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"A Study in Tragic Despair"
Newpaper article describing the general life of the patients on the Bull Street campus. The author deems those who work in the Laundry and the Bakery as "the lucky ones."
"Board of Regents Minutes, June 14-17, 1916"
These minutes talk about the furniture needed for the dining halls and some of the equipment required for the kitchen.
"Ninety-Third Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane for the year 1916"
Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1916, continuing the report on the massive alteration project across the campus begun in the previous year. Included are short descriptions of the buildings'…
"One Hundred and Fortieth Annual Report, South Carolina State Hospital, For the Year Ending June 30, 1963"
Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1963, including a photograph on the cover depicting the front of the central section of Babcock looking at a northeast angle, an aerial photograph of the campus…
"Plan of Grounds"
The plan shows a map of the Bull Street site in 1909, drawn by an associate of Shand & Lafaye Architects.
1954 Annual Reports, South Carolina Mental Health Commission. Report of S.C. Mental Health Commission
"The years 1951-1954 have been as a result the greatest period of sustained construction in the more than 125 years of the hospitals existance." "To replace the kitchen at the Columbia Division, from which the hospital was attempting to feed more…
1958 Report of Committee to Study Mental Health Laws and Facilities
Details the improvements needed in the present facilities on the Bull Street campus as well as the campus's current situation.
Bread and Flour Storage
Photograph of the white-washed brick extension of the Bakery where flour and bread were stored. An awning has been placed over the door to the storage room's entrance.
Eighty-Sixth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane for the Year 1909
Details that a new Laundry and Bakery are needed, complete with equipment. They are both built.
Engineer-Architect Report for SCSH: "Summary of the Major Values"
Lists Ward 18A (Trezevant) as 5700 square ft in area; patient capacity of 50; and patient occupancy blank (vacant?); among other estimated costs of repair, value, and depreciation.