Williams Library Spotlight

Williams Library is happy to announce the opening of the Williams Library Archives and Special Collections office (the old ITC area).  The office creates displays based on our special collections and houses archival and rare books.  The Connie Siewert Collection (see below) is on display now. The office is open from 8am – 12pm, Monday to Friday, other times by appointment. Robert Russell and Shari Theroux are the curators of the office.

Williams Library would like to announce a display of items from the Connie Siewert Collection dealing with the 1996 Olympic Summer Games at Atlanta.  The items on display include Olympic-logo apparel, including t-shirts baseball caps, and even an Olympic staff uniform. A variety of publications is on display, including magazines, a cookbook, and a group of books explaining the exact guidelines for publication of the Olympic logo to be used in merchandise and advertising.

The Connie Siewert collection contains items from the years of 1973 – 1996 with the bulk of the material being from the years 1992 — 1996. Included in the collection are activities related to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, correspondence, news releases, publications, advertisements, official collectible items, and graphics standards material.

Connie Siewert has over 25 years experience in the business world that spans finance, marketing and operations. In 1992 she joined Atlanta Centennial Olympic Properties, a joint venture between the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and the United States Olympic Committee, as Director of Marketing where she was initially in charge of Finance, Operations and the Human Resources function for this marketing arm of the 1996 Olympic Games.  This collection will be on display throughout the fall semester.