The first game (1921)
Item Information
- Title:
- The first game (1921)
- Description:
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Four page document that gives a brief history of basketball and announces the bid to raise an expansion and endowment fund of $2,000,000 USD ($27,327,510.15 in 2016) for the International YMCA College, now known as Springfield College. The document was created by the International YMCA College Expansion and Endowment Fund Campaign committee in 1921. There are photos of Springfield College Basketball Teams within. Describes the first game as even the janitor played, where he retrieved the ball from the peach basket.
- Creator:
- International Y. M. C. A. College Expansion and Endowment Fund Campaign
- Date:
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1921
- 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--Faculty
Springfield College
International Young Men's Christian Association College
Springfield College--Basketball--Men
Springfield College--Basketball
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Fund raising
Basketball
Pamphlets
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Link to Item:
- http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/19541
- 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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International Y. M. C. A. College Expansion and Endowment Fund Campaign
- 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.
- Identifier:
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ms506-01-22-011