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Lafaye clarifies a payment agreement with the hospital. In 1942, the Lafaye firm drew up plans for "Criminal Insane" buildings, but the project was shelved. In 1948, the hospital commissioned a new set of plans. Lafaye tells Shelley that the 1948…

Lafaye requests payment for revised Maximum Detention Building plans. Hoping to resume the project, shelved in 1942, the Board of Regents commissioned new drawings in October 1948. The project once again is on hold, but it still owes the architects…

Lafaye lists priority construction projects, including a maximum detention building for male patients at State Park. The architects attribute the hospital's problems to the "lack of foresight and planning on the part of the good people of the…

Lafaye says that the building for patients with "criminal tendencies" is "badly needed." The architects hope that funds will soon be available for construction.

The hospital has applied for a construction grant of $225,000 to fund the building for patients with "criminal tendencies."

William S. Hall writes to Mr. Bruce McPherson of The McPherson Company, expresing his gratitude for offering their architectural services on building a new laundry facility. However, Lafaye, Fair, Lafaye and Associates of Columbia has been chosen for…

With the war in Europe ended, the architects recommend that the hospital try again to construct a building for patients with "criminal tendencies."

Lafaye lists payments received during the year, including payment for preliminary work on the Criminal Insane Building. The hospital had to shelve the project but has retained the plans and specifications for future use.

Letter to Mr. Ulmer, State Board of Health, stating that the Laundry houses too many pieces of equipment that need to be maintained. Some larger pieces cannot be expected to run much longer, and parts cannot be acquired. Total volume of laundry has…

Lafaye reports that plans for a "criminal insane" building are on hold. The War Production Board ruled that the building would require too much "critical material" needed for the war effort.