University of Mississippi
Department of Archives and Special Collections
Oxford Train Depot Exhibition Guide

1. Color postcard. Circa 1920. "I.C.R.R. Through University, Miss." Published by University Store, University, Miss. Reprint. Original housed in Oxford Depot Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.		2 and 3.Two Photographs. Circa 1920. Image of the Oxford, MS depot with the train leaving the station. Reprints. Originals housed in the University of Mississippi Archives Photographs Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
4. Broadside. "Lumberman's Excursion to Jackson, Miss/ Illinois Central Railroad/ December 20, 1883/ At the Astonishingly Low Rates as given below." Chicago: National Printing Company, Printers and Engravers. Reprint. Original housed in the Broadside Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.		5. Broadside. Circa 1894. Advertisement for a "Grand Special Train" from Memphis, TN to Dallas, TX for the 1894 Southern Baptist Convention. From the Broadside Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
		8. Train schedule. Monday, December 29, 1919. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Daily Telegraph Register of Trains. Mississippi Division Time Table Number 4, Jackson District. From the Oxford Depot Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
6 and 7. Two photographs. Circa 1910-1925. Images of a group of travelers waiting for the train. Reprints. Originals housed in the Howorth Photograph Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.		9. Photograph. Circa 1910-1925. Image of four young men waiting for the train. Reprint. Original housed in the Howorth Photograph Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
10. Train schedule. Monday, May 22, 1911. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Daily Telegraph Register of Trains. Mississippi Division Time Table Number 33, Jackson District. From the Oxford Depot Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.		11. Railroad rates for fares from Memphis in effect from December 8, 1887. Reprint. Original housed in Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
13. Map. 1952. Map of Mississippi Railroads highlighting Oxford, MS. C.S. Hammond & Company, New York. Reprint. Original housed in Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
		14. Train schedule. Monday, May 22, 1911. Illinois Central Railroad Company, Daily Telegraph Register of Trains. Mississippi Division Time Table Number 33, Jackson District. From the Oxford Depot Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
		15 and 16. Printed document. August 31, 1866. Fifteen shares of fifty dollars each in capital stock of the Mississippi Central Railroad Company in the name of Thomas W. Harris of Marshall County, MS. Reprint. Original housed in the Featherston Collection, Archives & Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi.
17. Printed card. 1892. Illinois Central Railroad pass for University of Mississippi Professor, John W. Johnson to "ride between points in Mississippi until Oct. 15, 1892."

The Depot is located behind the Gertrude C. Ford Performing Arts Center and can easily be assessed off of the Highway 6 By-Pass.  Take the Old Taylor Road exit and turn left off the exit ramp to enter the campus.  Take a right onto University Avenue at the three-way stop and another left at the Gertrude C. Ford Performing Arts Center.  The Depot is located at the rear of the Center's parking area. Click here for map