Box 3
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Military Clothing, 1940-1960
other level — Box: 3
Identifier: Box 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934, along...
Dates:
1940-1960
Item 1
Item — Box: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents
Officer's dress visor cap, U.S. Army, 1950-1960 [green fabric, oak leaf clusters on visor, size 7 1/8, manufactured by Flight Ace, card inside David L. Hippensteel]
Dates:
1940-1960
Item 2
Item — Box: 3, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents
Officer's visor cap, U.S. Army, 1940-1950 [olive brown World War II era, brown leather visor, brown leather chinstrap and back strap, manufacturer, Wimbledon Regulation, U.S. Army Officers Comfort Cap]
Dates:
1940-1960
Item 3
Item — Box: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents
Officer's dress uniform jacket, 1940-1950 [green wool, field artillery collar insignia, cloth 95th Division shoulder insignia on left shoulder, green wool belt attached]
Dates:
1940-1960
Item 4
Item — Box: 3, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents
Officer's wool shirt, 1940-1950 [green wool with shoulder loops, cloth 95th Division insignia on left shoulder, on front interior lining are the numbers 201k7637-7]
Dates:
1940-1960