Basketball -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Allied Health Sciences Center Records
Record Group — Box 01
Identifier: RG-114
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents Allied Health Sciences Center, opened in 1989 after the building was renovated from the Basketball Hall of Fame building. The collection contains photographs of models of the proposed renovations, construction, including two series of slides from March 1988 and June 1988, and the interior and exterior of the building. In addition, there are copies of the floor plans, articles about the building, including an article written in the Report of the President from 1987,...
Dates:
ca. 1985-2010
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
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Building Records
Record Group — Box 01-05
Identifier: RG-147
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection documents the Basketball Hall of Fame Building from its conception in the 1940’s to its dedication in 1968 and its life as the Basketball Hall of Fame until it was closed in 1985 and eventually changed into the Allied Health Sciences Center (bulk: 1960s-1985). There are some materials from the second and third Basketball Hall of Fame. Materials include correspondence, news releases, newspaper articles, magazine articles, reports, architect drawings, pamphlets, brochures,...
Dates:
ca. 1956-1990
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
Lawrence F. O’Brien National Basketball Association Papers
Collection — Boxes All boxes
Identifier: MS-504
Abstract
Lawrence F. O’Brien (LOB) had a long and illustrious career in national politics before being named Commissioner of the National Basketball Association in 1975. Born in Springfield, Mass. in 1917, he received a law degree from Northeastern University in 1942 and served in the Army during World War II. He ran the campaigns of Democratic Party nominees for U.S. president in 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 and was twice Chairman of the Democratic Party. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, LOB was...
Dates:
1970-1990; Majority of material found within 1975-1984
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
Scrapbook: A Collection of Postal Cachets Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Creation of Basketball (August 28, 1991), ca. 1982-2020, 2023 (Scrapbook last added to)
Folder — Box 01a: Series 01; Series 02, Folder: 15
Identifier: 01
Scrapbook Scope and Contents
This scrapbook is a three-ring binder with materials held in plastic sleeves. The materials were gathered, purchused and arranged by Eliott Baker. The materials held are materials about Dr. James Naismith and the creation of the game of basketball, with most of the materials being postal cachets commemorating the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Game of Basketball, issued on August 28, 1991. The list below was created by Eliott Baker and is held in the front flap of the binder - list...
Dates:
ca. 1982-2020; 2023 (Scrapbook last added to)
Scrapbook: A Collection of Postal Cachets Commemorating the 100th Birthday of Dr. James Naismith (November 6, 1961), ca. 1891 - 2010, 2023 (Scrapbook last addition)
Folder — Box 01a: Series 01; Series 02, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01
Scrapbook Scope and Contents
This scrapbook is a three ring binder with materials held in plastic sleeves. The materials were gathered, purchused and arranged by Eliott Baker. The materials held are materials about Dr. James Naismith, with most of the materials being postal cachets commemorating the 100th Birthday of Dr. James Naismith released on November 6, 1961. The list below was created by Eliott Baker and is held in the front flap of the binder - it may not contain all items contained in the scrapbook: ...
Dates:
ca. 1891 - 2010; 2023 (Scrapbook last addition)
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