World's Fair of 1982 (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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1982 World’s Fair. Color slides and negatives.

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1982 World’s Fair hard hat with logo.

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1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, Tenn.). Clippings of articles about the 1982 World’s Fair (Knoxville, Tenn.).from a professional clippings service provided to the WF administration

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Artifacts from the 1982 World’s Fair, mostly examples of souvenirs that were authorized by the Fair.

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Material about the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville from various donors.

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An advertisement card from the 1982 World’s Fair with a 3D pop-up scene depicting the Sunsphere, State of Tennessee Amphitheatre, and the United States pavilion.

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Set of four 1982 World’s Fair posters. Plate 1: “Energy of the Past.” Plate II: “Energy of the Present.” Plate III: “Energy of the Future.” Plate IV: “The 1982 World’s Fair.” 21.5x22”. Embossed in lower right with ‘The 1982 World’s Fair’ and fair logo. Also a ‘contact sheet’ showing all four plates. E.H. Bunzen(?), artist. Copyright 1981. Produced by Great Graphics Corporation. Printed in Knoxville by Keith Press (donor worked for Keith Press). Gift of Chuck Stutzman.

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Four 16 x 20” color photographs of the 1982 World’s Fair site. Taken by Marvin Dockery. Signed and numbered 20/100.

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1982 World’s Fair slides and other artwork. Created by Jerry Weintz.

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1982 World’s Fair Sunsphere Attraction Sneak Preview ticket no. 049440. Good only for April 30, 1982. Price $1.50. Orange ticket with image of Sunsphere and fireworks.

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Aerial photographs of 1982 World’s Fair site, downtown Knoxville, University of Tennessee, and Knoxville’s riverfront. Taken by John W. Proffitt in 1982. 27 color photographs, all mounted on heavy paper. Photographs are 11"x16” and 11"x14.”

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Business and Professional Women’s Club, Knox County. (2 scrapbooks, 1979-80, 1980-81) World’s Fair Brick (in box with certificate authenticity) World’s Fair ephemera.

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Egg-shaped ceramic toothpick holder with artwork of the Sunsphere and rainbow design on front with the words: The 1982 World’s Fair, Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Color photographs Knoxville and World’s Fair John Shearer

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Tentative itinerary for the visit of Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Republic of the Philippines, and Mrs. Marcos, to the 1982 World’s Fair. 14 pp. (photocopy).

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First Day Issue 1982 World’s Fair Stamps and Covers (3 covers)

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Also includes some Bible family genealogy and correspondence with Richard Marius.

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Fran Scheidt b&w photographic murals of 1982 World’s Fair construction. 7 pcs.

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Helen Carson Collection, 3 scrapbooks of Rockwood, Tenn. history; 1 World’s Fair scrapbook; 1 UT scrapbook; photographs.

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Knoxville photographs President Lyndon B. Johnson (May 8, 1964) , Richard Nixon with Howard Baker, 1951 UT Cotton Bowl, 1982 World’s Fair under construction, unidentified church 

Scope and Contents The 1982 KIEE Knoxville World’s Fair was held on 70 acres of downtown Knoxville from May 1, 1982 to October 31, 1982. Nineteen nations participated including Australia, Belgium, Canada, People's Republic of China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Greece, People's Republic of Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany. Eleven million people attended the Fair, which was a...

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Life: The Year in Pictures (Special issue 1982) (magazine) Includes brief mention of the 1982 World’s Fair (pp. 172-173)

Scope and Contents The Lillian Mashburn Collection contains newspaper clippings, brochures, and publications relating to both TVA’s Watts Bar nuclear facility whistleblower scandal and the Butcher brothers bank fraud scandal, both in 1980s East Tennessee. Other materials including correspondence, writings, real photo postcards, and genealogies reveal information about Mashburn’s ancestors and heritage. Newspaper clippings comprise a majority of the collection, recounting the breaking and...

Scope and Contents Includes: book, Improving world energy production and productivity : proceedings of the International Energy Symposium II, November 3-6, 1981 Author International Energy Symposium (Clinard et al., 1981 : Knoxville, Tenn.); Participant’s Manual (3-ring notebook; plastic cups with logo; 2 glasses from Wendy’s with logo; hard hat with logo; postcards (multiple copies of three postcards; Press pass for Presidential visit, May 1-2, 1982; Energy Symposia badge; 1 box slides; Tennessee...

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Master plan of 1982 World’s Fair site (copy), 50.5 x 24” (no legend). 1 pc. Negative of Master plan of 1982 World’s Fair site (legend masked), 27 x 12” 1 pc. Master on vellum of Master plan of 1982 World’s Fair site (with legend). 27 x 12” All three items in one folder (separate folders around negative and vellum items).

Scope and Contents From the estate of Harold Carl Frincke, gift of Alexine Thomas Frincke Dempster and Harold Carl Frincke, Jr. Includes four pastel portraits possibly by Flavius Fisher, framed (Charles James McClung, Charles McClung Thomas, Charles McClung and Matthew McClung); hair pin (Hugh Lawson McClung, CSA --on loan from McClung Collection to ETHS Museum); handkerchief and lace head dress (Margaret McClung; black ‘thread lace’ shawl (Margaret Cowan McClung); flannel petticoat (Charles Thomas McClung);...

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Official 1982 World’s Fair panoramic color photograph (40. 5 x 10 inches) (unframed) May 1, 1982. Gift of Shirley and Bob Sullivan, 2012. Photograph is signed, dated, and numbered, lower right: Bob Paluzzi, May 1, 1982, AP/53/100. Other writing accompanies this signature. On the back, “Bob Paluzzi” and “Original” are stamped along the side with an additional stamp of “Panoramics Inc.” The edges of the photograph are taped with masking tape.

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Two posters from ETHS: Sunsphere (drawing), 1982 World’s Fair. Color. 1 pc. (tear at bottom). 22 x 34” Great Kings of Africa. Produced by Budweiser. Calendar at bottom. (for 1982 World’s Fair?). Color 1 pc. 22.5 x 36” + 1 poster: A duplicate copy of the 1982 Sunsphere poster (above) was added (Jan. 2012). No donor information.