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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.

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…

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

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…

Mrs. Inez Nola Fripp, executive secretary with the S.C. State Hospital, receives a certificate for 50 years continuous service from Dr. William S. Hall, State Commissioner of Mental Health and Superintendent for the hospital. On the wall is an…

Brief description of the naming of the Babcock building on "Administration Building" folder tag.

Describes changes to building.

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.

Superintendent William S. Hall shovels soil at the Chapel of Hope groundbreaking ceremony while J. Rupert McGregor, Chairman of the Committee for the Chapel Fund and C. M. Tucker, Chairman of the S.C. Mental Health Commission look on.

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…