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C. Larry Roberts independent film collection

 Collection
Identifier: A1184

Scope and Contents

The C. Larry Roberts independent films collection consists of 111 16mm film reels, 8 U-Matic tapes, 2 VHS tapes, 1 audiocassette tape, and 1 reel-to-reel audiotape. Includes elements and print versions of his films and KUTV's Extra segments he worked on. His films are mostly experimental, and they include titles such as "Strong Willed Women Subdue and Subjugate Reptiles", "Muskrats", and "I Was a Teenage Travelogue". This collection is not digitized. Contact Special Collections if interested.

Dates

  • 1961-1989

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 C. Larry Roberts films' copyrights are held by Diane Orr.

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

C. Larry Roberts was a Utah independent filmmaker. During the late 1970s, Mr. Roberts was a producer with "EXTRA," the news magazine which ran on Salt Lake television station KUTV.

Mr. Roberts taught in the film department of the University of California, Santa Cruz; California Institute of the Arts; and San Francisco State University. He was an artist-in-residence at the Utah Media Arts Center.

At the time of his death he was preparing to make a feature movie about Everett Ruess, a young artist who disappeared near Escalante, Utah, in 1934. Mr. Roberts, along with colleague Diane Orr, received a Guggenheim Fellowship to produce the film. He was also working on a personal film, "The Divine Abyss." Mr. Roberts' "SL-1," also a collaboration with Orr, won the Josef von Sternberg Prize at the International Film Week festival in Mannheim, Germany. The documentary recounts an accident in 1961 at the military nuclear reactor in Idaho. It was aired on New York's public-television station, WNET.

C. Larry Roberts passed away in 1988.

Biographical information taken from Roberts' obituary.

Extent

111 16mm film

8 U-matic

2 VHS

1 Audiocassette

1 reel-to-reel audiotapes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

C. Larry Roberts was a Utah independent filmmaker. His collection consists of elements and print versions of his films and KUTV's Extra segments he worked on. This collection is not yet digitized.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged roughly by subject and separated by films.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from A0832 Trent Harris and A0428 Diane Orr collections in 2015.

Related Materials

Processing Information

Title
C. Larry Roberts independent film collection
Author
Finding aid written by Special Collections staff.
Date
2023
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

Contact:
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Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863