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Excerpts from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's annual report for the year 1855, discussing plans for the potential erection of a new building, including location, price, and a comparison to buildings in Europe. Other topics include…

Lists estimated value of LaBorde as $16,200.00 and estimated replacement cost as $124,000.00.

Black and white photograph of LaBorde in 1971.

Describes building materials and dimensions, as well as condition of building. General Condition: "Plaster in bath in poor condition.  Shower in terrible condition (Rubber hose hung from wire).  Some repairs should be made…

Two pictures of people working inside the factory at an unknown date.

This is a map of the campus from 1971.

Picture of the mattress factory in 1984. There seem to be double doors and no fencing on the side.

LaBorde is labeled as "W.M.T.B. 1929," which stands for White Male Tuberculosis. Note that the building is still not called LaBorde in 1941.

Chaplain James Obert Kempson counsels a patient in the Kempson Center inside the Academy for Pastoral Education.

Chaplain J. Obert Kempson (left) and Dr. Williams S. Hall, State Commissioner of Mental Health and Superintendent of State Hospitals participate in a cornerstone ceremony for the Chapel of Hope.