Roosevelt History


This page is dedicated to the staff and students who made and who continue to make Roosevelt such an interesting and wonderful place to live, teach and learn. We hope to find topics to study and share that interest both our small community of students, staff, and alumni, as well as the community at large. Please contact us at 558-2214 if you have other topics for us to focus on.


Click on the following links to learn more about the topics listed.

Articles:
First Floor Virtual Tour (Under Construction)
Second Floor Virtual Tour (Under Construction)
Third Floor Virtual Tour (Under Construction)
Fourth Floor Virtual Tour (Under Construction)
Exterior Virtual Tour (Under Construction)

George Baldwin, Organist and Gentleman
Emory Sample, a Sporting Life
A Roosevelt Family Tradition
Fred Kluss, Longtime Respected Principal
Eric Suter, Regeneration member
Aimee Weld Hospodarsky, Former Van Deest Award Winner, Present day Roosevelt Counselor
Ken Marsh, State Swimming Champ, Friend of Tarzan 
State Champion Baseball Team 1945
Slang at Roosevelt during the 1930s
The Haunting of Roosevelt
Belden Hill Baseball Park  
Alamo Park
Roosevelt Memories
Past Plays & Performances
Art Found in Sweden
The Wall of Signatures and the Van Deest Family
Football Fatality - 1939
Changes in the Building


Photographs of a 1948 Pep Rally

Copy of a 1936 student handbook belonging to Marcella Sweeting. We were allowed to copy it after it had been recovered from William James' home after the flood of 2008.


Yearbooks:

1937 Roundup

1938 Roundup

1939 Roundup

1940 Roundup

1941 Roundup

1942 Roundup

1943 Roundup

1944 Roundup

1945 Roundup

1946 Roundup

1947 Roundup

1948 Roundup

1949 Roundup

1950 Roundup

1951 Roundup

1952 Roundup

1953 Roundup

1954 Roundup

1955 Roundup

1956 Roundup

1957 
The Last Roundup

Newspapers / Literary Arts Magazines:

1922-1923
Record Newspaper
Vol. 1
 #1 - 5
1923 - 1924 
Record Newspaper
Vol. 2
# 3 - 22
Record Magazine 
Vol.2
1923-1924
1924 - 1925
Record Newspaper
Vol. 3
# 1 - 15
Record Magazine
Vol. 3
Nov. 24th 1924
Record Magazine
Vol. 3
Jan. 23rd, 1925
Record Magazine
Vol. 4
Nov. 25th, 1925
Record Magazine
Vol. 4
January 1926
Record Magazine
Vol. 5
January 1927
Record Magazine
Vol. 6
January 1928
Record Magazine
Vol.7
January 1929
Record Magazine
Vol.7
March 1929
Record Magazine
Vol. 7
June 1929
Record Magazine
Vol. 7
Vacation 1929
Record Magazine
Vol.8
Nov. 1929
Record Magazine
Vol.8
January 1930
Record Magazine
Vol. 9
Nov. 1930
Record Magazine 
Vol. 9
January 1931
Record Magazine
Vol?
December ?
Record Magazine
Vol? 
February ?
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 1 1936
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.2
Fall Semester 1936-1937
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.2 
Spring Semester
1936-1937
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.3
1937-1938
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 4
1938-1939
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 5
1939-1940
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 7
1941-1942
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.8
1942-1943
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 9
1943-1944
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 10
1944-1945
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.11
1945-1946
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.12
1946-1947
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.13
1947-1948
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.14
1948-1949
Record HS Newspaper
Vol.15
1949-1950
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 16
1950-1951
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 17
1951-1952
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 18
1952-1953
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 19 
1953-1954
Record HS Newspaper
Vol. 20
1954-1955

Athletic Team Photos: All Photos are by Read Photography
If you have photographs of teams that are not here feel free to call 558-2214 and arrange a time for us to scan them. Please note that for our purposes the soonest we can post a photo is the next school year.  

 Basketball Cross Country Football Soccer Swimming
Tennis Track Volleyball Wrestling

Class Members


If you have documents or memories about these topics and would like to share them with us, please contact Mr. Frischkorn by email at sfrischkorn@cr.k12.ia.us or by calling him at 319-558-2214. Also, please contact us if you have suggestions for future topics you would like to see on this page.

Thank you for your patience and for your help with these projects.

Roosevelt Main Page   |   Class Members

Please click here to visit the website of the J-Hawk class of 1966 it has many memories of Roosevelt.