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Report on Unit IV for 1974-75
After a major reorganization of the hospital, patients are now in units based on their home regions or specialized needs. Unit IV patients live in Allan and Saunders. The security ward for females in Saunders is discontinued, but a security ward for…
Remotivation Services
The Allan Building is hosting the first unit of a pilot program. Based on the description here and in future reports, the hospital has organized patients into units by home region.
Report of S.C. State Hospital Administrative Services
The hospital reports that juvenile patients temporarily relocated to a remodeled ward in one of the Maximum Detention Buildings. They have since moved to a loaned cottage from the William S. Hall Psychiatric Institute.
South Carolina Department of Health Annual Report 1964 - 65
Excerpt from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health Annual Report for 1964-65. Page 40 highlights the final project close out cost of the Chapel of Hope.
South Carolina Department of Mental Health Annual Report 1979-80
Box 3, S190002, Mental Health Commission, Annual Reports of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, State Hospital/Dept. of Mental Health 1960-1984, South Carolina Department of Archives and History.
One Hundred and Thirty Eighth Annual report, South Carolina State Hospital for The Year Ending June 30, 1961
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health Annual Report for 1961 provides details of the growing chaplaincy mission and the momentum for building the chapel including the success of acquiring funds from the SC General Assembly.
The Mental Health Bell
The Mental Health Bell, displayed during an April 29, 1964 Mental Health Week conference. Once located at the hospital’s main entrance, used to announce the hour of the day from 1896 to 1952, the bell was also added to the steeple
Palmetto Variety 1961: "Trezevant News Item"
The last mention of Trezevant in the Palmetto Variety ward news. The update here describes recent Easter festivities in Trezevant, and is again written by Laureston Berry.
Palmetto Variety 1959: "Trezevant Building"
A typical Palmetto news item about activity in Trezevant in the 1950's, describing in great detail the recent Christmas and holiday festivities. With a byline "Laureston B., Rpt." Laureston B. is also mentioned in the news item as a patient.
Annual Report: "Report of Building Construction"
Includes account of completed construction of "The Williams Building," in June 1932, designed to care for fifty "old and infirm white women." Physical description of the building and contract and construction dates (1931-32) all suggest that this…