Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection
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
- Weeks, Sue Jensen, 1948- (Person)
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.
Separated Materials
See also the ACCN 2179 Sue Jensen Weeks papers in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections staff.
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- Title
- Sue Jensen Weeks independent film collection
- Author
- Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
- Date
- 2025
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- 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
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu