Virginia Festival of the Book

Contributors - VABook! 2005

March 1, 2004 – February 15, 2005

The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities gratefully acknowledges the cash and/or in-kind contributions of these donors who made it possible for us to produce the Virginia Festival of the Book.

Best Seller ($10,000 - $15,000)

Albemarle County Board of Supervisors
City of Charlottesville
Daily Progress
University of Virginia
Virginia Quarterly Review
Wachovia Securities

Bard ($5,000-$9,999)

WINA AM 1070
WTJU 91.1 FM
WVPT-TV Virginia's Public Television

Poet ($2,500-$4,999)

AlbemarleFamily
Crown Automotive BMW of Charlottesville
FedEx Kinko's
Friends of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
Harris Teeter
Kluge-Moses Foundation
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Von Holtzbrinck Publishing Services
WMRA-The NPR Stations
WUVA 92.7 Kiss FM
WVTF Public Radio

Writer ($1,000-$2,499)

R. R. Bowker
Deborah J. Dillon
Dominion Virginia Power
Gravity Lounge/The Book Cellar
In the Kitchen
LexisNexis
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Peale
Peters Rushton Fund
Virginia Electronic Components
WMRA Radio 103.5 FM
The Wrightbridge Company, Inc.

Reader ($500-$999)

Alltel Communications
Best Western Cavalier Inn
The Book Broker
Charlottesville Albemarle County Convention and Visitor's Bureau
The Charlottesville Chapter of The Links, Inc.
Charlottesville Ice Park
Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake Corporation Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George Garrett
Jerome S. Handler
Hauser Company
Heartwood Books
Jefferson Heights at Pantops Mountain
K. K. and Larry Pearson
Mailing Services of Virginia
New Dominion Bookshop
Transcontinental Publishing

Scribe ($100-$499)

Beverly J. Bagan
Sally Nan Barber
Garry Barrow and Kathy May
Mr. George Beller
Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
Blue Whale Books
Bookwrights Book Design and Publishing
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. C. Campbell, Jr.
Janet Cheeseman
Susan and Michael Coleman
Creatures 'N Crooks Bookshoppe, LLC
Fred and Nancy Damon
Jessie Duff-McLaurin
Franklin Gilliam Rare Books
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Y. Gore
Mr and Mrs. Bradley H. Gunter
Douglas Guynn
INDOOR Biotechnologies, Inc.
Margaret Kern
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keyser
Charlene Lamb
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Lappley
Faye Male
Barbara Millar and Peter Thompson
Elizabeth Seydel Morgan
William A. Oliver, Jr.
Larry Portzline
The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
Mr. and Mrs. Champe C. Ransom
Barbara B. Rich
Lynda J. Robb
Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Rubin
Hasmukh and Judy Shah
Shenandoah Spring Water
Sandra D. Speiden
Suzanne Jessup Staton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Stroud
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Swenson
Swift Air Delivery, Inc.
Sharon Talbot
Tastings
Patricia Trusselle
Virginia National Bank
Dahven White and Allan Doctor
Roger Williams
Barbara Yalden-Thomson

Friend ($10-$99)

Martha C. Allen and Joseph L. Blotner
Anna L. Bainbridge
M. Leonard Baker
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Baker
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Ellen Berringer
Joy Blackburn
Elizabeth B. Bonvillian
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Brown
Sumner Brown
Sheila A. Carrico
Roxanne Chandler
Connie Cheetham
Suzanne Tanner Chitwood
Kathleen Clark
Susan and Michael Coleman, in honor of Stan Coble
Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Crockett
Patricia Crook
Connie DellaPietra
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dembling
Rosemary Dent
Sara Dillich
Ann F. Farwell
Peter and Laura Giannini
Elizabeth F. Gore
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Grant
Michael Green (M. Revak & Co.)
Mr. and Mrs. William Grey
Lucy A. Grimm
Megan Keleher Hack
Anne F. Henderson
Helen P. Holt
Sarah Collins Honenberger
Mary Jaffe
Susan M. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Junke
Madge Karickhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Kessler
Dolores Kostelni
L & T Respess Books
Mary LaTourelle
Sheila A. Lawson
Corinne LeBovit
Martha Levering
Marsha and Ivan Login
Kevin McFadden and Angie Hogan
Lena McNicholas
David H. Morgan
Eileen Moyer
James P. Munger
Lesley L. Myers
Sally Nelson
Tom Nolan
Oakley's Gently Used Books
Christine Parish
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Hart Pate
Daniel and Barbara Peacock
Nesta and Ruhi Ramazani
Kim Rendelson
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Robarts
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley F. Rochester
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Rodman
Jane W. Rotch
Marion Rothman
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rough
Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Rowland
Lucy Sankey Russell
Kent and Judy Schlussel
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Scott, Jr.
Seanchai Books
Lynn Seuffert
Beth Sutton
Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development
Tom Trykowski
Mr. and Mrs. Don Van Hook
The Honorable Mitchell Van Yahres
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Staff, in honor of Stan Coble
Anne Waldner
Jeanne Weaver
Patillo F. Whited
Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Wilhelm
Crystal E. Wilkinson
Nancy L. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Andrew Wyndham and Susan Bacik, in honor of Stan Coble
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Zisk

Special thanks to:

  • the Altrusa Club of Charlottesville for sponsorship of the youth poster contest
  • Proal Heartwell for organizing the Poetry and Prose contest and reading
  • the staff of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for its support

Media Sponsors

AlbemarleFamily
The Daily Progress
In the Kitchen
WINA-AM 1070
WMRA - Your NPR Stations
WTJU-FM 91.1
WUVA ~Kiss FM 92.7
WVTF Public Radio
WVPT-TV Virginia's Public Television

Website Designer

Garry W. Barrow

Website Host

Nexet Corporation (FirstNet of Virginia, Inc.)

Graphic Design

Josef Beery Studio
Kaminer & Thomson, Inc.
The Daily Progress

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