This collection includes documents, correspondence, published materials, photographs, newspaper clippings, lecture notes, and artifacts related to Purdue student organizations collected and created by Jacqueline Wise Gershman that document her activities and education at Purdue University.

Series contains artifacts, images, newspaper clippings, booklets, reports, and invitations related to Gershman's involvement in student organizations at Purdue University.

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.