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"South Carolina State Hospital, The Mills Building"
Report of the history of the Mills Building and the wall written by Department of Mental Health secretary and archivist, Inez Fripp. The report discusses original establishment and construction, alterations, changes in function, and also changes in…
"Standard Fire Insurance Policy of the State of North Carolina"
A fire Insurance Policy for the dining halls that explains the amount covered in case of a fire to the building.
"State Legislatures Thread Way Through State Hospital"
Newspaper article describes the path of the tour Governor Brynes and the state legislature took on Tuesday, January 8, 1952. Although LaBorde is not identified by name, its description follows that of the Taylor Building. "The guide moved his party…
"Statement of the Board of Regents, State Hospital for the Insane, Read Before the Means Committee of the House of Representatives, February 9, 1915"
The session overviews the reactions of the Board to the Governor's message and the proposed new steps to improving the conditions.
"Superintendent's Report Unit One" from the South Carolina Department of Mental Health Annual Report 1978-1979
An excerpt from the Annual Report, reporting that the Parker Annex was being used for the Step-Up program.
"Twentieth Annual Report of the South Carolina State Hospital for the Insane for the year 1915"
This report selects George E. Lafaye as head architect of the hospital and talks about the importance of the sanitary conditions of the hospital. The architect's report provides an explanation of the proposed alterations and recommendations for the…
"Wooden Ward for Colored Women"
Photograph originally published in the Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of SC in 1910 shows the interior of an African-American female ward. The wooden structure is described as "a dangerous fire risk; more of a jail than a hospital;…
17,786 New Patients Admitted to Crowded State Hospital in Decade
This article describes the overcrwded population at the South Carolina State hospital and the yearly increase of amitted patients. "A new mental health law passed on March7, 1952 makes it easier for a patient to be admitted, particularly in relation…
1907 Annual Report, "Report of the Superintendent"
Superintendent Babcock wrote that since his annual report of 1894, he had said that tuberculosis is "the chief cause of mortality among our patients." Reports that the hospital is not adequately addressing the problem, and that back in 1894 he…
1908 Annual Report, "Report of the Superintendent"
Superintendent Babcock repeats what he wrote in the 1895 annual report that the "rapidity in the course of tuberculosis in the colored race as compared with the white also calls for comment." He includes a report from the 1907 annual report: "To…