A celebration of basketball (1932, 1939, 1990)

Item Information

Title:
A celebration of basketball (1932, 1939, 1990)
Description:
This fourteen page document is a supplement to the Almonte Gazette, Carleton Place Canadian, Kanata Kourier-Standard; Araprior Chronicle-Guide. It contains comics photographs, advertisements, articles included are "Early adversity in Naismith's life", "Reminiscences of Naismith from his childhood," "The Basketball Man reveals Naismith's love of the game," "Couple restores boyhood home to original state," "Basketball: the story as told by the games inventor," "A Kansas peach lands in the basket," "Naismith grandson very proud of family heritage," "The coach brought top level basketball back north," "Geneva sports magazine refers to Dr. Naismith," "Dr. Naismith to attend Olympics," "Dr. Naismith called by death (Nov. 30 1939 reprint),"North American stamps have honored Dr. James Naismith and his game since 1961."
Creator:
Mace, Geoff
Creator:
Lowry, Donald
Creator:
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Creator:
Fritz, Theresa
Creator:
More, Robert
Creator:
Maguire, Jeff
Creator:
Kitts, Charlie
Creator:
Almonte Gazette
Creator:
McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938
Date:
1990
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
James Naismith Papers
Subjects:
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College
Basketball--History
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
McKenzie, R. Tait (Robert Tait), 1867-1938
Springfield (Mass.)
Almonte (Ont.)
Basketball
Celebrations
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
14 pages
Link to Item:
https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/19473
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Almonte Gazette
Language:
English
Notes:
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.
Identifier:
ms506-02-15-001