Bartlett High School

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Bartlett High School

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.157

Scope and Content

Bartlett High School. This article was written by Alonzo Weston February 23, 2001. Black students received schooling in separate but not always equal facilities. Of these schools, Bartlett School had probably the most distinguished legacy. The school was named specifically in honor of Herschel Bartlett who helped bring industrial arts to the school. There is a photocopy and a glossy picture of the first Bartlett High school, which was a school for black children before and after the turn of the century March 3, 1989. The school was located at the southeast corner of 18th and Angelique streets. There are two photocopy pictures of Bartlett High School R.O.T.C. late 1940s. The photo says Thelma Adams photo-daughters of Hughes. Newspaper clipping Bartlett High reunion slated this weekend. It was the third reunion since 1980. The date of the article was July 4, 1986. Two programs for the fifty-fifth commencement of Bartlett High School for May 24, 1944, is enclosed in the folder. The principal was W. C. Cogdell. There is a photocopy picture of the Bartlett High School band in the Apple Blossom Parade. There are photo pictures of Stanley Robinson, accompanist, Mr. Louis Cross, Director of Band and Chorus and Janice Mabin, Accompanist. Newspaper clipping photocopy Mann School Replaces Outmoded Bartlett Today, January 3, 1956. Newspaper clipping Sunday, July 19, 1992Bartlett alumni gather from 35 states. The names of those attending are in the article. A sheet of paper contains the names and dates that they were principals of Bartlett School. Newspaper clipping Snappy Bartlett Band took parade awards. Ellie Freeman wrote the article. Her son Gregory Freeman was the drum major for the band in the early 1950s. The band was under the direction of W. R. Whales. Newspaper clipping Bartlett graduates hold event. This reunion is held every 3 years and attracts people from all over the nation. This was the sixth reunion for what was St. Joseph's only black high school from 1888-1954. Sunday September 17, 1995. Newspaper clipping Bartlett High reunion Sunday, June 29. 1980. There are two newspaper photos. Photocopy of program for Colored High School, Friday evening June 21, 1889. Photocopy of Bartlett High School R.O.T.C. 1950s. Newspaper clipping Hundreds Gather for Dear Old Bartlett Saturday, July 26, 1998. 300 gather for Bartlett s seventh reunion. Donald Bundy was master of ceremonies. There are pictures of some of the attendees. Newspaper clipping Colored Schools. There is a picture of the Colored High School and The Lincoln School. The article is a history of the colored schools from 1890-1900 in St. Joseph Missouri, October 11, 1895. Diploma Florence Eleanor Thomas from St. Joseph Colored High School, Dated May 22, 1891. Weston, Alonzo wrote an article about the Bartlett graduate reunion in Wednesday, June 30, 2010, St. Joseph News-Press. The Herald, Newspaper clippings photocopy is an article titled the Old High School June 16, 1886, about the remodeling of the old high school; also in the Herald, was a report about the first reunion of Lincoln High School, dated June 27, 1986. The Eighth Annual Commencement of the Colored High School were granted to a class of five, June 27, 1886. A photocopy of the Bartlett Reminder is enclosed in this folder. The Editor-in-Chief was Lucille Robinson. There are photocopy pictures of the Commercial Department, the football squad, the basketball squad, the graduates, the sophomore class, the freshman class, grades 6-7, grades 7-8, grade 5, grade 4, grade 3, grade 2, grade 1, Glee Club, HI-Y Club, Girl Reserves, Le Cercle Francois Club, Science Club, Senior Dietetics Class, and Company "K" Bartlett Class of 54. The pages could be from a yearbook. They are photocopies. There is a page dedicated to those who gave their lives in behalf of their country. administration, board of education, principal, faculty, annual staff, graduates, and other organizations of Bartlett High School. "A proud history of schools" St. Joseph Newspress Feb. 11, 2015 Column by Alonzo Weston recounting history of Bartlett High & Grammar School through to its existence as Horace Mann Elementary School and later middle school.

Collection

Black Archives

Lexicon

Search Terms

Black History, Bartlett High School, Black Schools, Bartlett Reunions

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 4, 2013

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Thelma Adams

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Theressa Anthony

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Herschel Bartlett

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C. W. Black

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Donald Bundy

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W. C. Cogdell

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Elizabeth Cooper

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Louise Cooper

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Tennie Crockrell

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Cunnigan, Catherine

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Ellis Freeman

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Gregory Freeman

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Billie Gray

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Charles Griffin

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Lillian Jackson

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Navajean Jackson

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Jones, W. H.

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Forestine and Clarence Mabin

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Janice Mabin

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Charles and Shirley Martin

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Samuel Mays

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Linnie Montgomery

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Carla Oulsey

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Charles and Jean Ray

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Arthur W. Reason

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Lucille Robinson

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Percy Robinson

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Helena Ross

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J. H. Sims

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Marion Snargrass

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Wilbur Strawn

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Mary Thompkins

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Pete Thompkins

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Mary Thompson

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Mary Thompson

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Paul Thornton

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Walker, Grace

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Walker, Katherine

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Webster, Ferne Cecilia

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Webster, Louis

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Weston, Alonzo

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Whalely, A. R.