UUM_Accn3087.xml Inventory of the Judith D. Hallet papers Hallet (Judith D.) papers Finding aid created by Kristina Barksdale. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2019
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-03-08. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Judith D. Hallet papers Hallet, Judith Dwan, 1941- ACCN 3087 30.75 linear feet 71 boxes 1926-2017 The Judith D. Hallet papers (1926-2017) contain correspondence, scripts, interviews, awards, and articles. Judith D. Hallet is a Utah documentarian whose work includes ,American Buffalo: Battling Back, Battle for the Great Plains, and The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall. English .

Judith Dwan Hallet (1941-) was born in San Francisco, California. She received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and later attended UCLA as a graduate student in Motion Pictures. She married Stanley Hallet and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, where she earned her M.A. in French at the University of Utah. After college, she began her career as an independent filmmaker in Afghanistan and Tunisia. She was later hired as a Producer/Reporter for KUTV's news publication EXTRA. Thenn she joined National Geographic's EXPLORER as a Senior Producer in Washington, D.C. In 1991, she started her own production company, Judith Dwan Hallet Productions, where she produced and directed documentaries such as Battle for the Great Plains, Vietnam: The Next Generation, and John Kluge: The Will to Make a Difference. Judith D. Hallet still makes films today with her husband Stanley.

The Judith D. Hallet papers (1926-2017) contain correspondence, scripts, interviews, awards, and articles from Hallet's career as a documentarian filmmaker.

Documentaries and other projects arranged alphabetically.

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Donated by Judith D. Hallet in 2018.

Processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2019.

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See also the Judith Hallet independent film collection (A0831) and photographs in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Hallet, Judith Dwan, 1941---Archives University of Utah--Alumni and alumnae--Archives Judith Dwan Hallet Productions--Employees--Archives National Geographic Society (U.S.)--Employees--Archives KUTV (Television station : Salt Lake City, Utah). Documentary Division--Employees--Archives Women motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archives Women television producers and directors--United States--Archives Women independent filmmakers--United States--Archives Documentary films--Production and direction Documentary films--Awards Media and Communication Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Scripts (documents) Schedules (time plans) Budgets Diaries Interviews Contracts Manuscripts Awards Personal correspondence Travel writing Instructional and educational works Financial records Screenplays Field notes Business correspondence Research (Documents) Machine-readable artifacts Personal materials I Adventures of a Documentary Filmmaker draft 1 1 Adventures of a Documentary Filmmaker 1 2 Hallet's desk diary 1997 1 3 Women in Film and Video dinner 1990-1996 1 4 DVD cover graphics and post cards 1988-2002 1 5 Awards and certificates 1974-1997 2 1 Awards and kudos 1975-1986 2 2 Awards 1978-1981 1990-2013 2 3-4 Articles and awards 1987-2003 2 5 Newspaper articles on Judy 1974-2017 2 6-7 National Geographic and Korowai journal 1990-1993 3 1 National Geographic notes 1990 3 2 Explorer correspondence 1987-1988 3 3-4 Explorer notes and correspondence 1987-1988 3 5 National Geographic Explorer contract 1989-1990 3 6 Explorer articles, festivals 1987-1990 3 7 Explorer, production seminar 