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William Morgan Letter to George Draper
No full textA letter written by William Morgan, the inventor of volleyball, in response to a letter sent to him from Springfield College, then the International YMCA College, Alumni Association president, George Draper, requesting any anecdotes he may recall regarding the history of volleyball. In his letter, Morgan responds with his account of how volleyball, which had originally been called Mintonette, received its name. During an exhibition game at the YMCA Training School (now Springfield College), faculty member Dr. Halstead suggested the name Volley Ball because of how the ball volleyed back and fourth over the net. The catalogue in the collection, so it is not known what this document is, that he mentions sending was not with this letter, though it is believed that the rules contained in this folder were the rules that he sent.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723
William Morgan
No full textA photograph print of William G. Morgan, the inventor of Volleyball, thought to have been taken in the late thirties or early forties.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723.Note: This image appears to be the same image as ms511-01-01-002 & ms511-01-01-003. It is just another print
William G. Morgan
No full textA Cabinet Card photograph of William G. Morgan, the inventor of Volleyball.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723
William G. Morgan
No full textA photograph of William G. Morgan, the inventor of Volleyball, thought to have been taken in the late thirties or early forties.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723.Note: This image appears to be the same image as ms511-01-01-002 & ms511-01-01-005. It is just another print
William G. Morgan
No full textA photograph of William G. Morgan, the inventory of Volleyball, thought to have been taken in the late 1930's or early forties.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723.Note: This image appears to be the same image as ms511-01-01-003 & ms511-01-01-005. It is just another print
William G. Morgan, c. 1895-1896
No full textA cabinet card of William G. Morgan, the inventor of Volleyball, taken while he was working as a physical director at the Auburn, Maine YMCA. The card is signed by Morgan and dated 1896. It was given to the college by Morgan in 1932.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723
William G. Morgan's application to the International YMCA Training School, 1892
No full textWilliam G. Morgan's original application to the International YMCA Training School, now Springfield College. The application asks questions related to Morgan's personal background, his interest in working as a physical director and his background with the YMCA.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723
Finding Aid MS511 William G. Morgan Papers
No full textThis is the finding aid for MS 511 William G. Morgan Papers in the Springfield College Archives and Special Collections. The materials within this collection relate primarily to William G. Morgan, his connections to Springfield College and Western Massachusetts, and his creation of the game of volleyball.
The collection contains Morgan’s original application to the Physical Department at the International YMCA Training School dated December 12, 1892. Additionally, there is some correspondence from Morgan’s daughter, Lillian Morgan Hewitt, which relates to Morgan’s induction into the Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978. The collection also includes an undated “biographical sketch” or timeline of Morgan’s
life and a memo dated March 2, 1938 from George O. Draper which documents discussions he had just had with Morgan on the previous day about the creation of volleyball and his early life, etc. Beyond this, the collection contains several articles about early volleyball (1896) and about Morgan’s visit to Springfield College in 1938.
Also of note are several images of Morgan, including a cabinet card dating to the 1890s, portraits of the Training School football teams, and a lantern slide—which shows portraits of both James Naismith (Class of 1891) and Morgan (Class of 1894). There are also two copies of another, later image of Morgan. In addition to these images, the collection contains a video entitled “The William G. Morgan Story” which describes Morgan’s early life (e.g. his childhood in Lockport, New York, his time at the Mount Hermon School, the International YMCA Training School, and the Holyoke YMCA, etc.) and which documents the creation of volleyball.
The collection also includes a framed certificate of appreciation dated May 8, 1951 and signed by George J Fisher, President of the USVBA, and Harold T. Friermood, Secretary of the USVBA. Part of the inscription reads “To William G. Morgan, founder of Volley Ball while physical director at Holyoke YMCA and to the College which inspired him the United States Volley Ball Association extends high tribute in appreciation of his notable and generous contribution.”For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723
George Draper Letter to William Morgan, 1932
No full textA copy of a letter from George Draper, head of Springfield College's, then the International YMCA College, Alumni Association, to William Morgan, Springfield College alum and inventor of volleyball, thanking him for donating pictures and copies of the first set of the rules of volleyball to Springfield College's Historical Library and asking for him to provide a description of how he came to develop the game.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723
William Morgan class history, 1894
No full textA handwritten auto-biographical document written by William G. Morgan, the inventor of Volleyball, for the Class of 1894 class histories. Early classes at Springfield College often had the graduating seniors write about themselves, their experiences and their dreams. Some of these documents were put into a yearbook like document, others, like the class of 1894, were never arranged further, and remained in their hand written form. This document chronicles Morgan's life up until October of 1894, when he married Mary Caldwell. Morgan was a student at the school from 1892-1894.For more information on William G. Morgan see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/723.This document is handwritten in pencil on lined paper. Pages 7 and 8 of the scanned document are the front and back of a half sheet of paper and are blank. Page 6 is also blank
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