Exhibits in Special Collections

New and Notable at UW-Madison Libraries

976 Memorial Library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706

January 24, 2023 – August 4, 2023

Open Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m

This exhibit affords a glimpse into the wide and colorful variety of collections in various campus libraries, with an emphasis on new and notable acquisitions. Exhibit cases filled with books of many shapes and sizes, manuscripts, postcards, photographs, pamphlets, records and tapes, games, and other objects (even a softball!) focus on the following:  

• Artistic Responses, curated by Micaela Sullivan-Fowler (Ebling Library), drawing on materials from Ebling’s Rare Books & Special Collections
• Artists’ Books, curated by Anna Simon (Kohler Art Library), drawing on materials from Kohler Art Library
• Dante’s Divine Comedy, curated by Laura Martin (International and Area Studies) and Lisa Wettleson, drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Douglas Hill Collection, curated by Jeanette L. Casey (Mills Music Library), drawing on materials from Mills Music Library
• Encounters with Peyote, 1619-1963, curated by Laura Martin (International and Area Studies), Micaela Sullivan-Fowler (Ebling Library), and Hannah Swan (American Institute of the History of Pharmacy), drawing on materials from American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Ebling Library, and Special Collections
• Glacier, curated by Robin Rider (Special Collections) and Anna Simon (Kohler Art Library), exhibiting a very large book from Special Collections
• Independent Publications from Mexico and Peru, curated by Laura Martin (International and Area Studies), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Japan in Conflict: Russo-Japanese War, curated by Yoriko Dixon (International and Area Studies) and Andy Spencer (International and Area Studies), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Jim Berkenstadt Beatles LP Collections, curated by Jeanette L. Casey (Mills Music Library), drawing on materials from Mills Music Library
• Learning from Games, curated by Robin Rider (Special Collections), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Lotteries and Lottos, curated by Laura Martin (International and Area Studies), Robin Rider (Special Collections), Lisa Wettleson (Special Collections), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Materiality of South Asian Collections, curated by Todd Michelson-Ambelang (International and Area Studies), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• New Acquisitions, curated by Nina Clements (Special Collections), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• New Classics, curated by Carly Sentieri (Special Collections), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Popularity of Natural History, curated by Robin Rider (Special Collections), drawing on materials from Special Collections
• Richard Davis Collection, curated by Jeanette L. Casey (Mills Music Library), drawing on materials from Mills Music Library
• Stephen Dembski (1949-2021) Collection, curated by Jeanette L. Casey (Mills Music Library), drawing on materials from Mills Music Library
• University Archives, curated by Katie Nash and Julia Tanenbaum (University Archives), drawing on materials from University Archives
• World War I, curated by Lisa Wettleson (Special Collections), drawing on materials from Special Collections

We are pleased to host a panel discussion about the content of this exhibit featuring some of the exhibit’s curators!

“Acquiring Specials in the Collection”

A Curator Panel Discussion

Tuesday, April 18, 4:30-5:30 P.M.

Department of Special Collections

Memorial Library, Floor 9

Refreshments provided by the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries