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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

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

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. Photograph from the Dec. 1936 Jayhawker yearbook

A page from the James Naismith scrapbook compiled by University Library staff and located in the University Archives. Note the article on the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The 1936 Olympics was the first time that basketball was played as an official…

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.