George Tayloe Ross papers, 1929-1970.

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George Tayloe Ross papers, 1929-1970.

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Contains personal and professional correspondence of George Tayloe Ross, while an attorney in New York, and by his mother, Nellie Tayloe Ross, while in Washington, D.C. as Director of the Mint. Also includes newspaper clippings, telegrams, and photographs of Nellie Tayole Ross and family, as well as a bronze replica of Nellie.

1.0 cubic ft. (1 box)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7449085

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Ross, Nellie Tayloe, 1876-1977

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Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American politician, the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927 and director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first woman to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri she lived in Miltonvale, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska before moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming with her husband, lawyer William Bradford Ross, w...

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Ross, George Tayloe.

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George Tayloe Ross and his twin brother were born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on May 20, 1903. Their father, William Bradford Ross, became governor of Wyoming in 1922. Ross was succeeded as governor by his wife (George's mother) Nellie Tayloe Ross in 1925. Nellie T. Ross was appointed Director of the U.S. Mint in 1933. George attended the University of Wyoming Law School from 1924-1926. Upon graduation he went to England to study law at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He began practicing law in...

United States Mint

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Indian head pennies or cents were minted from 1859 to 1909. They were designed by James Barton Longacre. Buffalo nickels were minted from 1913 through 1938, they were designed by James Earle Fraser. The nickels were different from previous coins that pictured an Indian in that the Indian portrayed was more than a European looking individual adorned with a headdress and instead had more accurate facial characteristics. From the description of Indian head penny and buffalo nickel, 1905...