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Box 4

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Student Organizations, 1949 - 1954

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 392, Series 2
Scope and Contents Series contains artifacts, images, newspaper clippings, booklets, reports, and invitations related to Gershman's involvement in student organizations at Purdue University.
Dates: 1949 - 1954
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 392, Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers

Gold pepper hat, 1949 - 1953

 Item — Box: 4
Identifier: MSA 392, Series 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents This box includes Jacqueline Wise Gershman's Gold Pepper hat. Gershman included a note stating that the hat was worn on the black side as a pledge and that members of the organization carried a pepper coated in wax, painted gold, attached to a double string. Gershman also noted that pledges carried a cigar box filled with candy to hand out if they were stopped by fellow Gold Peppers or Reamers.
Dates: 1949 - 1953
Found in: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections / MSA 392, Jacqueline Wise Gershman papers / Student Organizations