Burns, Julian, Roland Wooten, and Jack Dempsey Collection

Title

Burns, Julian, Roland Wooten, and Jack Dempsey Collection

Subject

Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina

Description

This collection was donated by the family of Julian Burns, Citadel Class of 1936. Items relate to Burns's classmate Roland Wooten, also Class of 1936 and former world boxing champion Jack Dempsey who participated in a War Bond tour with Wooten during World War II.

Creator

Wooten, Roland
Dempsey, Jack

Publisher

The Citadel Archives & Museum

Date

Ca. 1936-1957

Rights

Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409.

Language

English

Collection Items

Senior Photograph of Julian Burns from the 1936 Sphinx Yearbook
Senior photograph of Julian Burns from The Citadel's 1936 Sphinx yearbook.

Photograph of Roland Wooten, Citadel Class of 1936
Senior photograph of Roland Wooten, Citadel Class of 1936, autographed to his friend Julian Burns, also in the Class of 1936.

Contact Sheet Photographs of Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey
Contact sheet photographs of Roland Wooten, Citadel Class of 1936 and boxing champion Jack Dempsey.

Postcard from Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey to Julian Burns
Postcard from Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey to Julian Burns. The postcard illustration is of the Hotel Statler in St. Louis.

Postcard from Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey to Julian Burns
Postcard from Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey to Julian Burns. The postcard illustration is of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago.

Postcard from Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey to Julian Burns
Postcard from Roland Wooten and Jack Dempsey to Julian Burns. The postcard image is an illustration of boxers Jack Dempsey versus Jess Willard at a July 4, 1919 fight.
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