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Abstract The 1982 Knoxville International Energy Exposition Collection correspondence and other documents from the various organizations that were instrumental in bringing the World's Fair to Knoxville in 1982. These organizations include: The Greater Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, KIEE (Knoxville International Energy Exposition), and the Downtown Knoxville Association. Correspondence relating to the World's Fair from Lamar Alexander, Jake Butcher, Frank Deller, Victor Ashe, and Randy Tyree can also...

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This collection contains the notes, photographs, and books collected by Betsey Beeler Creekmore for her publications and research about the Knoxville region and the Great Smoky Mountains.

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This collection houses correspondence documenting the University of Tennessee's role in the further development of the site of the 1982 World's Fair. Some of the correspondence proposes that the site be used for an Appalachian Pioneer Museum. The collection also contains a report from the working group charged with planning for the site.

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A collection of material from the World's Fair that took place in Knoxville, Tennessee, from May through October 1982.

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This collection houses guidebooks, picture books, exhibit brochures from the Peruvian and Saudi Arabian pavilions, and other literature documenting the World's Fair held in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1982.

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This collection consists of two press kits documenting the 1982 World's Fair held in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Term papers from Dr. R. B. Cunningham's Political Science 5140 course in the spring of 1977. The papers focused on the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (also known as the World's Fair) in 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the event's impact on the city financially and politically. Students explored issues such as parking, traffic, cost, power, environmental impact, waste management, and effects on local businesses before, during, and after the convention.