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McGill University football team, including James Naismith (middle row, far right). Inscribed on verso: #25 McGill Football Team, which played against Varsity in Toronto, November 7th, 1885

Dr. Naismith’s faculty appointment cards from 1898 through 1939. Note the leave of absence from 1917 through 1919 for service in France during World War I. He was asked by the YMCA to study moral conditions among the troops and to develop a program…

Page of news clippings and flyer on James Naismith and the invention of basketball Page 57, titled “James Naismith, 1890”

Entry for March 22, 1889; continuation of James Naismith’s appointment as Instructor in Gymnastics for the session 1889-1890

Minutes of the Board of Governors, McGill University
Entry September 15, 1888; James Naismith appointed as Instructor in Gymnastics
Volume covering 1881-1891, p.350
Pen and ink on paper

Minutes of the Board of Governors, McGill University
Entry for September 26, 1890; letter of resignation of James Naismith indicating his intention to study in Springfield, Massachusetts, addressed to Principal and Vice-Chancellor William Dawson…

Minutes of the McGill University Athletic Association
Cover page; October 8, 1884 concerning the formation of McGill University Athletic Association
Volume covering 1884-1896, p. 3
Pen and ink on paper
Records of the Department of Athletics and…

Minutes of the McGill University Athletic Association
Entry for February 6, 1886 concerning elected representatives to Executive Committee, including James Naismith
Volume covering 1884-1896, p. 65, detail
Pen and ink on paper
Records of the…

Dr. Naismith with the KU Women’s Athletic Association basketball team, ca. 1922

Dr. Naismith with his grandsons