%0 Journal Article %T On A Relative Mumford-Newstead Theorem %A Suratno Basu %J Mathematics %D 2015 %I arXiv %X In this paper we prove a relative version of the classical Mumford-Newstead theorem for a family of smooth curves degenerating to a reducible curve with a simple node. We also prove a Torelli-type theorem by showing that certain moduli spaces of torsion-free sheaves on a reducible curve allows us to recover the curve from the moduli space. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.07347v2