A picture of Oxford’s past at the Oxford Historical Society
OXFORD – Tonight, the Oxford Historical Society is pleased to present an interesting program which will document life in Oxford in the last century from pictures and words. Starting at 7 p.m., programs presented by: Anna Stark, Glenda Potts, and a mystery guest, will begin after a brief business meeting. Included will be Charlotte Stafford, Oxford Historian, who will give her always interesting report at the meeting.
Opening the program with visuals, will be Anna Stark, back by popular demand. Anna will present “an Oxford Photo History,” featuring recently acquired vintage “picture post cards” of Oxford homes. Every picture tells a story, and this program will definitely enlighten. There will be one or two mystery homes which you might even be able to help identify.
Anna Stark’s photographs will be displayed clearly using an Elmo projector which is a digital visual overhead presenter. No one will have a bad seat; the entire audience will be able to view the pictures, enlarged on a screen.
The next guest speaker, with documented words, is Glenda Potts. A reproduction of the diaries of Henry Van Der Lyn, prominent Oxford lawyer, is housed in the OHS Depot-Museum. Van Der Lyn wrote, all by hand, six thick volumes, from 1827 to 1850, about his personal and professional interactions. Donald Windsor, County Historian, wrote in 2004 that Van Der Lyn’s diaries read more like “manuscripts slated for publication,” but no one had taken on the enormous task of typing them for ease of reading ... that is until now. Glenda Potts is now in the process. She has some very exciting information about her findings about life in Oxford and about Van Der Lyn himself.
The third guest is “a Mystery Guest.” It will be up to the audience to ask yes or no queries in a friendly game of “20 Questions” to figure out this person’s identity.
Directions to the Depot-Museum: From the traffic light in the Oxford Village center, turn southeast on to Main Street, then take a right (after the Fire House) onto Fort Hill Park. Make a left (pass by the middle school), onto Merchant Street and drive to the OHS Museum sign ahead (407 feet); make a right on Depot Street where you’ll see the old D.L.& W. Railroad Depot-Museum.
Opening the program with visuals, will be Anna Stark, back by popular demand. Anna will present “an Oxford Photo History,” featuring recently acquired vintage “picture post cards” of Oxford homes. Every picture tells a story, and this program will definitely enlighten. There will be one or two mystery homes which you might even be able to help identify.
Anna Stark’s photographs will be displayed clearly using an Elmo projector which is a digital visual overhead presenter. No one will have a bad seat; the entire audience will be able to view the pictures, enlarged on a screen.
The next guest speaker, with documented words, is Glenda Potts. A reproduction of the diaries of Henry Van Der Lyn, prominent Oxford lawyer, is housed in the OHS Depot-Museum. Van Der Lyn wrote, all by hand, six thick volumes, from 1827 to 1850, about his personal and professional interactions. Donald Windsor, County Historian, wrote in 2004 that Van Der Lyn’s diaries read more like “manuscripts slated for publication,” but no one had taken on the enormous task of typing them for ease of reading ... that is until now. Glenda Potts is now in the process. She has some very exciting information about her findings about life in Oxford and about Van Der Lyn himself.
The third guest is “a Mystery Guest.” It will be up to the audience to ask yes or no queries in a friendly game of “20 Questions” to figure out this person’s identity.
Directions to the Depot-Museum: From the traffic light in the Oxford Village center, turn southeast on to Main Street, then take a right (after the Fire House) onto Fort Hill Park. Make a left (pass by the middle school), onto Merchant Street and drive to the OHS Museum sign ahead (407 feet); make a right on Depot Street where you’ll see the old D.L.& W. Railroad Depot-Museum.
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