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A.D. Kean fonds

PR-0755
Fonds
1913-1960

The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, manuscripts and production memoranda, mainly relating to A.D. Kean's feature film "Policing the Plains" (produced 1924-1927), as well as radio scripts (five annotated during production), clippings of the outdoor and cowboy life stories he wrote for the Toronto Star Weekly (ca. 1929-1936), and a video copy of his 1949 film "Fox Hunting in Canada".

Kean, Arthur David, 1882-1961

Memoranda regarding other films by Kean

MS-2456.1.4
File

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

J.L. Lougheed correspondence

MS-2456.1.9
File
Sep 1925

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Policing the Plains Productions Ltd. : correspondence outward

MS-2456.1.10
File
1925

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Correspondence inward ["fan mail"]

MS-2456.1.12
File
1932-1937

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Ontario Board of Censors of Motion Pictures

MS-2456.1.13
File
Mar 1937

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Newspaper cuttings

MS-2456.2.6-2.9
File

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

"A portion of 'E' Division R.C.M. Police who assisted at the filming of one of the opening s...

"A portion of 'E' Division R.C.M. Police who assisted at the filming of one of the opening scenes in the story 'Policing the Plains.'"

H-01266
Item
May 1924

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Mounted squad of RCMP in front of Vancouver Court House; Margaret Lougheed (as "Britannia") on steps behind them.

"Royal Canadian Mounted Police led by Asst. Commissioner T.A. Wroughton in one of the openin...

"Royal Canadian Mounted Police led by Asst. Commissioner T.A. Wroughton in one of the opening scenes 'Policing the Plains,' May 1924."

H-01267
Item
May 1924

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Mounted squad leaving front of Vancouver Court House and turning onto Georgia Street; second Hotel Vancouver behind.

"Miss Margaret Lougheed as Brittania in the opening scene of the Film story 'Policing the Pl...

"Miss Margaret Lougheed as Brittania in the opening scene of the Film story 'Policing the Plains'."

H-01225
Item
May 1924

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Costumed actress standing on steps of Vancouver Court House; stone lion in background.

"Cannon that have never fired a hostile shot in all the years, stand mounted for action within the Old Fort."

H-01541
Item
[ca. 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

The fort referred to in the caption is Lower Fort Garry, a location used in the film POLICING THE PLAINS; but image is likely RCMP Depot Division, Regina, Saskatchewan.

"A scout, friendly to the Police[,] spies upon the lawless proceedings."

H-01545
Item
[1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the whiskey trading sequence in the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot near Fort Macleod, Alta.

"The meager force retained to complete the stockade enabled others of the troop to pursue and roundup whiskey smugglers and the outlaws that then infested the Foothill country."

H-01547
Item
[Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shot near Fort Macleod, Alta.

"Lorna [Kean], [Hobart] Bosworth, Louise [Kean]."

H-02666
Item
[Apr 1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A.D. Kean's daughters Lorna and Louise pose with actor Hobart Bosworth during the filming of the Hollywood feature film WINDS OF CHANCE.

A.D. Kean is named as honourary chief of the Blood indians at Standoff, Alberta.

H-02675
Item
[1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

"A.D. (Cowboy) Kean, as 'Chief of Cowboys' in charge of Rangeland Sports, Kelowna, B.C., Sep...

"A.D. (Cowboy) Kean, as 'Chief of Cowboys' in charge of Rangeland Sports, Kelowna, B.C., Sept. 1913 [sic]."

H-01724
Item
[1914]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Woman identified as "Mary" poses in Indian costume in the woods.

H-01634
Item
5 Jul 1925

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

"A.D. Kean, Fraser David Kean and 'Dot X'."

"A.D. Kean, Fraser David Kean and 'Dot X'."

H-01725
Item
[193-]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

[Unidentified woman in period costume.]

H-02668
Item
[192-]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A.D. Kean poses with man, older woman and child inside Sun Dance lodge, Standoff, Alta.

H-02676
Item
[1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

"Western Pictures Company's saddle stock: Flash, Bang, Pardner, Pal, Two Spot, Four Spot, Comet and Spirit."

G-08602
Item
[ca. Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Horses used in the film POLICING THE PLAINS, shown here at Fort Macleod, Alta.

Director A.D. Kean prepares a costume for a double, John Holsworth, right, about to portray an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains", shot at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta. His assistant J.R. Nesbit looks on.

G-08579
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Cast and crew of the Hollywood feature film Winds of Chance on location at Seymour Canyon, North Vancouver. The cameraman is probably Norbert Brodin; the man seated at right is silent film star Hobart Bosworth

G-08586
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

"Jerry Potts informs his officer of the whereabouts of a certain gang of whiskey runners."

G-08604
Item
[Aug 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the film POLICING THE PLAINS.

Director A.D. Kean costumes a double, John Holsworth of New York, who is about to portray an Indi...

Director A.D. Kean costumes a double, John Holsworth of New York, who is about to portray an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains", shot at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta.

G-08580
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Director A.D. Kean adjusts a wig on an actor, probably John Holsworth of New York, about to play an Indian buffalo hunter in a scene for the film "Policing the Plains" at Buffalo National Park near Wainwright, Alta. Assistant J.R. Nesbit stands at right.

G-08587
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Group of Blood Indians, mostly in traditional costume, photographed on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta. during the making of the film "Policing the Plains".

G-08591
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

Grave marker of NWMP interpreter Jerry Potts at Fort Macleod, Alta.

G-08608
Item
[ca. Jul 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

An Indian buffalo hunter, played by Percy Creighton, and his family gather around a fallen buffalo, actually a disguised steer, in a scene from the film "Policing the Plains", shot on the Blood Reserve near Standoff, Alta.

G-08589
Item
[1925]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A group of Indian braves visit the stockade of the whiskey runner and offer skins,robes and other trinkets in barter for the much-coveted fire-water; Policing the Plains

H-01239
Item
[Sep 1924]

Part of A.D. Kean fonds

A scene from the film POLICING THE PLAINS, filmed near Fort Macleod, Alta.

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