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The 1963 - 1964 Annual Report of the State Department of Mental Health provides details of the extensive chaplaincy operations and the announcement of the chapel building.

Superintendent Williams S. Hall, far left, stands with students of the Academy for Pastoral Education

A news story from the State Newspaper about the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Chapel of Hope with projected costs.

State newspaper story about the dedication of the chapel.

Chaplain Henry J. Fox Chaplain Annual Report from Oct. 31, 1875 shows the strain on chaplain services and the chaplain staff.

Chaplain James Obert Kempson counsels a patient in the Kempson Center inside the Academy for Pastoral Education.

Chaplain Edwin Abiel Bolles report describes the move of the Chapel to the Babcock building. Referred to as the New Asylum Chapel.

Palmetto Variety newsletter article about Church Volunteer Services. This story predates the building of the chapel and shows the religious connection between the city and the hospital.

A news story about the Good Neighbor Program where churches from throughout Columbia adopted wards at the South Carolina State Hospital.

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.