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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.

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.

South Carolina Department of Mental Health Annual Report for 1976-77 details an extensive chaplaincy program that includes services throughout two campuses and a pastoral education program that trained nearly 300 clergy in the 1976 - 77 time of…

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.

An excerpt from Hughes Development Corporation Bull Street Neighborhood Planned Unit Development Submittal shows the intent to keep the chapel.

The annual report by Superintendent Coyt Ham illustrates efforts to provide services at both the Columbia campus and the State Park campus. The report also shows an early pastoral education program and prograss on the Church Building Fund.

An image showing the stained glass window of the Babcock Building. The chapel located on the third floor of the building before being moved to the Benet Auditorium.

The contents of the chapel's cornerstone includes several historical documents and religious text illustrating the intent for the chapel to be a multi-denominational facility.

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

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