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Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection

 Collection
Identifier: A0825

Scope and Contents

The Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection consists of 16mm films, reel-to-reel audiotapes, and Mini-DV tapes of her film projects, including workprints and film elements. Weeks' films include both experimental and documentary style, and some of them deal with life in Sanpete County, Ephraim, and Spring City, Utah.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970-1978

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Sue Jensen Weeks was born in Provo, Utah. After attending public schools in Lewiston, New York and Palo Alto, California, she attended the University of Utah, University of Oslo, and Rhode Island School of Design. Weeks graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in film making. She started out in film and screen writing, writing for many documentaries including some about Sanpete County, which showed at film festivals in Krakow, Poland and England and later at Snow College. Weeks is now a poet, author, and painter.

Biography taken from her personal website and the Sanpete Messenger.

Extent

66 16mm film

15 reel-to-reel audiotapes

3 Mini DV

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection consists of workprints, elements, and final cuts of films she directed between 1970 and 1979.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by film projects.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Sue Jensen Weeks in 2004.

Related Materials

Forms part of the Utah Independent Film Archives.

Separated Materials

See also the ACCN 2179 Sue Jensen Weeks papers in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections

Processing Information

Title
Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection
Author
Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
Date
2025
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
The finding aid was written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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