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Lost Forever, Everett Ruess motion picture, 2000

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Orr, Diane
Title
Lost Forever, Everett Ruess motion picture
Dates
2000
Quantity
1 vhs
Collection Number
A0707
Summary
The film Lost Forever, Everett Ruess is a docu-drama by Utah filmmaker and photographer Diane Orr that loosley interprets the story of Ruess, a Los Angeles artist who hitchhiked to Arizona in 1931 where he wandered into the desert alone and ultimately disappeared. His fate remains unknown.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Audio-visual materials can be fragile and require specialized equipment to play back. For this reason, access to audio-visual materials is provided through digital copies, and it might take longer to provide access to items that are not yet digitized. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Languages
English
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Biographical Note

Diane Orr is a documentary filmmaker and photographer whose films have explored subjects including Iadho's 1961 SL-1 nuclear reactor accident, the 1976 Teton Dam disaster and the 1973 standoff at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. Several of Orr's films document the culture and history of the American West and the issues facing Native Americans. Her photography highlights Western landscapes and rock art (pictographs and petroglyphs).

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Content Description

The Lost Forever, Everett Ruess motion picture is a docu-drama that loosley interprets the story of Ruess, a Los Angeles artist who hitchhiked to Arizona in 1931 where he wandered into the desert alone and ultimately disappeared. His fate remains unknown.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Additional copies of Lost Forever, Everett Ruess and raw footage of interviews and other material used in the making of the film are available in the Diane Orr audio-visual collection (A0428).

Processing Note

Processed by Elizabeth Shuput in 2004.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Description: Lost Forever, Everett Ruess

    VHS
    color, sound

    Everett Ruess was a young artist from Los Angeles who, in 1931, hitchhiked to Arizona where he wandered into the dessert alone and ultimately disappeared. This movie presents an artistic interpretation of the life of Everett Ruess through his journal entries, newspaper clippings, letters to and from loved ones, and live interviews with the people he met along his journey.

    Dates: 2000
    Container: Cassette 1

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Subject Terms

  • Mysteries and conspiracies

Personal Names

  • Ruess, Everett, 1914-1934

Geographical Names

  • West (U.S.)--History--20th century

Form or Genre Terms

  • Moving images
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