Jesse L. Nusbaum
American archaeologist, anthropologist and photographer (1887–1975)
Jesse Logan Nusbaum (1887–1975), was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, photographer and National Park Service Superintendent who lived in the American Southwest, where he made significant achievements in the identification, documentation, restoration and preservation of the region's Native American and Spanish Colonial architectural and cultural heritage.
Personal life
Jesse L. Nusbaum was born in Greeley, Colorado, on September 3, 1887, to Edward Moore and Agnes Strickland (Moodie) Nusbaum. His parents and maternal grandparents were members of the original Greeley colony organized by Horace Greeley.
Nusbaum married Aileen Baehrens O'Bryan, who had one son, Deric, from a previous marriage, on September 21, 1920. Jesse and Aileen divorced in 1939. Nusbaum subsequently married Rosemary Lewis Rife, a nurse, on December 11, 1947.
He died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on December 21, 1975, at the age of 88. A few years later, his wife, Rosemary, published two books on parts of Jesse's work (see Bibliography); she died on January 17, 1990 (aged 82). Both are buried at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
Nusbaum was educated at local public schools in Greeley, then went on to receive his Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy from the Colorado Teachers College in 1907.
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