Caperton, Gaston

Overview

Routine correspondence from the thirty-first governor of West Virginia, Gaston Caperton, about suggestions for government reorganization and changes in finance.

Overview Buttons, pins, and stickers for West Virginia and national political campaigns, including Gubernatorial and Senatorial races. Politicians represented include William Barron, Robert Byrd, Darrell McGraw, Mollohan, Arch Moore, Okey Patteson, Charlotte Pritt, Jennings Randolph, Jay Rockefeller, Jim Spouse, and Cecil Underwood.The addendum of 2024 August 12 includes a Head Start flag that hung in the Office of Economic Opportunity (created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s...

Overview Items commemorating the service of West Virginia National Guard units in Desert Storm and Desert Shield, including a coin, a key chain, and a card. The coin is bronze in color. It shows the image of a shield on one face with writing around the edge that reads "I am the guard; I helped liberate Kuwait". The other face shows the image of soldiers, a tank, and a helicopter with writing around the edge that reads "Citizen soldier in peace and war; West Virginia Army National Guard"; this face...