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In the hospital newsletter, Dr. Hall announces the names of the Maximum Detention Buildings and identifies the building namesakes. The public announcement in The State newspaper comes about one month later.

A doctor, identified only as Emma, reports on sessions at the Saunders Building. Psychologist Boris Gertz is talking to patients about proper behavior in the hospital and when they reenter life outside the hospital.

A map/plan showing the State Park Campus at the end of the Ninety-Seventh Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Year 1920.

Construction contract and technical specifications for two Maximum Detention Buildings at the State Park campus for African American patients. Includes comprehensive list of materials and construction standards.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies Building No. 6 at State Park as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

This is a section from a 1949 engineering survey by an outside firm. The report identifies Building No. 7 at State Park as overcrowded, unsafe, and completely unsuited for the specialized care of high risk patients.

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 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…

Report to the S.C. Mental Health Commission on the progress of the project. Mentions that the two buildings will be of the same design as Buildings B & C (Saunders & Cooper). These buildings have longer rear wings than Allan and Preston, giving them…

Lafaye reports the completion of the four Maximum Detention Buildings at Bull Street. He also discusses ongoing construction of the two buildings at State Park.