Background
Hall, Wilmer Lee was born on July 20, 1885 in Ruther Glen, Virginia, United States. Son of Judson Bunyan and Sarah Jane (Jennings) Hall.
Hall, Wilmer Lee was born on July 20, 1885 in Ruther Glen, Virginia, United States. Son of Judson Bunyan and Sarah Jane (Jennings) Hall.
Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, 1906, Doctor of Laws, 1942. Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1911, postgraduate, 1915-1916.
Head cataloger Virginia State Library, 1912-1913, acting head department of archives and history, 1914, and of reference division, 1915. Sub-librarian New York State Library, Albany, 1916-1920. Assistant state librarian Virginia State Library, 1920-1934, state librarian, 1934-1946, head publications division, 1947-1956, 1956, retired.
Member American Library Association (chairman catalog section 1926-1927), Virginia library association (president 1936-1937), National Association State Libraries (president 1936-1937), Bibliographical Society America, Virginia History Society, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Eugenia Eleanor Close, October 30, 1920.