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Simmons_Annual Report 1926.pdf
Reports the installation of overhead sprinklers at the Laundry as well as an additional room added to the Bakery for storing flour. Details the concern of overcrowding, what it is and its risks, and the refusal of patients and admission restraints.

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Photograph of the South entrance to the Laundry building and awning.

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Letter with enclosed proposal that details the Laundry's expenses from the fiscal year and the projected cost for following year. The charge given at Virginia and Maryland's state institutions (laundry facilities) is used to calculate the projected…

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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…

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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…

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Newspaper article announcing the approval for a new laundry to be buillt at State Park. Designed to handle 10,000 pounds of laundry every hour, it will be staffed by the 400 prisoners at the state penitentiary. The State Hospital, the penitentiary,…

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William S. Hall informs Mr. Curren about the Victor Kramer Company serving as the South Carolina State Hospital's laundry management consultant and that they have recommended that a new central laundry be built. Detailed plans are already in motion,…

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Letter to Mr. Summers stating that the final decision for building a laundry and dormitory group has been made. Lafaye is asking for additional information so that he and the rest of Lafaye, Fair, Lafaye & Associates can begin working on…

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Letter to Colonel Manning concerning his initial letter, dated October 18, 1960, outlining his desire for a Central Laundry to be built at State Park.

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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."

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