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Table of Contents

Bishop Andrew: The Center of a Firestorm
 by Lisa Dorward



The Slave, the Overseer, and the Tell-Tale Coat  by George W. W. Stone, Jr.


The Courtship of George and Susan  
by Louise Eady


The Story of Seney’s Bell  
by Louise Eady



Palmer Stone Elementary School  
by David Stone Eady



Civil War Days in Oxford  
by George W. W. Stone, Jr.



A Civil War Adventure  
by Louise Eady



Slavery During the Civil War  
edited by Lisa Dorward



Oxford in the Olden Days:  The Civil War Years  
by Harry Harlan Stone



A Soldier Comes Home  
by Mrs. Johnson



Coming to Live in Oxford   
by Susan Bonnell Stone



Ollie and Ida 
by Polly Stone Buck



Oxford Echoes 
by Dr. Charles C. Jarrell



Oxford Life in the 1870s 
by Susan Stone Robinson



Emmie, George, and the Marriage That Wasn't 
by Louise Eady



Oxford Life Before the Turn of the Century 
by Lon Eakes



The Runaways 
by Polly Stone Buck




Life in Oxford Before 1900
by Emmalise Stone (1987 - 1985)


My Experiences as a Child in the Home of Alexander Means
by Sara Means Kitchens



Oxford's Houses and Yards at the Turn of the Century
by Polly S. Buck



Oxford Life in 1910
by Wilbur "Squire" Carlton



A Lone Little Girl
by Polly S. Buck



Professor Peed
by Wilbur "Squire" Carlton




The Joshua Clifford Ellis Family, Oxford, Georgia
by:  John Burson




Life in Oxford
by Emmie Carlton Johnson




There's No Place Like Home
by Grace Spradley




The Oxford Experience
by: Marshall Elizer





Reflections of a Dean’s Son
by Virgil Y. C. Eady, Jr.





A Letter from Sarah Davis to Her Children
by Sarah Davis




Growing Up African American in Oxford
by Sarah Francis Wise




Bloomers From the Belfry
by Virgil Y. C. Eady, Jr.




Currie Haynes
by Hoyt Oliver




Growing Up in Oxford in the 1950s and Coming Home Again
by Sarah Haynes Standard




Memories
by Arie Mayo Heard




Living in the Black Community of Oxford
by Mildred Wright Joiner




Memories of Oxford During Segregation
by the Members of Rust Chapel




My Friend Mildred
by Judy Greer



A Child’s Perspective of Oxford in the 1950s
by Kathy Harwell Hunter




The Good Ole Days
by Frieda Elizabeth Taylor Aiken




Life of a Proctor: Emory in the 1950s
by Bim Meyer




Where to Begin: A 1964 Yearbook Inscription
by Tommy Allgood to Sarah Haynes




Loving Lore Lingers
by Huanne Burnett




Florida Hall – A “Helping Hall” Restored
by Hoyt Oliver




A House Comes to Town
by Jim Waterson




Home
by Judy Watterson Petis




Remembrances
by Tod Davis and David Eady



Rooted in Oxford – A Stream of Consciousness Rendering
by Laurie R. Oliver




The McDonalds Come to Oxford
by Brandon McDonald




A Reason to Ride the Bus
by: Jerry Roseberry




Oxford Animal Tales
by Hoyt Oliver



4th of July Parade
by Louise Eady




Hallowed Ground
by Marcia E. Floyd




Coming Home to Orna Villa
by Lisa Dorward




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