Special Collections at Wyndham Robertson Library: Finding Aids

Poet, critic, and teacher, Allen taught at Hollins College (now University) for 37 years (1955-1992) in the English Department.

Margaret Wise Brown Papers. Class of 1932 and author of many children's books including Goodnight Moon, Runaway Bunny, and the Little Island.

Founder of Hollins University

Poet, environmental activist, and Hollins English Faculty, 1962-1973.

Class of 1960. Editor and co-founder of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. This group of papers is the Houghton Mifflin editorial papers for Best American Short Stories.

Hollins M.A. 1966 and 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner

Class of 1927. Both her parents worked at Hollins and her grandfather had been a professor at Hollins. Her mother was Mary V. Masters and her father was Joseph A. Turner, II.

Hollins Class of 1912 and French Faculty 1914-1958. Worked as "archivist" after her retirement until 1976.