In April 2019, then- Hollins President Pareena Lawrence decided to temporarily remove online access to some issues of The Spinster, the Hollins yearbook, from the Hollins Digital Commons. These documents have since been restored.
The statements below outlined the position of the Working Group, the Wyndham Robertson Library and other campus departments and groups as this matter was discussed by the community:
Click here to read the April 3 statement by members of the Working Group and the Wyndham Robertson Library Staff.
- Click here to read April 2 statement by Pareena Lawrence, Hollins University President.
- Click here to read a statement of support from the Society of American Archivists.
- Click here to read a statement of support from the American Library Association and the Virginia Library Association.
- Click here to read a statement of support from Hollins students.
- Click here to read April 10 statement by Pareena Lawrence, Hollins University President, regarding the yearbooks’ restoration.
- Click here to read a statement of support from the Hollins Teaching Faculty.
Blackface: a Guide to Educational Information created by the Working Group and the Library.