Partner Elizabeth Lindquist-Cock
Queer Places:
Smith College (Seven Sisters), 9 Elm St, Northampton, MA 01063
Columbia University (Ivy League), 116th St and Broadway, New York, NY 10027
Dr.
Estelle Jussim (1928 - March 1, 2004) was a Simmons College professor and
distinguished historian of photography. Her Slave to Beauty: The Eccentric
Life and Controversial Career of F. Holland Day, Photographer, Publisher,
Æesthete (1981) won the New-York Historical Society’s prize for a work in the
history of photography. She was author of over a dozen other books of
photographs and essays. The daughter of photographers, she received a
doctorate in library science and began her teaching career in 1967.
Estelle Jussim was the daughter of photographer Boris Ossipovich and Manya
Aaronovna, Dr. Jussim was born and raised in Manhattan. She graduated from
Queens College before receiving her doctorate of library sciences from
Columbia University in the late 1960s. A dedicated professor, Dr. Jussim began
her career in 1967 at Hampshire College, where she taught history of
communications. In 1972, Dr. Jussim began at Simmons College, where she taught
courses on the history of photography, rare books, and graphic arts, until her
retirement in 1992. She was named a professor emeritus of the Simmons College
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Dr. Jussim, who was known
for her unconventional writings on the social impact of photography, wrote
numerous books about photography and famous photographers, such as Barbara
Crane, Gerry Liebling, F. Holland
Day, and Carl Charenza. Dr. Jussim also received an award for
distinguished achievement in the history of photography from the New York
Photographic Historical Society in 1974. "Photography is a means of
communication," Dr. Jussim wrote in a 1989 Washington Post article. "What is
conveyed in a photograph is so complex, so involved in cultural assumptions,
so much a reflection of societal ideologies, that it should seem obvious that
aesthetics is only part of the experience." A skilled public speaker, Dr.
Jussim lectured all over the country at such venues as The Museum of Ottowa,
the College of Santa Fe, Smith College, and Amon Carter Museum in Texas. Her
impressive collection of pre-Columbian sculpture and her collection of
original photographs of notable photographers were recently donated to the
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum.
Dr. Jussim and her longtime partner, Elizabeth Lindquist-Cock, had a
passion for traveling, touring such countries as Italy, England, Spain, and
Russia. In her spare time, Dr. Jussim was a voracious reader and was a
dedicated supporter of animal rights.
Estelle Jussim died on March 1, 2004, at Holyoke Hospital after a long
illness. She was 76.
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