Major Sponsors
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- East Tennessee State University
- (Center for Appalachian Studies and Services, College of Arts and Sciences,
Research and Sponsored Programs, Office of the Provost) - Tennessee Higher Education Commission
- Mooneyhan Family Foundation, Inc.
- State of Tennessee
- State of Ohio
- Tennessee Valley Authority
- Humanities Tennessee
- University of Tennessee Press
- K-VA-T Food Stores, Inc.
- Barnes & Noble College Bookstores, Inc.
- Federal Express Corporation
- ARAMARK
- Arch Coal, Inc.
- Lloyd E. Cotsen
- Dr. and Mrs. Roy S. Nicks
- Lee Smith
- Jane B. Stephenson
Additional Supporters
- Mr. and Mrs. James W. Deaton
- Kathryn L. Greenspan
- Barbara W. Hahn
- Jean Haskell,
- Patricia G. Lane
- Mr. and Mrs. John L. Lebert
- Alice R. Manicur
- Mary Jane Mattern
- Jean Ritchie and George Pickow
- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Poore
- Ronald V. Rash
- Gayle E. Russell
- Ben Sharfstein