When Lyndon State College relocated to its new home on the top of Vail Hill in 1951, the library that had been at the nearby Lyndon Institute (where the college began as a teacher education program) was moved to Vail Manor and housed in one of the mansion's twin towers.

Lyndon Professor Emeritus and Vermont state senator Graham S. Newell selected Samuel Read Hall as the library's namesake.

The statue is on permanent loan from the Cobleigh Library in Lyndonville, the home of Lyndon State College.

[9] Theodore Vail, then-president of AT&T and the historic owner of the land that Lyndon State College is on, donated the sculpture to Cobleigh in 1906 during the dedication of the library.

Eight limited-edition etchings by Vermont artist Brian D. Cohen[12] can be found in the 3rd floor reference area of the library.

These etchings were done to illustrate the book Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural history of New England [2] by Tom Wessels.

The Art in State Buildings[13] committee is responsible for the etchings’ location in the library, and also for several other works by Vermont artists.

Guy Wachtel, an artist from South Newfane, Vermont, did a painting titled “Girl Reading” which was commissioned in 1997 by this committee.

Samuel Read Hall was born in Croydon, New Hampshire on October 27, 1795, and moved shortly thereafter to Guildhall, Vermont.