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For 1953, it was estimated that a million adults and childern with mental disorders would need placement in mental hospitals. Hospitals were already overcrowded and this article seeks to answer questions pertaining to the increase of mental disorders…

The recent Washington conference promoting the 'Food Comes First' campaign put pressure on the S.C. Nutrition Committee to focus more on the relation between healthy food and minds.

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

Description of the plans to construct the Research Laboratory building and how it became the Ensor Research Laboratory.

A document of information on the Ensor Research Foundation. It includes information from annual reports on the history of the foundation until April of 1967.

A document of information on the Ensor Research Foundation. It includes information about the construction and introduction of the Ensor building, the origins of the foundation, and the financial status of the foundation.

The contents of the chapel's cornerstone includes several historical documents and religious text illustrating the intent for the chapel to be a multi-denominational facility.

"South Carolina's State hospital's most pressing needs are two: 1. Additional personnel. Employes of the medical department of the hospital are now working 60 to 72 hours a week. And their number, for this obvious reason, is insufficient-one doctor…

The Colonial Gardens outside the Chapel of Hope was donated by Columbia’s Garden Club of South Carolina in 1967.

A construction progress photo shows the east front of the Chapel of Hope and the steeple.