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Fonds MS-2456;MS-2665;98706-1;98902-2;98906-11;V1988:63/001 - A.D. Kean fonds
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A.D. Kean fonds
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CA BCA MS-2456;MS-2665;98706-1;98902-2;98906-11;V1988:63/001
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1921-1960 (Creation)
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- Kean, Arthur David
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32 cm of textual records;291 photographs;1 videotape
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Kean, Arthur David
(1882-1961)
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In the 1890s and early 1900s, A.D. Kean was well-known as a cowboy and rodeo rider in Western Canada and the U.S. He subsequently became a motion picture producer in Vancouver and made a number of films in B.C. between 1914 and 1927. He later lived in Toronto, working as a freelance writer, broadcaster, photographer and horse trainer.
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The fonds consists of correspondence, photographs, clippings, manuscripts and production memoranda relating to A.D. Kean's feature film "Policing the Plains," as well as radio scripts, clippings of the outdoor and cowboy life stories he wrote for the Star Weekly (ca. 1929-1936), five annotated radio scripts, and a video copy of his 1949 film Fox Hunting in Canada.
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- Alpha-numeric designations: BCAUL control number: BCA-755
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- Kean, Arthur David (Creator)
