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Williams once again implores the state government to fund a building for patients undergoing forensic evaluation. The hospital receives blame when these patients escape. He also mentions regular patients who are prone to violence and require a secure…

Babcock objects to probate judges committing people to the hospital who are accused of crimes. He says those cases are within the purview of criminal courts, not civil courts. On a related note, he asks that the state penitentiary create its own…

Includes list of all medical superintendents of State Hospital; roof over Babcock Building's steps replaced

A State Newspaper about the Garden Club of South Carolina, a columbia organization that donated a garden to the Chaepl of Hope.

Superintendent report showing the renovation of wooden buildings formerly used for African-American patients. The buildings were temporarily used as a chapel.

State newspaper story about the dedication of the chapel.

Special coverage from the Palmetto Variety hospital newsletter highlights the long history of religion at the South Carolina State Hospital and the building of the Chapel of Hope.

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.

Chaplain J. Obert Kempson (left) and Dr. Williams S. Hall, State Commissioner of Mental Health and Superintendent of State Hospitals participate in a cornerstone ceremony for the Chapel of Hope.

A report from the Superintendent C.F. Williams that mentions the first donations to the chapel fund coming from the patients and the Columbia community.