1989-1990 3 8 Hallet's Resumes 3 9 Hallet's New York City trip journal 2005 4 1 Hallet's Europe journals 2001-2002 4 2-3 Research and interviews for miscellaneous projects 2008 4 4 Hallet's Bar Harbor journal 1976 4 5 Hallet's lectures 1988-1997 4 6 Notes on various projects for EXTRA 1976-1977 5 1-2 American Buffalo: Battling Back II Journals and pre-production materials Pre-production notebook 1994-1997 6 1 Hallet's journal 1997 6 2 Hallet's shoot journals 1997 6 3 Hallet's scout journal 1997 6 4 Hallet's journal, edits 1998 6 5 Hallet's scout journal 1997 6 6 Hallet's shoot journals 1997 6 7 Bison pre-production notebook 1997 6 8-9 Production materials Shoot #2 schedule 1997 7 1 Shoot #3 schedule 1997 7 2 Transcripts 1997-1998 7 3-4 Script, rough cut 1998 7 5 Script, final 1998 7 6 Treatment 1997-1998 7 7 Comments 1997-1999 7 8 Comments, Franz Camenzind 1998 7 9 Post-production materials Contacts/post-production 1997-1998 8 1-2 Editing notes, facts, history 1998 8 3 Contract 1997 8 4 Budget 1996-1998 8 5 Credits 8 6 Deliverables 1998 8 7 Research materials Research - treatments 1991-1997 9 1-2 Stills - Library of Congress and Smithsonian research 1998 9 3-4 Miscellaneous archive still research 1998 9 5-6 Stock footage research 1995-1998 10 1 Stock contracts and still photos 1998 10 2 Research 1996-1998 10 3-4 An American Reunion III Hallet's inauguration journal 1993 11 1 Pre-production notebook 1993 11 2-3 Inauguration articles 11 4 Research 1990-1993 11 5 Transcripts 1993 11 6 A Place in the Land IV Hallet's Woodstock shoot journal 1996 12 1 Hallet's London shoot and Portland trip journal 1997 12 2 Hallet's Woodstock journal 1996-1998 12 3 Hallet's journal 1996-1997 12 4 Charles Guggenheim production 1996-1999 12 5 Woodstock budget 1996-1997 12 6 Contacts and scripts 1996-1997 12 7 Photo prints 12 8 Battle for the Great Plains V Journals and correspondence Hallet's scout journals and notes 1991 13 1 Hallet's shoot journal 1991 13 2 Hallet's Jane Fonda shoot journal 1991-1992 13 3 Hallet journals 1992 13 4-5 Correspondence 1991-1994 13 6-7 Production Master schedule and emergency information 1991 14 1 Treatments 1991 14 2 Reactions to treatment 1991 14 3 Transcript 14 4 Transcripts 14 5-6 Research notes for script 1991-1992 14 7 Scripts 1992 14 8 Jane Fonda shoot 1991-1992 14 9 Budget/contracts 1991-1992 14 10 Post-production Credits, contracts, and other post-production logistics 1991-1992 15 1 Cue sheet releases 1991-1992 15 2-3 Articles about film 1992 15 4 Screenings, festivals, articles about film 1998-2002 15 5 Research materials Research 1989-1993 16 1-2 Art 16 3 Attitudes 1973 1977 16 4 Bibliogaphies 1991 16 5 Dust bowl 1989 16 6 Folklore/film 16 7 Literature/quotes 1989 16 8 Plains indians 1980-1991 16 9 Railroads 1977 16 10 Birds 1991 16 11 Landscape 1976-1990 16 12 Ogallala aquifer 1989-1991 16 13 Prairie dogs 1979 16 14 UN desertification and drought study 1991 16 15 Wolves 1991 16 16 Agriculture today 1991 17 1 Buffalo commons 1987-1991 17 2 Great plains today overview 1989-1991 17 3 Indians today 1979 1991 17 4 Ranching today 1989-1991 17 5 Towns today 1990-1991 17 6 Allan Savory 1991 17 7 Dale and Diane Beck 1991 17 8 Dale Lasater 1972-1991 17 9 Gerard Baker 1992 17 10 Joe Etchart 1991 17 11 Lammers ranch 1990 17 12 Wes Jackson 17 13 William Least Heat-Moon 1991 17 14 Buckaroos VI Notes and correspondence 1980-1985 18 1 Correspondence 1984-1987 18 2 Dick Gibford 2013-2015 18 3 Transcripts 18 4 Scripts 1986 18 5 Building Big: Dams VII Journals Hallet's journal and treatment 1999 19 1 Hallet's research journal 1999 19 2 Hallet's Egypt scout journal 1999 19 3 Hallet's Brazil scout journal 1999 19 4 Hallet's Brazil and Hoover Dam scout journal 1999 19 5 Hallet's Egypt shoot journals 1999 19 6-7 Hallet's Brazil