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Dr. Luther Gulick, the founder and first director of the physical department at Springfield College, is in the center holding calipers. Gulick’s philosophy of training the whole man, in body, mind and spirit, was one of the reasons that Naismith…

The School for Christian Workers building or the original Springfield College School building, located at the corner of State and Sherman streets in Springfield, Massachusetts, where Naismith invented the game of Basketball. Today a McDonald’s…

10. The gymnasium where basketball was first played at the School for Christian Workers building

Dr. Naismith kept careful records concerning the physical development of students at KU. This sheet shows detailed measurements of arms, legs, shoulders, etc.

James Naismith provided ocular tests to all students with the ocular set pictured. The set is now on loan from the University Archives to the Booth Family Hall of Athletics in Allen Field House.

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…

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…

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…