Southern Experience

Double Decker 2025: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Community in the Heart of Oxford

Oxford’s Double Decker Festival brings two days of live music, art vendors, Southern food, and family fun to the Square.

Blog: Morgan Freeman: Hollywood Great & Delta Great-Great

Last week, actor Morgan Freeman came to my hometown of Cleveland to meet our new Delta State President president, Bill LaForge. A few years...

Blog: The 1840’s Before Opening the University, Part V

The Governor and members of the state legislature continued to request reports about the progress of the establishment of the University, and eventually the...

Join the FNC Tennis Center Groundbreaking Ceremony

The Oxford Park Commission invites the Lafayette-Oxford-University community to the FNC Tennis Center's groundbreaking ceremony at the John Leslie Courts. "As Oxford has grown, so...

Ron Agnew Blog: An Empty Nest? How About A Trip To The Grove?

The desk drawers at my house are filled with the stuff – crayons, notebook paper, markers, construction paper. A lot of it for some...

Tupelo’s Furniture & Home Accessories Show Aug. 15-18

For the 3rd time ever, the Tupelo Furniture Market will open one of its buildings to the public. During August 15-18, one building will be open to...

Barnard Photo Part of the J.D. Williams Library Archives

This portrait of University of Mississippi professor and president Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard comes from the university's 1861 classbook. In 1861, political events interrupted...

New Oxford-University Bank Under Construction

Oxford-University Bank is stepping up its presence on University, and moving to new quarters under construction at 1500 University Avenue East. Bank president, David Guyton,...

Chi Psi and ADPi Return to the Ole Miss Campus

Chi Psi fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi sorority plan to return to the Ole Miss campus this fall. Chi Psi, which left the Ole Miss...

Two Iconic Brands in the History of Oxford

Remember when Coke was a sign at every college and high school football field and the only brand sold in Oxford and most other...

Capt’n Catfish Photo Part of Archives’s Presidential Debate Collection

A man poses with Capt'n Catfish, mascot of the Catfish Farmers of America, in the Grove during the 2008 Presidential debate. The debate, held...