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Demonination

Roman Catholic

Pastor

Peter Reynolds

Race/Ethnicity

White

County

Polk County (Fla.)

City

Bartow

Established

1890

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Title

Saint Thomas Catholic Church Mission

Subject

Florida Historical Records Survey

Work Projects Administration

Florida -- Churches

Florida -- Church records -- Inventories, registers, catalogs.

Church buildings -- Florida

Description

WPA Church Record for Saint Thomas Catholic Church Mission in Bartow, Polk County, established in 1890. This Roman Catholic church served a mainly white congregation, and was pastored at the time of the survey by Peter Reynolds.

Creator

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey

Source

State Library of Florida, WPA Survey of Church Records

Date

1890

Format

church records

Type

Text

Identifier

slf_wpachurch_4250

Coverage

Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

Denomination

Roman Catholic

County

Polk County (Fla.)

City

Bartow

Race/Ethnicity

White

Pastor

Peter Reynolds

Image URL

1402204

1402205

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Church Name

Saint Thomas Catholic Church Mission

Chicago Manual of Style

Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Saint Thomas Catholic Church Mission. 1890. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/250927>, accessed 5 August 2026.

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Works Progress Administration, Historical Records Survey. Saint Thomas Catholic Church Mission. 1890. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/250927>

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(State Archives of Florida/Works Progress Administration)

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Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Florida's LSTA program is administered by the Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services.

For FY2026-27, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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