International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1891 - 1912
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
William H. Ball Alumni Class Representative Papers
Collection — Box 01
Identifier: MS-527
Abstract
William Henry Ball had a long and distinguished career in the YMCA. A graduate of the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, in 1891, he worked at a number of different YMCAs including Yonkers, New York, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the Springfield, Mass. YMCA and the Detroit YMCA. From 1911 until 1924, Ball served as Secretary to the YMCA International Committee in New York City. At the end of his career, Mr. Ball returned to his alma mater, Springfield College to teach...
Dates:
ca. 1930-1942
Luther Halsey Gulick Papers
Collection — Boxes All Boxes
Identifier: MS-503
Abstract
This collection documents the work of Luther Halsey Gulick (1865-1918) who was a pioneer and national leader in health and physical education in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. From 1887 to 1900 Gulick helped establish and supervise the Physical Department at the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College). Gulick moved to New York City in 1900, where he worked at the Pratt Institute High School and Russell Sage Foundation. Gulick and his wife Charlotte...
Dates:
ca. 1853-2010; Majority of material found within 1891-1917
James Naismith Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-506
Abstract
The materials in this collection relate primarily to the life of Dr. James Naismith. Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario, Canada in 1861. He graduated from McGill University with an A.B. in 1887 and Presbyterian College in Montreal with a religion degree in 1890. From 1890-91, Naismith was both a student and an instructor at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College), and he continued as an instructor at the International YMCA Training School until 1895. During Naismith’s second...
Dates:
1888-2016; Majority of material found within 1888-1961
School for Christian Workers Building Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-111
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents the first school building for Springfield College, at the time the School for Christian Workers, located on the corner of Sherman and State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Included in the collection are photographs and negatives of the outside of the building dating from around 1885 to 1946. Interior shots of the building, including one of the few photographs of the gymnasium where James Naismith created basketball as well as pictures of the early library and...
Dates:
1885-1995
Amos Alonzo Stagg Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-507
Abstract
Amos Alonzo Stagg, known as the “Grand Old Man of Football,” was born on August 16, 1862 in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1890, Stagg became a faculty member at the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College, where he stayed until 1892. During his time in Springfield, Stagg formed and managed the school’s first football team, was a captain of the baseball team, and even played in the school’s earliest basketball game. The materials within this collection relate primarily to...
Dates:
1891-2009; Majority of material found within 1891-1962