The Father of Basketball Was My Father-in-Law, by Grace Naismith
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This is a piece written by Grace Naismith, whose father-in-law was the great, Dr. James Naismith. Speaking with a great degree of admiration, she gives a unique personal account of what it meant to have Dr. Naismith as a father-in-law. To learn more about Dr. James Naismith, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/645. Last page is not original, it is a photocopy. Blank pages in typescript manuscript were not scanned.
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