shoot journal 1999 19 8 Hallet's Hoover Dam shoot journals 1999 19 9 Hallet's journal, edits 1999 19 10 Production Egypt shoot 1999 20 1 Boston/Slater Mill shoot 1999 20 2 Brazil shoot 1999 20 3 Curitiba, Brazil shoot 1994 20 4 Brazil and Egypt scout/shoot 1998-1999 20 5-6 Interviews, scout, and telephone 1999 20 7-8 Production Logistics and Post-production Outline 1999 21 1 Treatment and outlines 1999 21 2 Script 2000 21 3 Budget 1999-2000 21 4-5 Hallet's contract 1999 21 6 Coming of Age VIII Journals Hallet's journal, editing 1998 22 1 Hallet's scout journal 1997 22 2 Hallet's shoot journal 1997 22 3 Production Miscellaneous correspondence 1997-2001 23 1 Treatments 1997 23 2 Contact list 1997 23 3 Crew 1997 23 4 Contacts and shot list 1997 23 5 Scout logistics 1997 23 6 Dallas/California shoot III schedule 1981-1982 1997 23 7 Shoot IV shot list 1997 23 8 Shoot schedule III, contacts 1997 23 9 Promotion 1997-2000 23 10 Research, Treatments, Contacts, Budget, Crew 1994-1997 23 11-12 Dance in Utah: I Love to Be Happy IX Hallet's journal, shoot/edit 1975 24 1 Hallet's journal, transcripts 1975 24 2 Correspondence, budget, script 1970-1976 24 3 El Dorado Gold X Hallet's journal, Venezuela shoot 25 1 Correspondence and script 1988 25 2 Research and transcripts 1988 25 3-4 The Gathering: Tale of the Tongs XI Hallet's journal 2012 26 1 Contacts, maps, schedules, contracts 2013-2017 26 2 Shoot schedule and releases 2013-2014 26 3 Transcripts 26 4 Gauchos XII Journals and Correspondence Correspondence 1990-1992 27 1 Hallet's journals 1990 27 2-3 Schedules and Hallet's journal 1990-1991 27 4 Hallet's Argentina scout journals 1990 27 5 Hallet's Argentina shoot journals 1990 27 6 Hallet's notebook 1991 27 7 Hallet's journal 1990 27 8 Scout materials 1990 27 9 Shoot materials 1990 27 10 Production Research, treatments, and budget 1984-1990 28 1 Research 1985 1989-1991 28 2-3 Research and budget 1977-1978 1984-1990 28 4 Budget 1990 28 5 Scripts 1990-1991 28 6 Post-production Transcripts 29 1-2 Treatments 1990 29 3 Credits 1991 29 4 Screening/promos 1991 29 5 Slides 29 6 Great Books: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde XIII Journals, Correspondence, and Pre-production logistics Hallet's shoot journal 2001 30 1 Hallet's scout journal 2001 30 2 Hallet's November scout journal 2001 30 3 Hallet's December shoot journal 2001 30 4 Correspondence 2001-2002 30 5-9 Scotland schedule and contacts 2001 30 10 Cost report 2002 30 11 Credits/contacts 2000-2001 30 12 Production Notes 2001 31 1-2 Scripts 2002 31 3 Script and contacts 2002 31 4 Shooting script 2001 31 5 Interviews 2001 31 6 Edinburgh shoot transcript 31 7 Scotland shoot 2001 31 8 Shoot treatment 2001-2002 31 9 Online research, credits, budget 2001 31 10 Articles 2000-2001 31 11 Research Materials Archival research 2001-2002 32 1-3 Gringo Chief XIV Hallet's journal, Cofan, Ecuador scout 1991 33 1 Hallet's journal 1991 33 2 Scout and correspondence 1991 33 3 Research 1987-1991 33 4 Scout and receipts 1989-1991 33 5 Transcripts 33 6 John Kluge XV Journals, Correspondence, and Pre-production Hallet's journal, research 2003 34 1 Correspondence and contacts 2003 34 2 Budget 2003 34 3 Contacts, script, master footage log, budget 2003 34 4-6 Articles and research 1989 1993 2000-2003 34 7 New York City shoot 2003 34 8 Production and Post-production Transcripts, interviews, scripts 1989-2003 35 1-2 Scripts, interviews, excerpts 2002-2003 35 3-4 Scripts, rough/fine/final cuts 2003 35 5 Press Gala 2003 35 6 The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall XVI Journals, Correspondence, and Notes Hallet's journal, US shoot 1989 36 1 Hallet's journals, England/Tanzania/Burundi shoots 1989 36 2 Hallet's journals 1989-1990 36 3-4 Hallet's shoot journals 1989-1990 36 5 Correspondence 