the desk to YAC, and take it on loan so that it could be on display. “Powerhouse long-term leased us the desk for a nominal fee,” Odom said. The idea was also conceived, in collaboration with Food and Beverage Manager and longtime Oxford resident, Chip Moore, to put a typewriter – very similar to the one that Faulkner used – on the desk so that guests can have the experience of typing a letter just as the Nobel Prize laureate writer once did. On the matter of the desk’s authenticity, Odom remarked, “I have been a detective –sleuthing, trying to nail down the provenance of this desk… and I traced it back to a local source one degree away from Faulkner. I have no doubt (it’s legitimate) if this individual donated it to The Powerhouse as Faulkner’s desk as the postmaster.” The desk is being displayed in conjunction with the second phase of a photography exhibit of the images of the legendary “Cofield Collection,” photographed and archived by Oxford residents JR (Colonel) Cofield and his son Jack. Odom worked with Jack’s oldest son, John Cofield, and UM Archives to show these images
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