Jean Riemath Collection—Firesteel High School (Dewey County)
Content Description
The collection consists of one high school yearbook dated 1936 and one high school diploma from 1938 for Jean Riemath a student at Firesteel High School in Dewey County. The Firesteel High School yearbook from 1936 is titled “Peta Maza,” that year was Jean’s sophomore year. The yearbook includes a listing of the yearbook staff, school poem, history of Firesteel (S.D.) and Firesteel High School, high school faculty, freshman, sophomore and junior classes, grade school faculty and students and a list of high school activities such as boys and girls basketball, plays, contests, glee club and popularity contest. The yearbook ends with a financial statement and list of Firesteel High School alumni. Included are real photographs of the school, faculty and students. Jean’s high school diploma is from Timber Lake High School. It is believed that Firesteel students transferred to Timber Lake for their senior year to graduate. The diploma is dated May 20, 1938. Jean was raised on a farm just outside of Firesteel. She would later marry Robert Baillie who worked for the local telephone company. They moved to Harvey (N.D.) after their marriage and later moved to Portland (OR) around 1945.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1936
- 1938
Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet
- Diploma -- High School Subject Source: Local sources
- Firesteel High School (Firesteel, S.D.) Subject Source: Local sources
- High School Students -- Publications Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- High School Students -- Societies and Clubs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- High Schools -- South Dakota Subject Source: Local sources
- Photograph Collection -- Manuscript Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School Children -- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- South Dakota -- Photographs Subject Source: Local sources
- Timber Lake High School Subject Source: Local sources
- Yearbook Subject Source: Local sources
Source
- Riemath, Jean (Person)
