{"142901":{"#nid":"142901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Celebrates London Olympics with Artifacts Exhibit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 1996 Centennial Olympic Games left an indelible mark on the Georgia Tech community, which remains visible after 16 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn honor of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Georgia Tech Archives will showcase 1996 Olympic artifacts in an exhibit titled \u201cAtlanta\u2019s Olympics: Georgia Tech, Home of the Olympic Village.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis will give folks a general idea of how the Tech campus was used as the Olympic Village and venue site,\u201d said Kirk Henderson, Georgia Tech records manager and curator of the exhibit. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe exhibit opens July 27 in the third floor gallery of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons and closes Sept. 2. The following artifacts will be on display:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Olympic torch\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe official report of the centennial games (three volumes)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECommemorative editions of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games Programs\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVolunteer polo shirt and hat with Olympic logos and graphics\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOlympic games security officer hat\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOlympic Village backpack\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGT Alumni Association license plates featuring \u201cHome of the 1996 Olympic Village\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EOlympic lunch boxes and other official souvenirs.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about this exhibit, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Kirk.Henderson@library.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKirk Henderson\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn honor of the 2012 Olympic Games the Georgia Tech Archives will showcase Centennial Olympic artifacts in an exhibit titled: \u201cAtlanta\u2019s Olympics: Georgia Tech, Home of the Olympic Village.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In honor of the 2012 Olympic Games the Georgia Tech Archives will showcase Centennial Olympic artifacts in an exhibit titled: \u201cAtlanta\u2019s Olympics: Georgia Tech, Home of the Olympic Village.\u201d"}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-07-27 07:56:37","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:36","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"142911":{"id":"142911","type":"image","title":"Campanile_1996 Olympics","body":null,"created":"1449178723","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:38:43","changed":"1475894774","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:14","alt":"Campanile_1996 Olympics","file":{"fid":"194993","name":"campanile.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/campanile_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/campanile_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1553035,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/campanile_0.jpg?itok=ij7S-llT"}}},"media_ids":["142911"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.library.gatech.edu\/archives\/index.php","title":"Archives and Records Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13636","name":"1996 Summer Olympic Games"},{"id":"39091","name":"artifacts"},{"id":"9761","name":"georgia tech archives"},{"id":"1416","name":"Olympics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Kirk.Henderson@library.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKirk Henderson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EArchives and Records Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}