1989-1991 36 6 Research and notes 1973 1982-1990 36 7 Research 1966 1983-1990 36 8-9 Articles and Transcripts Articles 1965 1987-1991 1998 37 1-2 Transcripts 37 3-5 Wichita/Lemsip transcripts 1989 37 6-7 Production materials Budget 1989 38 1 Receipt 1990 38 2 Legal/PR 1989-1990 38 3 Schedules 1984 1989 38 4 Outlines 38 5 Scripts 1990 38 6 Treatments 1989-1990 38 7 Lords of the Garden XVII Journals and Correspondence Hallet's journal, May scout to Irian Jaya 1993 39 1 Hallet's journal, June shoot in Irian Jaya 1993 39 2 Hallet's scout journals 1993 39 3-4 Hallet's journal, Korowai edits 1993 39 5 Hallet's journal 1993 39 6 Paul Taylor field journal 1993 39 7 Smithsonian correspondence 1992 39 8 Crew permits and correspondence 1992-1996 39 9 Transcripts and Production Notes Transcripts, tapes 7A-12A-12B 1993 40 1 Transcripts, tapes 1-4 A/B 40 2 Transcripts 40 3-5 Paul Taylor Korowai translations 40 6 Korowai lexicon 40 7 Notes 1993 40 8 Photos and sketches 40 9 Post-production details Contracts 1992 41 1 Expenses 1993 41 2-3 Budget 1993-1994 41 4-5 Paul Taylor receipt 2017 41 6 Addresses 1993 41 7 Outlines 1993 41 8 Credits 1994 41 9 Articles 1994 41 10 Lost Vision XIII Transcripts 1986 42 1 Copies, transcripts, and scripts 1986 42 2-3 Moby Dick XIX Journals, Correspondence, and Pre-production Hallet's journals, scout/shoot/edits 1996 43 1 Letters 1996-1998 43 2 Shooting schedule and directions 1996 43 3 Shooting schedule and contacts 1996 43 4 Scout 1995-1997 43 5 Research 1995-1996 43 6 Scripts/logs 1995-1996 43 7 Script 1996 43 8 Post-production Transcripts 1996 44 1-2 Clean transcripts 1995 44 3 Treatments 1996 44 4-5 Publicity 1996 44 6 Photos and clippings 1987 44 7 Graphic title 44 8 Murphy Oil XX Hallet's journal, scout/shoot 1994-1995 45 1 Hallet's journal 1994-1995 45 2 Correspondence 1995 45 3 Budget 1995 45 4 Contract 1994-1997 45 5 Research 1994-1995 45 6-7 Transcripts 1994-1995 45 8 Charles transcripts 45 9 Articles 1996 45 10 The Painted Truck XXI Hallet's journal, Switzerland edit 1972 46 1 Correspondence 1971-1979 46 2 Magazine article 1975-1979 46 3 Asia society screening 1974-1976 46 4 Smithsonian Invention Series XXII Hallet's journal 1992 47 1 Heimlich maneuver 1989-1992 47 2-3 Helicopter/Sikorsky shoot 1992 47 4 Helicopters 1992 47 5 Fireworks 1994 47 6 The Western Shoshones: Who Owns the Land? XXIII Notes and contacts 1986 48 1 Notes 1981 1986 48 2 Research 1983-1986 48 3-4 Telephone numbers 1986 48 5 Logs and interviews 1986 48 6 Scripts 1987 48 7 The Wisdom Project XXIV Journals, Notes, and Research Hallet's notebooks 2008-2009 49 1-3 Production proposal 2009 49 4 Research Notebooks Research notebook I 1988-2009 49 5-7 Research notebook II 1999-2009 50 1-3 Research notebook III 1990-2009 50 4-6 Research notebook IV 1992 1999-2009 51 1-4 Witness to Hope XXV Journals, Correspondence, and Pre-production Logistics Hallet's journal, Poland edit and reshoot 2000 52 1 Hallet's journal, Poland interviews 2000 52 2 Hallet's Poland scout journal 2000 52 3 Hallet's journal, Rome research and scout 1999-2000 52 4 Hallet's journal, edit 2000-2001 52 5 Hallet's Rome and Poland journals 52 6 Hallet's journal 2000 52 7 Catherine Wyler journal 2000 52 8 Correspondence about film 2001-2002 52 9 Poland Correspondence 2000 53 1-3 Budget 1999 53 4 Paid bills 2002 53 5 Outline 2000 53 6 Contacts/credits 2001 53 7 Contracts and releases 2000-2005 54 1-2 Production materials Hallet's questions for the Pope 1998 55 1 Transcript 55 2 Rome interview transcripts 2000 55 3-4 Interview transcripts 2000 55 5-7 Shooting schedule 2000 56 1 Poland and Rome shoots 2000 56 2-3 Poland re-shoot 2000 56 4-5 Post-production Final Deliverables 1999-2001 57 1-3 Pope photos 57 4 Treatments 1999 57 5 Promos 57 6 Reviews 1999-2001 57 7 Articles 