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Letter from Dr. Naismith to Chancellor Frank Strong
Letter from Dr. Naismith to Chancellor Frank Strong, Dec. 19, 1914. Naismith then serving as President of the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges.
Dr. Naismith with the KU Women’s Athletic Association basketball team
Dr. Naismith with the KU Women’s Athletic Association basketball team, ca. 1922
Dr. Naismith with his grandsons
Dr. Naismith with his grandsons
Early Basketball Basket
Photo is from the KU University Archives, Naismith Biographical file, and is undated.
Dr. James Naismith
Dr. Naismith in one of many publicity photos taken by University photographer and good friend, Duke D’Ambra, 1932?
James Naismith and Phog Allen
The father of basketball with the father of basketball coaching, Phog Allen. Photo taken in 1932 by Duke D’Ambra
Dr. Naismith as captain and Chaplain of the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry
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.
Dr. Naismith instructing the women’s fencing team.
Dr. Naismith instructing the women’s fencing team. Photograph from the Dec. 1936 Jayhawker yearbook
"How to teach a man to swim in fifteen minutes."
Dr. Naismith wrote speeches, essays and articles on a variety of topics including the interrelation of high school and college athletics, swimming, and the development of character through athletics. Here is an example of one of his publications.
Faculty Appointment Card
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…