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A black-and-white photograph of a musical group. A woman stands behind a microphone singing. Behind her, a man sits at a piano, a second man is playing a stand-up bass, and a third man is playing a drum kit. The front of the bass drum reads: "Jo Jo…

A color photograph of groom Chris Holloway and bride Alma Grant with members of their wedding party. Two women and three men stand in a row together; behind them the top of a Christmas tree is visible.

A color photograph of a bride and groom standing outside between a birdbath and a statue of a lion. The shadow of the photographer is visible in the lower left corner of the image.

A black-and-white photograph of groom John Bailey feeding a piece of wedding cake to his bride, Vera Hill. The couple stands behind a table that holds the wedding cake, a punch bowl and glasses, and two pairs of candlesticks.

A black-and-white photograph of a small boy wearing a birthday hat and holding a knife to cut a birthday cake topped with cowboys on bucking horses. The cake reads: "Happy Birthday Terry." At the bottom of the image is a typed caption that reads:…

A hand-tinted portrait of Leon K. and Rosie Hughes.

Woman in snowstorm

Naismith played center on both the 1890 and 1891 Springfield College football teams, also known as the Stubby Christians. Amos Alonzo Stagg, the “Grand Old Man of Football,” started the football program and was the coach and star of the team.

The 1925 Jayhawker yearbook was dedicated to Dr. Naismith. The dedication reads “To Dr. James A. Naismith, twenty-six years at the University as director of Physical Education, Father of Basketball, exponent of clean sportsmanship, believer in the…

After graduating from the Springfield College in 1891, Naismith becomes a faculty member at college where he remained through the spring of 1895. Not listed here is the required physical training class that the students had to take, for whom, in late…