| Date | author | title |
| Jan 1986 | Edward H. Higgins, III | The Antarctic, A Land Of Superlatives |
| Jan 1986 | Thomas L. Riley | Some Notes On A Tragic Chapter Of Kentucky History |
| Feb 1986 | Jim Love | Garrison Keillor and a Prairie Home Companion |
| Feb 1986 | Prewitt Owen | Comets |
| Mar 1986 | Peter C. Macdonald | Life In The Middle Ages And . . Explanation For Their End |
| Mar 1986 | Carmichael Fels | Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism |
| Apr 1986 | William T. Turner | Tennessee Governor AustinPeay, Native of Christian County, KY |
| April 1986 | Tom Soyars | Big Time College Sports and the Student Athlete |
| May 1986 | Frank A. Yost | Words, Words, Words |
| May 1986 | Paul K. Turner | Rewards of Public Service |
| Sep 1986 | Henry E. Hudson | Coke Isn't It |
| Sep 1986 | George W. Engler | Risk and Reward of Reconnaissance |
| Oct 1986 | Duard N. Thurman | Ethics in Business or Business Ethics? |
| Oct 1986 | W. Gladstone Major | Tobacco Culture |
| Nov 1986 | George Street Boone | Did not turn in a copy of his paper Most Favorable Morn |
| Nov 1986 | James G. Adams, Jr. | The Socio-Economic Impact of the Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Dec 1986 | Marshall T. Bassett | An Unreconstructed Rebel's Sad Lament |
| Dec 1986 | David L. Riley | Historic Preservation At The Grass-Roots Level |