawyer whose 1952 “Whiskey Speech” became a monument to political doubletalk. His professional...
The Howry-Hill-Sultan house, better known as Fiddler’s Folly, located at 520 North Lamar Boulevard, Oxford, Mississippi,...
A number of Mississippi families are known for their collective contributions to Ole Miss sports, but perhaps none can equal the honors and achievements of the...
Some Rebel sportsman will remember well the days of Ole Miss Gun Tags on campus. Ole Miss Alum George Lewis recalls, “When I first started school,...