Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company Advertisment, 1929
Item Information
- Title:
- Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company Advertisment, 1929
- Description:
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An advertisement for the Springfield Marine and Insurance Company that uses the famous "First Basketball Team" photograph. The photograph is of the early Secretarial Basketball Team in 1892 that included half of the men who first played the game of Basketball when Dr. James Naismith introduced the game in his class in 1891. The first paragraph explains how the game of basketball was originated by Dr. James Naismith. The second paragraph relates basketball to the insurance company stating the "like basketball, it was created in Springfield and is known around the world."
- Creator:
- The Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company
- Date:
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December 5, 1929
- Format:
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Documents
- Location:
- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
- Collection (local):
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College Archives Digital Collections
- Series:
- James Naismith Papers
- Subjects:
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Basketball--History
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College
Springfield College--Basketball
Springfield College--Basketball--Men
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Basketball
Basketball players
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
- Link to Item:
- http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/467
- Terms of Use:
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Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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- Publisher:
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The Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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James A. Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939), known as "The Father of Basketball," was born in Almonte, Ontario. When he was nine, both of his parents died of typhoid fever and he was raised by his uncle, who later financed Naismith's way through college. He earned his theological degree from McGill University and graduated from Springfield College, then the YMCA Training School, in 1891. After graduation, he was hired as a faculty member, where he taught for five years. It is in his first year as a faculty member at Springfield College that he created the game of Basketball as an activity for an unruly class. In 1895, Naismith enrolled at the Gross Medical School in Denver and received his M.D. in 1898. In that same year, Naismith took the position of department head of physical education at the University of Kansas, where he remained until his death.
Is part of a scrapbook of Naismith materials, collector unknown, that has been taken out of its binding and the pages separated by archival paper. It is the 6th item in the scrapbook.
- Identifier:
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ms506-01-22-006