Brother Naismith's Game of Basketball, Trowel Magazine article (Winter, 1991)
Item Information
- Title:
- Brother Naismith's Game of Basketball, Trowel Magazine article (Winter, 1991)
- Description:
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An article in the Winter, 1991 Trowel Magazine (Vol. 9 No. 4) titled, "Brother Naismith's Game of Basketball Celebrating its Centennial Year". The article was written by Robert W. Williams, III, Trowel's consulting editor. Only the cover, the title page, and the article itself have been scanned and are shown in this digital copy. The article talks about Naismith, the creation of the game of basketball, the Basketball Hall of Fame and the celebrations being held there, and the fact that Naismith was a member of the Freemasons. He joined the Masons during his time at Springfield College and on April 28, 1894, he was Raised a Master Mason in Roswell Lee Lodge. In Lawrence Kansas he served as Worshipful Master in 1927. The Trowel was published by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts.
- Creator:
- Williams, Robert W.
- Date:
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1991
- Format:
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Documents
- Location:
- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
- Collection (local):
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College Archives Digital Collections
- Series:
- James Naismith Papers
- Subjects:
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Springfield College
Basketball--History
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Freemasons
Masonry
Basketball
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
- Extent:
- 6 Pages
- Link to Item:
- https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/17405
- Terms of Use:
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- Publisher:
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Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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James A. Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939), known as "The Father of Basketball" was born in Almonte, Ontario. When he was nine, both of his parents died of typhoid fever and he was raised by his uncle, who later financed Naismith's way through college. He earned his theological degree from McGill University and graduated from Springfield College, then the YMCA Training School, in 1891. After graduation, he was hired as a faculty member, where he taught for five years. It is in his first year as a faculty member at Springfield College that he created the game of Basketball as an activity for an unruly class. In 1895, Naismith enrolled at the Gross Medical School in Denver and received his M.D. in 1898. In that same year, Naismith took the position of department head of physical education at the University of Kansas, where he remained until his death.
The whole print magazine was not digitized. Only the cover and the article on Naismith, pages 1-4, and 32, were digitized;
Is part of the Trowel, Winter, 1991 (Vol. 9, N0 4) magazine (cover, pages 1-4, and 32);
- Identifier:
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ms506-01-16-001