2001-2002 57 8 Reseach, Notes, and Stock Footage Martha Moon associate producer notes 2000 58 1-3 Pope articles 1987-2000 58 4 Articles, Krakow 2000 58 5 Hallet's notebook 1999-2000 58 6 Bios, George Weigel 1996-1998 58 7 CTV/RAI/Italy stock footage 2000-12001 59 1-2 Stock footage and tape logs 2000 59 3 Stock footage 2000-2001 59 4-6 Poland stock footage 2000-2001 60 1-2 Other Projects XXVI A Child of Dance 1970-1972 61 1 The Ancient Ones 1993-1996 61 2 Afghan Women and the Taliban 1987-1988 1998-1999 61 3 Ansel Adams 1974-1982 61 4 A Very Special Dance 1978-1979 1984 61 5 Berber Villages of Southern Tunisia correspondence and receipts 1966-1969 1970-1974 61 6-7 Blue Corn 1973-1982 61 8 Buckminster Fuller 1964 1972 1982 61 9 The Canela, Bill Crocker 1991 61 10 Cild Molestors in Prison 1982 61 11 Computer Film 1970 61 12 Hallet's Cuba journals 2003 62 1-3 Cultural Schizophrenia transcripts 1985 62 4-5 Cultural Schizophrenia research 1985 62 6 Daniel Ellsburg 62 7 Deep Springs College 1983 62 8 Education for Survival 1970-1973 62 9 Eight Children 1973-1974 62 10 Eskdale 1979-1981 62 11 Film proposals 1986-1999 62 12-15 French language teaching film 1971 62 16 Geography Bee 1988 1990 63 1 Hallet's Ghana journals 1994 63 2-3 Ghana correspondence 1995 63 4 Ghana population show 1993-1994 63 5 Hallet's Gurkhas journal 2004 63 6 Gurkhas contacts and scripts 2004-2005 63 7 Harry Jackson 1979-1981 63 8 Ice Skating for the Olympics 1982 63 9 Hallet's Iran/Oman/Yemen journal, research 2005 63 10 Iran budget, correspondence, and articles 2001-2005 63 11 James A. Michener 1979 64 1 Jigsaw Valley script 1986 64 2 Kim Williams 1977-1980 64 3 Kodjian 1977 1980 64 4 The Longest War 1973 64 5-6 Looking for a Space 1970 64 7 Love and Down Syndrome 64 8 Mary Cleve 64 9 Maurice Abravanel 1982-1983 64 10 Messiaen 1978-1979 64 11 The Mormons: Living in Zion contacts 64 12 The Mormons: Living in Zion transcripts 1984 64 13-14 Move It 1973-1975 65 1 Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright 1969-1984 65 2 Hallet's Mt. St. Helens scout journal 1990 65 3 Mt. St. Helens budget 1991 65 4 Mt. St. Helens scout and transcripts 1990 65 5 Nancy Holt articles 1977-1981 65 6 Nancy Holt script/transcript 65 7-8 The Nomads of Badakhshan 1972-1979 65 9 Norman Mailer 1979-1980 65 10 Oman: Profile on Sultan Qaboos bin Said 1997-2005 65 11-12 On the Verge of War 1973-1992 66 1 Outward Bound 1979 66 2-3 People's Case Against Toxic Chemicals proposal and contract 1995 66 4 Hallet's Polygamy: Prospering in Exile shoot journal 1975 66 5 Polygamy: Prospering in Exile correspondence 1975-1976 66 6 Powwow 1991-1994 66 7-8 President Gardner 66 9 Prison Family Home Evening 1981 66 10 Project 2000 medicine notes 66 11 Project 2000 medicine transcripts 66 12 R.C. Gorman 1983 66 13 Repertory Dance Theater 1968-1969 66 14 Reva Beck Bosone correspondence 1980 67 1 Runaways 67 2 Scott Matheson transcripts 1983-1985 67 3 Simon Wiesenthal 1981 67 4 The Sioux and the Black Hills notes 1981 67 5 The Sioux and the Black Hills scripts/transcripts 67 6-7 Snow Monkey Farm 1990 67 8 Stanley Kramer 1982 67 9 Hallet's journals, Stories for EXTRA 1977-1978 67 10-11 Hallet's journals. Stories for EXTRA 1978-1987 68 1-7 Street People 69 1 Sure I Can Dance 1966 1975-1978 69 2 Susan Stamberg 69 3 Hallet's journal, The Last Stand of the Tarahumara 1982 69 4 Tarahumara notes 1985-1986 69 5 Tarahumara scripts and transcripts 69 6-7 Utah For Sale 1973-1974 69 8 Vaudeville 1926 1979-1981 69 9 Vietnam: The Next Generation notes and research 2002-2003 70 1 Vietnam: The Next Generation script 2002-2003 70 2 Wash 1971 70 3 What Price Power 1975-1976 70 4 Hallet's Yemen journals 2005-2006 70 5 The Force Behind the Veil: Women Leaders of Yemen 2003-2005 70 6 General materials Computer disks 71