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The Board examined drawings for the proposed ward building for State Park and Tuberculosis building for Columbia presented by Mr. Robert S. Lafaye of the firm of Lafaye & Lafaye, Architects, and instructed Mr. Lafaye to procure bids for a special…

The will of Mrs. Grace Ensor Brown.

Dr. Arthur P. Herring recommends to Governor Manning that there should be "special provision for the tuberculosis patients" at the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane.

Reports that there was an urgent need at the institution in Columbia to build a Tuberculosis Ward Building with forty beds for white male patients that were then housed in the Parker Annex.

Tabulated expenses for previous year's construction and alterations, included in "Statement of Expenditures, Report of Architect," in 1915 Annual Report, page 126. Longer title: "Statement of Expenditures, Including Amounts of Contracts Entered Into,…

In this letter, George E. Lafaye expresses his excitement for the new commission of head architect as well as his expectations and requirements within his contract.

The October, 1962 edition of the Palmetto Variety includes several pages on the history of the Mills Building and the wall, as well as several of the original outbuildings behind Mills, which were torn down after the wall was lowered. Mrs. Inez…

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.

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 group of ladies from St. John's Episcopal Church visited patients in LaBorde on Wednesday, November 28 at 2:30pm. and gave a party with refreshments.