Collection of items: ***** Photograph signed by Jack Dempsey. 8" x 6". "To My Friend / Truman R. Young / Best Wishes / Jack Dempsey / 2/6/31." ***** Photograph of Dempsey with Sen. Reed Smoot. ***** Typed letter signed by Dempsey to Truman R. Young, signed by Dempsey. February 5th, 1931. On laid paper, 10.5" x 7.25", two horizontal creases. ***** Carbon copy of typed letter from Young to Dempsey in which Young requests that Dempsey sign the photo. (4) ******************************************************** Truman Young (a descendent of Mormon leader Brigham Young) was a clerk in the office of Utah Senator Reed Smoot during this period. The photos were taken upon Dempsey's visit to Sen. Smoot's office in Washington D.C. in early 1931. Jack Dempsey was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919 to 1926.