Biographical and Historical Note

The Oxford Female Seminary was established in 1850 with Samuel Wait as President. Under President F.P. Hobgood from 1880 the seminary grew, and it was chartered as a junior college after World War I. The school closed in 1924.

Collection Overview

These materials of the seminary and college include announcements, articles published later about the school, catalogs, a commencement program, faculty information, gradebooks, legal records, photographs, property records, an alumni banquet program, report cards and yearbooks of the seminary (Phoenix) and the college ( X-Ray).

Collection Inventory

• Announcements and event materials
  • Advertisement, Oxford Female Seminary - Oxford Public Ledger, (photocopy) (1891 September 18) box 1 folder 1
  • Alumni Banquet (photocopy)  (1912 May 20) box 1 folder 42
  • Fall session announcement (photocopy)  (1858 June 1) box 1 folder 2
  • Finals and commencement exercises at Oxford College announcement in Biblical Recorder   (circa 1917 May 30) box 1 folder 19
• Articles regarding Oxford
  • "Destructive Fire - One of Oxford Seminary's Buildings Destroyed." Oxford Public Ledger, (photocopy)  (1905 November 24) box 1 folder 3
  • "History of Education in Oxford" (Daniel Muzette), (photocopy)  (1915 June 12) box 1 folder 4
  • "The History of Oxford College, 1851-1925" (Thornton Gray Yancey)  (1982 April 20) box 1 folder 5
  • "History of the Private Schools of Oxford" (Billy Crowell), (photocopy) box 1 folder 6
  • "The Hushed Halls of Oxford" (Ross Scott), Durham Morning Herald, (photocopy)  (1971 September 26) box 1 folder 7
  • "More Quizzes on Oxford Schools" (Francis B. Hays), Private Schools, Vol. 3, (photocopy)  (1953 July 7) box 1 folder 8
  • "Oxford College - Story of a Well-known Educational Institution" (Dr. F. P. Hobgood), The Orphan's Friend and Masonic Journal, (photocopy)  (1921 March 25) box 1 folder 9
  • "Oxford Female Academy," Private Schools, Vol. 46 (photocopy) box 1 folder 10
  • "The Schools of Oxford" (Katherine H. Hilliard), (photocopy) box 1 folder 11
  • "Script about history of Oxford College," broadcast by radio station WOXF (photocopy)  (1949 August 19) box 1 folder 12
  • "Some Oxford Old-timers" (Francis B. Hays), Oxford Public Ledger (photocopy)  (1949 June 17) box 1 folder 13
• Catalogs
  • Oxford Female College  (1858) box 1 folder 14
  • Oxford Female Seminary  (1896-1897) box 1 folder 15
  • Oxford Female Seminary excerpts  (1905-1906) box 1 folder 16
  • Oxford Female Seminary  (1910-1911) box 1 folder 17
  • Oxford Female Seminary excerpts  (1917-1918) box 1 folder 18
• Faculty
  • Faculty of Oxford College announcement (photocopy)  (1924 July 4) box 1 folder 20
  • Fowler, Annie, obituary of former Oxford College teacher box 1 folder 21
  • Hobgood, Franklin P., president of Oxford College (some photocopies)  (1880-1924) box 1 folder 22
  • Twitty, Mrs. Sallie Drake, former Oxford Seminary teacher (photocopy) box 1 folder 23
• Gradebooks and grade reports
  •  (1897 October-1903 December) box 1 folder 24
  •  (1904 September-1914 May) box 1 folder 25
  •  (1914 September-1919 May) box 1 folder 26
  •  (1919 September-1921 May) box 1 folder 27
  •  (1921 September-1924 May) box 1 folder 28
  •  (1924 September-1925 May) box 1 folder 29
  • Report (photocopy) and blank form (1884, 1900) box 1 folder 43
• Legal records
  • Incorporation of Oxford Baptist Female College (photocopy)  (1851 January 28) box 1 folder 30
  • Oxford College name change (photocopy)  (1911 May 19) box 1 folder 31
  • Taxation of Oxford College, Supreme Court decision (photocopy)  (1912 December) box 1 folder 32
  • Property deeds, Oxford Baptist College, handwritten (photocopy) box 1 folder 41
• Photographs
  • Frey - Professor of Music box 1 folder 33
  • Polk-Raynor House, Raleigh Street (photocopy)  (1851) box 1 folder 34
  • Hobgood, Franklin P. (photocopy) box 1 folder 35
  • Hobgood, Franklin P., leading Ku Klux Klan procession box 1 folder 36
  • Hobgood, Mr. and Mrs., parents (photocopy) box 1 folder 37
  • Morris, Kate, music teacher  (1882-1883) box 1 folder 38
  • Oxford Academy Building, Raleigh Street (photocopy) box 1 folder 39
  • Buildings and grounds photographs box 1 folder 40
• Yearbooks
  • Oxford Female College X-Ray   (1913) box 2 folder 46
  • Oxford Female Seminary Phoenix   (1907) box 2 folder 44
  • Oxford Female Seminary Phoenix   (1910) box 2 folder 45

Summary Information

Repository

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives

Creator

Oxford Female Seminary (Oxford, N.C.)

Title

Oxford Female Seminary Records

ID

MS83

Date [inclusive]

1858-1952

Quantity

1 record carton, 1 half-document box

Extent

1.51  Linear Feet

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2004

Revision Description

Revised by Stephanie Bennett, 2021

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for use. 

Copyright Notice

The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. 

Preferred Citation

Oxford Female Seminary Records (MS83), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. 

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