Library Resources
- Oral History Interview with Modjeska Simkins, July 28, 1976.Oral Histories of the American South Collection: Modjeska Simkins talks about combating poor conditions for African American patients at Palmetto State Hospital
- South Carolina State Hospital Cemetery Survey IndexRichland County Public Library Digital Collections
- University of South Carolina Digital CollectionsArchival documents, films, images, and maps about the SC State Hospital
Columbia, S.C. State Hospital for the insane
1908 South Carolina Postcards
USC South Caroliniana Library
State Hospital for the insane, old asylum buildings, Columbia, S.C.
1908 South Carolina Postcards
USC South Caroliniana Library
State Hospital for the insane, Columbia, S.C.
1908 South Carolina Postcards
USC South Caroliniana Library
Articles and Websites
- History of the South Carolina Department of Mental HealthFrom 1995 to 2013
- Public Mental Health in South CarolinaPresentation slides (SC Department of Mental Health, John H. Magill, State Director of Mental Health, updated 2017)
- A Brief History of Patient RightsNationally and at the South Carolina Department of Mental Health
- Bull Street, SegregatedAmy Meaney, USC Moving Image Research Collection, 12/15/2015
- Bull Street CampusThe retention of historically significant buildings has driven Historic Columbia’s preservation advocacy efforts throughout the site’s redevelopment as The BullStreet District, which began in 2015.
- The Bullstreet DistrictA new destination for innovators, entrepreneurs and companies to create and thrive.
- BullStreet’s Babcock Building stood both iconic and infamous in Columbia skylineJessica Holdman, The Post and Courier, 12/17/2020
- Digitizing Bull StreetThis website is intended to present the research and analysis of the history of the Bull St. campus and to begin a public conversation about the site’s history and future as it faces redevelopment.
- From Former Mental Hospital to Recreational HubKeith Schneider, The New York Times, 07/23/2019
- Small-Town Nurse Found Horror, Humor, Healing on Bull StreetWilliam Buchheit, The Greer Citizen, 01/17/2019
Videos
- Dr. William S. HallSuperintendent for the S.C. State Hospital and became the first State Commissioner of Mental Health in S.C.
- Carolina Stories: Down on Bull StreetDown on Bull Street is a one-hour program that explores the evolution and history of the South Carolina State Hospital and its efforts to provide services to the mentally ill.