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BASKETBALL GOLDEN JUBILEE Wenn

NAISMITH MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
Springfield, Mass.
June 12, 1941

 

MAYOR ROGER L. PUTNAM

Chairman

Mr. Forrest C. Allen
Basketball Coach
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Dear Coach Allen:

As you already know, the coming season is the Golden

Jubilee of Basketball, and extensive plans are already
under way here in the City of Springfield -- the birth-
place of the game -- to commemorate in fitting fashion
the memory of Dr. James Naismith, founder of the sport.

I am heading a national campaign to raise funds for the
erection of a Naismith Memorial Building, which will
include a museum and Hall of Fame.

Two committees are being formed to help with the cam-
paign -- a National Advisory Committee made up of the
most prominent figures in the college, amateur and
professional sports world -- and a Coaches' Committee,
consisting of outstanding basketball coaches in the
country.

I would like very much to have you serve on the honorary
committee of basketball coaches, and trust you will agree
to lend the weight of your name to this very worthy
enterprise.

An early response will be appreciated.

Very truly yours,

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