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Dr. Naismith instructing the women’s fencing team. Photograph from the Dec. 1936 Jayhawker yearbook

Dr. Naismith as captain and Chaplain of the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry, 1916. He was sent to serve in the Mexican Border War for 4 months and worked to protect soldiers from involvement with prostitutes and other vices.

Photo is from the KU University Archives, Naismith Biographical file, and is undated.

Dr. Naismith with his grandsons

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

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…

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 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

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