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![]() African Americans in Food Service
Arranged chronologically, this website traces this history of African American cuisine and food service from the colonial period to the twentieth century. The website highlights the cultural and environmental influences on African American cuisine at the regional, national and transnational levels.
http://anacostia.si.edu/exhibits/online_exhibitions/food/ Alabama Center for Traditional Culture
The Alabama Center for Traditional Culture, operating within the framework of the Alabama State Council on the Arts, is committed to the research, documentation and preservation of the state's folk cultures. Website contains images, music clips, exhibit summaries, issues of the Alabama Folkways newsletter and archived programs from the Alabama Folkways Radio Series.
http://www.arts.state.al.us/actc/index-folkarts-actc.html Center for Virtual Appalachia
The Library of Appalachia
contains articles, reports, books, multimedia and links relating to life in Appalachia. Users can search by format or state, or browse through all entries. Highlighted collections include the Quilt collection, containing over 200 quilt blocks from the Camden-Carroll Library at Morehead State University; and the Photo Tour, a collection of photographs of Appalachian places, events, people, and landscapes.
http://cva.moreheadstate.edu/ Chattahoochee Folklife Project
The Chattahoochee Folklife Project highlights the history and culture of the lower Chattahoochee River Valley through text, photographs and audio recordings.
http://www.hcc-al-ga.org/folk_index.cfm Digital Traditions, South Carolina
Based out of the University of South Carolina's McKissick Museum, Digital Traditions contains information on specific folk traditions, artists, and projects in the state of South Carolina. It includes film, images, and essays.
http://www.digitaltraditions.net/ Folkstreams
Folkstreams.net is building a national preserve of documentary films about American folk or roots culture. Produced by independent filmmakers, these hard-to-find films give voice to the arts and experience of diverse American groups. Many of these films have southern subjects. They are streamed on the website together with background materials that highlight the history and aesthetic importance of the traditions and the films.
http://www.folkstreams.net/ Mississippi Folklife and Folk Artist Directory
This directory is part of the Mississippi Arts Commission's ongoing effort to increase awareness in the state's traditional arts and culture. It features information on the artists and communities that the Commission has been active in documenting and providing support for through their programs and services. Visitors can search for artists by region, medium or name.
http://www.arts.state.ms.us/folklife/ Southern Food and Beverage Museum
The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is a New Orleans-based non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and celebration of the culture of food and drink in the American South. The museum supports projects, events, publications and exhibitions dedicated to the exploration of diverse Southern foodways traditions, working in partnerships with universities, museum collections and other southern foodways projects.
http://southernfood.org/ Southern Foodways Alliance
The Southern Foodways Alliance was established in 1998 at the University of Mississippi to explore, preserve and celebrate both established and evolving food cultures of the American South. This webpage highlights three ongoing projects for the Southern Foodways Alliance Oral History Initiative: Birmingham Greeks, Barbecue Oral History (now covering only Memphis and rural Tennessee), Mississippi Delta Oral Histories: Greenwood.
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