“UGA Athletics in Your Town,” a traveling exhibit of materials from the University of Georgia Athletic Association archives, will be coming to cities and counties around the state of Georgia this summer.
The tour will begin on May 30 in Hart County (Hartwell) and continue through Aug. 1 along the way visiting Fulton County (Alpharetta), Coweta County (Newnan), Muscogee County (Columbus), Cobb County (Marietta), Tift County (Tifton), Laurens County (Dublin), and Stephens County (Toccoa).
Jason Hasty, Athletics History Specialist for the UGA Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, will bring a collection of historic Georgia Bulldogs athletics artifacts to these public libraries as part of a statewide summer tour across Georgia.
“The UGA Athletic Association archive contains 130 years of the physical history of UGA Athletics,” said Hasty. “This traveling exhibit is a great way to take some of the most interesting artifacts we have in this archive to communities all across Georgia for a fun, family-friendly event.”
These traveling exhibits are free and open to the public. The materials will be on display on the following dates and locations:
May 30 – Hart County Library, Hartwell, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
June 2 – Alpharetta Branch Library, Alpharetta, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
June 25 – Central Library, Newnan, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
June 26 – Columbus Public Library, Columbus, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
July 16 – Switzer Library, Marietta, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
July 23 – Tifton-Tift County Library, Tifton, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
July 24 – Laurens County Library, Dublin, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
August 1 – Toccoa-Stephens Public Library, Toccoa, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Hargrett Library, which is located in the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Building on the University of Georgia campus, is one of three special collections libraries that are part of the University of Georgia Libraries. For more information about these traveling exhibits, please contact Jason Hasty at hasty@uga.edu.