Dempsey, Jack, 1895-1983
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1895-06-24 - 1983-05-31
Occupations
Places
- Manassa, Colo. (Place of Birth)
- New York, N.Y. (Place of Death)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Boxers Scrapbook Collection
Collection
Identifier: BOX_760
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 41 scrapbooks about professional boxers. The scrapbooks were compiled by an unknown person and contain almost exclusively articles and photographs clipped from various newspapers and periodicals dating from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, although some of the material is retrospective. Sources for the clippings include daily newspapers and boxing periodicals. There are few citations included. Most scrapbooks are devoted to the exploits and career of individual...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1930s - c. 1950s
Nat Fleischer Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 2003
Scope and Contents
The Fleischer collection includes professional and some personal papers of boxing writer and publisher Nat Fleischer. Most prevalent are carbon-copy typescripts of Fleischer's articles, serialized features, and books. There are manuscripts or manuscript drafts, whole or partial, relating to many of his published books, including biographies of boxers John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Terry McGovern, Jack McAuliffe, Gene Tunney, and Jack Dempsey (among others). There are also manuscripts...
Dates:
circa 1910-1967
Tip-Top Boxing: The Manly Art of Self Defense Board Game
Collection — MSSP10090 Box : [Barcode: 00000039198825]
Identifier: MSSP 10090
Scope and Contents
One board game for two players designed to simulate a boxing match. The metal board depicts a three-dimensional 8-inch by 8-inch boxing ring with ropes also made of metal. The game includes one metal and wood red spinning top and one metal and wood blue spinning top. Players spin the tops simultaneously, and the last top to fall wins the round. Players use wooden sticks inserted into peg holes to record the winner of each round. The game includes 12 red sticks and 8 blue...
Dates:
1922