DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO

LONDON, CANADA

February 12, 1940

DP, fF, GC. Allen
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

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Dear Allen:

Under separate cover I am mailing
you to-day a copy of a Canadian magazine
entitled "The National”. JI found in it an
article on basketball which I thought might
interest you as it was some information about
Dr. Naismith that I have not seen in any other
article.

My purpose, however, in writing you
is to ask if you think it would be possible
for you to seeure a fairly large photo of Dr.
Naismith. We propose to build a Field House
here some time soon and I am now gathering
historical photographs so that we will have
something to put on the walls when we finally
go into our new building.

Has any photographer in your city
the negative and could I secure from them a
photo which would be satisfactory to frame?
If so, I would appreciate you sending me their
address so that I may order the photograph at
once.

Mr. T. D. Patton, who I understand
is the only living member of the team in Spring-
field of 1891, is a personal friend of mine and
I often see him in Toronto. Through him I secured
a copy of the photograph of this first team as
well as a copy of the rules that were printed at
that time. Both of these we now have,with a
good deal of other basketball data, being pre-
served in our own library here where they can be