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An excerpt from the Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the year 1927 - the Board of Regents to Governor Richards stating that "with the appropriation for permanent improvements made by the General Assembly of last year" two…

An excerpt from the Annual Report for the Year 1928-Architects Report briefly summarizing the need for a new building for Tuberculosis patients and that the Parker Annex is currently housing these patients. It also talks about turning the Parker…

An excerpt from the Annual Report for the year 1909-Superintendent's Report summarizing previous annual reports in order to convey a need for a second building for African American patients

Lists buildings that serve as patient dormitories, their bed capacity, and the year of completion

Brief history with dates of construction of Mills, Babcock, and Canteen (completed March 18, 1949)

An excerpt from the 2nd Annual Report State Department of Mental Health, describing the use of the Parker Building being used for the Renovation Service

Details Talley Building's demolition

Board Regents minutes from May 29, 1929: Records bids received for building the Tuberculosis ward at the State Hospital in Columbia, and the decision to accept the lowest bid, proposed by Mechanics Contracting Co., of $22,981.

A excerpt from the bound volume of the Palmento Variety stating the men at the Parker Building went on a "scenic trip"

Map of State Mental Hospital, LaBorde is labeled as "W.M.T.B. 1929" - Perhaps stands for White Male Tuberculosis. Note that the building is still not called LaBorde in 1941.