What’s new? Debut!
![Entrance to Special Collections exhibition area.](https://cms.library.wisc.edu/music/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2018/08/debut_entrance-1024x768.jpg)
Mills Music Library has joined with Kohler Art Library, Special Collections, and University Archives in Debut: An Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions in Special Collections, which opened on August 27 in the Department of Special Collections, Floor 9, Memorial Library, and will remain up until December 14, 2018.
![Ben Sidran's tapes of interviews he conducted for his Talking Jazz radio program, which were compiled into a book and CD box set.](https://cms.library.wisc.edu/music/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2018/08/debut_talkingjazz-212x300.jpg)
We have chosen to highlight selections from Ben Sidran’s archives, our Cuca Records Collection, and donations of 19th Century American Sheet Music.
![The Fendermen, Mule Skinner Blues, Cuca J-1003-A, 1960, with music publishing card showing sale to the Soma label.](https://cms.library.wisc.edu/music/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2018/08/debut_muleskinner-300x296.jpg)
Highlights from the other contributors include: artists’ books that respond to contemporary political issues; Japanese materials related to the Russo-Japanese War and World War II; original paintings of cats and dogs by comic artist (and UW-Madison faculty member) Lynda Barry; realia from the LGBTQ Archive Project; and rare books and manuscripts in the areas of history of science, women’s literature, and much more.
The exhibit was curated by a collective of staff members (Susan Barribeau, Jeanette Casey, Paloma Celis-Carbajal, Yoriko Dixon, Lyn Korenic, Katie Nash, Robin Rider, and Lisa Wettleson), under the leadership of Carly Sentieri.
Special Collections hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.