MUM01768
Finding Aid for the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection
(MUM01768)
This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers
interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections
at least two business days in
advance of their planned visit.
Finding Aid for the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection
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Descriptive Summary |
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Administrative Information |
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Subject Terms |
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Historical Note |
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Scope and Content Note |
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User Information |
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Related Material |
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Container List |
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by First Presbyterian Church of Oxford
Processing Information
Collection processed by Gloria Gonzalez, January 2011. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn
Michaelis, May 2012.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Subject Terms
Formats
Historical Note
The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford was founded in 1837 by early settlers of Scottish
descent. Several of the elders, the pastor and practically every able-bodied man in
town went to war between 1861 and 1865. While they were away, the northern army camped
on the church grounds. They set fire to the church, but one fearless female in the
congregation put out the fire while the soldiers jeered. By 1880, the building, in
need of extensive repair, was torn down. The present church was built in 1881 on the
same site. Many community leaders attended First Presbyterian including three University
of Mississippi Chancellors: Waddel, Fulton, and Hume (Source: First Presbyterian Church of Oxford website, accessed 25 January 2010).
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains three folders containing photographs, four framed photographs
and a photo album containing 39 portraits.
User Information
Preferred Citation
First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection, Archives and Special Collections,
J.D. Williams Library, The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Photograph Collection is open for research.
This collection is stored at an off-site facility. Researchers
interested in using this collection must contact Archives and Special Collections at least two business days in
advance of their planned visit.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,”
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources in Archives and Special Collections at the University of Mississippi
The History of the First Presbyterian Church U.S.A., Oxford, Mississippi: Volume II,
1951-1987 by Franklin E. Moak and Maud Morrow Brown. Call number: BX8947.M7 O9 1987
Container List
| Folder 77.1.1 | Photograph: Catechism Class, 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Group of young girls sitting on steps with teachers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.1.2 | Photograph: D.H.A. Minon, Macon, Miss., undated | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Elderly man | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.2.1 | Photograph: Men’s Bible Class First Presbyterian Church Oxford, Miss. (on occasion of Dr. Hume leaving to go to Southwestern, having been fired by Bilbo), August 1930 |
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| Scope: Group of men standing on steps | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.2.2 | Photograph: Men’s Bible Class, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Group of seven men standing on steps | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.3.1 | Photograph: Mary and Martha Sunday School Class, undated | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Group of elderly women seated indoors | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.3.2 | Photograph: Bertha Rosemond Wohleben, 30 September 1879 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Wohleben sanctuary window | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.3.3 | Photograph: Grandpa Wohleben, undated | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Wohleben sanctuary window | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.3.4 | Photograph: First Presbyterian Church Manse-Oxford, Miss., undated | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: White house with two trees in front | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.4.1 | Church program/bulletin, 19 May 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Folder 77.4.2 | Church program/bulletin, 1 March 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Framed item 1 | J.E. Wallace, undated | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Portrait of older man with glasses | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Framed item 2 | Original drawing for bulletin by Mrs. J.B. Looper, 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Illustration of church building and surrounding landscape | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Framed item 3 | Dr. Alfred Hume’s SS Class, August 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: Large group of men standing on steps occasion: Dr. Hume leaving to go to Southwestern at Memphis |
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| Framed item 4 | Top photograph: Church Manse. Bottom photograph: original wood frame church built in 1847, 1920 |
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| Scope: Buildings on church grounds | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Photo album | A bridal gift for Sister Emma from Bell, 11 May 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scope: 39 portraits | ||||||||||||||||||||
