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Hospital adminstrative staff use sledgehammers to lower the orginal wall surrounding the hospital and separating the campus from the Columbia community.

Superintendent Williams S. Hall, far left, stands with students of the Academy for Pastoral Education

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1915, describing a massive alteration project across the campus. Included are short descriptions of the buildings' contemporary uses, ultimate renovation goals…

Grayscale photograph of a dormitory room. Ten beds with wooden bedframes are pictured, as well as a fireplace. Visible in the room are four windows, two support beams, and a hardwood floor.

Grayscale photograph of a State Fair exhibit about the hospital, including a model of the Babcock building. Back reads: "SC State Hospital, State Fair, October 1962, Same for Columbia & State Park Units."

Grayscale photograph of unidentified male patients standing in a long hallway; high ceilings and brick floors.

Excerpt from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the fiscal year ending in 1970, including two aerial photographs of the campus facing north.

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the fiscal year ending in 1982, describing hospital updates including a report of overcrowding; goals for the following fiscal year; an Engineering report; a Supply and…

Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the fiscal year ending in 1981, including a short report pertaining to the South Carolina State Hospital.

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…