Through “UGA Athletics in Your Town,” artifacts from the University of Georgia Athletic Association’s archives will take center stage at the Cartersville Public Library July 29. This traveling exhibit will be showcased at the library, 429 W. Main St., from noon to 5 p.m. While the Cartersville Public Library was closed Saturday due to flooding from Friday’s downpour in the administrative and teen areas, the facility fully reopened to the public Monday. “This is an outreach program that I put together each summer,” said Jason Hasty, UGA Athletics History specialist at the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library. “It came about before the COVID pandemic as a way to get materials from the UGA Athletic Association archive out of the Special Collections Library here on campus and out to different areas of the state. “The Athletic Association archive is open to the public here but not everyone can get to Athens to visit the library, so I wanted to take these artifacts to where people — Georgia fans, alumni and people interested in history — could see them.” Hasty shared this exhibit has three objectives. “The first is that I want to highlight some of the fantastic Georgia Bulldogs artifacts that are held in the Athletic Association’s archives,” he said. “The second is that I want to connect with Georgia fans and alumni across the state. The third is that I want to offer a family-friendly community event that public libraries across Georgia can host for free.” The exhibit’s tour…
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