St. Bartholomew Catholic Church and School was established about 1909 at Eighth and Gaines Streets in Little Rock, Arkansas, founded by Bishop John B. Morris of the Diocese of Little Rock. In 1910, Bishop Morris invited the Divine Word Missionaries, whose mission was to specialize in the pastoral work of southern African Americans, to be in charge of the new church. Reverend Joseph Hoflinger of the Divine Word was assigned to St. Bartholomew, followed by the Sister Servants of the Holy Ghost from Techny, Illinois. The Sister Servants replaced the Benedictine Sisters of Shoal Creek, Arkansas, who had conducted a fledgling school during the 1909-1910 school year.
In 1911, the church and school moved from Eighth and Gaines Street to a new two-story brick building at Sixteenth and Marshall streets. The school was dedicated on September 17 and classes began on September 18. The school, which housed kindergarten through twelfth grades, flourished in the African American community for many years. The school closed in the spring of 1975.
This collection contains photocopies of student enrollment lists from 1910-1975. The files are arranged chronologically.
- 1. 1910-1911 (Box 1)
- 2. 1911-1912
- 3. 1912-1913
- 4. 1913-1914
- 5. 1914-1915
- 6. 1915-1916
- 7. 1916-1917
- 8. 1920-1921
- 9. 1921-1922
- 10. 1923-1924
- 11. 1924-1925
- 12. 1925-1926 (grades 3-8)
- 13. 1926-1927 (junior and senior high)
- 14. 1927-1928 (grades 1-2)
- 15. 1928-1929 (elementary grades)
- 16. 1929-1930 (grades 3-8)
- 17. 1929-1930 (kindergarten)
- 18. 1930-1931 (kindergarten)
- 19. 1931-1932 (kindergarten)
- 20. 1932-1933
- 21. 1932-1933 (kindergarten)
- 22. 1933-1934, 1934-1935
- 23. 1933-1934 (kindergarten)
- 24. 1935-1936
- 25. 1936-1937
- 26. 1937-1938, 1938-1939, 1939-1940, 1940-1941 (kindergarten)
- 27. 1952-1953 (kindergarten)
- 28. 1957-1958 (kindergarten)
- 29. 1974-1975
