Commemorative print of Dr. Naismith’s Petition of Membership in the Lawrence Kansas Mason Lodge, ca. 2016
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A commemorative print of Dr. Naismith’s Petition of Membership in the Lawrence Kansas Mason Lodge. It is believed to have been created in 2016 for the dedication of the DeBruce Center on the campus of the University of Kansas. The document has a picture of James Naismith holding a basketball with two peach baskets by his feet and a copy of the petition on it. It is numbered. Number 106 of 500. It is signed Nov. 21, 1921. It also says that he first joined the masons in 1894 while living in Springfield, Massachusetts. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645. Document was donated by Curtis Marsh, director of the DeBruce Center at University of Kansas;
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