Scope and Contents From the Series: The series documents George Mean’s involvement in the design and development of the “Village System Concept” for mental health care in South Carolina. This idea grew out of a 1968-1970 mental health care master planning research program between the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and Clemson University’s Health Care Facilities Planning and Design Studio led by Means. It was meant to provide “a homelike residential community setting for in-patient treatment that reflects similar...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The series documents George Mean’s involvement in the design and development of the “Village System Concept” for mental health care in South Carolina. This idea grew out of a 1968-1970 mental health care master planning research program between the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and Clemson University’s Health Care Facilities Planning and Design Studio led by Means. It was meant to provide “a homelike residential community setting for in-patient treatment that reflects similar...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The files in the series document the Health Facilities Planning and Design Studio at Clemson University through material for specific courses in the program, research material for the program, and student projects and theses. The material regarding his consulting for the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and for hospitals and public service projects in South Carolina, Canada, and Puerto Rico include files relating to the Aiken-Barnwell Community Health Center in Aiken, SC: the State...