Culinary History in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas
Colleges and Universities
The following institutions have culinary training programs, with some emphasis given to culinary history:
Alabama
Faulkner State Community College
Contact
Ron Koetter
Program Coordinator
Faulkner State Community College
3301 Gulf Shores Pkwy.
Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542
Phone: 334-968-3104
Fax: 334-968-3120
E-mail: rkoetter@faulkner.cc.al.usTrenholm State Technical College
Contact
Mary Ann Campbell, CEC, CCE, AAC
Director of Culinary Arts
Trenholm State Technical College,
Culinary Arts, Hospitality Mgmt
1225 Air Base Blvd., P.O. Box 9039
Montgomery, Alabama 36108
Phone: 334-262-4728
Fax: 334-832-2433
E-mail: chefcampbell@mindspring.comBishop State Community College
Contact
Levi Ezell
Director, Commercial Food Service
Bishop State Community College-Carver
Campus
414 Stanton St.
Mobile, Alabama 36617
Phone: 334-473-8692
Fax: 334-473-7915
E-mail: cfs@bscc.cc.al.usJefferson State Community College
Contact
George White
Jefferson State Community College
2601 Carson Rd.
Birmingham, Alabama 35215-3098
Phone: 205-853-1200
Fax: 205-856-6070Lawson State Community College
Contact
Deborah Harris
Lawson State Community College
Commercial Food Preparation, 3060 Wilson Rd., SW
Birmingham, Alabama 35221-1717
Phone: 205-925-2515Wallace State Community College
Contact
Donna Jackson
Dept. Chair
Wallace State Community College
Commercial Foods & Nutrition, Box 2000
Hanceville, Alabama 35077
Phone: 256-352-8227
Fax: 256-352-8228
Louisiana
Bossier Parish Community College
Contact
Elizabeth Dickson
Chef/Coordinator
Bossier Parish Community College
Culinary Arts, 2719 Airline Drive North
Bossier City, Louisiana 71111
Phone: 318-747-4567
Fax: 318-742-8664Delgado Community College
Contact
Iva Bergeron
Director of Culinary Arts
Delgado Community College-Culinary Arts
Dept.
615 City Park Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
Phone: 504-483-4208
Fax: 504-483-4893
E-mail: iberge@dcc.eduLouisiana Technical CollegeóLafayette
Contact
Gen M. Solar
Coordinator of Student Services
Louisiana Technical College, Lafayette Campus
1101 Bertrand Dr.
Lafayette, Louisiana 70506-4909
Phone: 318-262-5962
Fax: 318-262-5122Louisiana Technical Collegeó Baton Rouge
Contact
Rose Fair
Louisiana Technical College-Baton Rouge
Campus
Admissions, 3250 N. Acadian Throughway
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70805
Phone: 504-359-9202New Orleans Regional Technical Institute
Contact
Christina Nicosia, CCE, CEPC, FMP
Program Director
New Orleans Regional Technical Institute
Culinary Arts, 980 Navarre Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70124-2710
Phone: 504-483-4626
Fax: 504-483-4643
Fax: 504-359-9296
E-mail: info@ltcl.lafayette.tec.la.usNunez Community College
Contact
Nunez Community College-Culinary Arts
3700 LaFontaine St.
Chalmette, Louisiana 70043
Phone: 504-278-7440
Fax: 504-278-7463Sidney N. Collier Vocational Technical
Contact
Edward James
Instructor
Sidney N. Collier Vocational Technical
Institute
Culinary Arts, 3727 Louisa St.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70126
Fax: 504-942-8337Nicholls State University
Contact
Dr. Clifford Whithem
Interim Dean
Chef John Folse Culinary Institute
Nicholls State University, P.O. 2099
Thibodaux, Louisiana 70310
Phone: 504-449-7100
Fax: 504-449-7089
E-mail: jfci-cjw@nich-nsunet.nich.edu
Mississippi
Hinds Community College
Contact
Kathleen Bruno
Chef/Instructor
Hinds Community College
Culinary Arts Program, 3925 Sunset Dr.
Jackson, Mississippi 39213
Phone: 601-987-8130
Fax: 601-982-5804
E-mail: Gata1967@aol.comMississippi University for Women
Contact
Sarah Labensky
Director, Culinary Arts
Mississippi University for Women
Box W-1639
Columbus, Mississippi 39701
Phone: 877-GO-2-THE-W
Fax: 601-241-7627
E-mail: cularts@muw.edu
Tennessee
Walters State Community College
Contact
Richard Erskine,CEC
Director
Walters State Community College
Culinary Arts School
1720 Old Newport Highway
Sevierville, Tennessee 37876 USA
Phone: 423-774-5816
Fax: 423-774-5804
E-mail: ChefRKE2@aol.comMiddle Tennessee State University
Contact
Ken Middleton
Middle Tennessee State Univ. Library
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
E-mail: kmiddlet@frank.mtsu.edu
Arkansas
Ozarka College
Contact
Richard Tankersley
Chef
Ozarka College Culinary Arts Program
PO Box 10, 218 College Dr.
Melbourne, Arkansas 72556
Phone: 870-368-7371/800-821-4335
Fax: 870-368-4733
E-mail: rtankersley@ozarka.edu
Other Academic Courses Relating to Culinary History:
The following institutions have foodways courses within their anthropology departments.
Alabama:
University of Alabama at TuscaloosaTennessee:
University of TN (Knoxville)Middle TN State University
Archives and Historical Societies (some within colleges and universities, some not)
The following have holdings of collections that relate to culinary history, recipes (receipts), cooking, that show up in Archives USA:
Alabama:
Auburn University, Archives, Ralph B. Draughon Library, Auburn Alabama
Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama
Arkansas:
University of Arkansas, Libraries, Special Collections
Louisiana:
Historic New Orleans Collection, Williams Research Center, Archives and Manuscripts
Division DivisionNew Orleans Public Library
Newcomb College Center for Research on Women
Louisiana Tech University, Prescott Memorial Library, Special Collections, Manuscripts
and ArchivesLouisiana State University, Hill Memorial Library, Special Collections
Northwestern University, The Folklife Center
Tulane University, Special Collections
Mississippi:
Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Archives and Library Division
University of Southern Mississippi, William David McCain Library and ArchivesTennessee:
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Library, Special Collections
University of Memphis, Special Collections / Mississippi Valley Collection, McWherter
LibraryTennessee State Library and Archives
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Library -Vanderbilt's History of Nutrition Collection and Archives
Middle Tennessee State Univ. Library
Murfreesboro, TN 37132Others:
Arkansas
Arkansas Archaeological Survey
African-American Archaeology Network
Louisiana
Paul Prudhomme
Emeril Lagasse
Tennessee
Piggly Wiggly Headquarters (Memphis)
Martha White (Murfreesboro)
Regional
U.S. Department of Agriculture Offices
State Extension Services