Title: Dale Heikkinen Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1900-1997

Creator:

• Heikkinen, Dale

Call Number: Northland Mss 5; PH Northland Mss 5; VHA 478-VHA 481; VHA 976

Quantity: 0.5 c.f. (1 archives box and 1 oversize folder), 170 photographs, 7 transparencies, and 20 photocopies in 1 archives box and 1 folder, and 5 videorecordings

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections and the Area Research Center, History Center and Archives, Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections.

Archival Locations:

Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center / Ashland Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Material collected by Dale Heikkinen, mainly relating to his family, especially his father, Leo Heikkinen, an inventor and manufacturer of logging equipment; to the family business, Prentice Hydraulics; and to the history and economic development of Prentice, Wisconsin. Included is a folder of information about George Elliot MacKinnon, a prominent local doctor. There is also genealogical information about the Pokela family (Heikkinen's mother's family) and information about the history and folklore of Finns in Wisconsin, particularly in the Brantwood area.

Note:

Additional materials about the history of Prentice and Brantwood, including locals Stanley Morner (actor Dennis Morgan), sculptor Donal Hord, and naturalist Sigurd Olson, remain in the possession of Dale Heikkinen, Prentice, Wisconsin.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-nort0005

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Included are clippings; copies of awards; Prentice Hydraulics equipment catalogs, manuals, advertising, and employee handbooks; videotapes; photographs; a poster; and miscellaneous ephemera. The videotapes include footage of logging operations in the 1930s and 1940s, family photographs, Leo Heikkinen Memorials, the Prentice Progress Days parade, Prentice Hydraulics, an interview with Carl and Bill Heikkinen, and Finnish polka music played by the Finn Power Band from Merrill, Wisconsin. The photographs, transparencies, and photocopies include images of Leo Heikkinen, Leo Heikkinen Day in 1966, Prentice, Wisconsin, and images related to Prentice Hydraulics. Also included are images from a story in Life Magazine about Dr. G.E. Mackinnon.

Additional resources are at the Knox Creek Heritage Center in Brantwood, Wisconsin, and at the Price County Historical Society.

Use Restrictions

Individuals or corporate bodies other than the Wisconsin Historical Society may hold the copyright for a portion of the visual materials in this collection. Permission from the appropriate copyright holder(s) may be required before reproducing items from this collection.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Dale Heikkinen, Prentice, Wisconsin, 1987 and 1998. Accession Number: M91-085, M98-135

Processing Information

Processed by Donna Sereda, 1998; and David Benjamin, 2010.

Northland Mss 5 Box   1 Folder   1	Finns in Wisconsin, 1997, undated
Box   1 Folder   2	Heikkinen, Leo, 1973-1998
Box   1 Folder   3	MacKinnon, G.E., Dr., 1945-1948
Box   1 Folder   4	Pokela Family Reunion, 1995
Box   1 Folder   5	Prentice, Wisconsin, 1970-1976
	Prentice Hydraulics
Box   1 Folder   6	Bulletins and Grapple Catalog, 1966-1967
Box   1 Folder   7	History, 1957-1997
Box   1 Folder   8	Manuals, Handbooks, and Miscellaneous, 1964 and undated
Box   1 Folder   9	Product catalogs, undated
Oversize Folder	Prentice Hydraulics advertising Physical Description: 4 sheets
Oversize Folder	Leo Heikkinen Days, Prentice, Wisconsin, 1996 Physical Description: 1 poster
	Visual Materials
PH Northland Mss 5	Photographs and transparencies
Box 1 Folder 1-2	Leo Heikkinen
Box 1 Folder 3	Dr. G.E. Mackinnon
PH Oversize Folder	Oversize photographs
Box 1 Folder 4-14	Prentice, Wisconsin
	Prentice Hydraulics
Box 1 Folder 15	First Machine Shop
Box 1 Folder 16	Heikkinen Brothers Contracting
Box 1 Folder 17-18, 23	Equipment
Box 1 Folder 19	Miscellaneous
Box 1 Folder 20	Ogewa, Wisconsin
Box 1 Folder 21	Brantwood, Wisconsin
Box 1 Folder 22	Factory between Superior and Duluth
	Videorecordings
VHA 478	Grandpa Heikkinen's Logging in the 1930s and , 1940s; Heikkinen Logging, Ely, Minnesota; Leo, Carl and Bill Heikkinen Interview
VHA 479	Heikkinen Machine Company, Prentice, Wisconsin
VHA 480	Leo Heikkinen Day, Prentice Progress Day, August 31, 1996; Parade Marshall, Awards Presentation at Lions Park, Start of Parade and Library, History of Prentice
VHA 481	A Country Afternoon, Knox Creek Heritage Center, Brantwood, Wisconsin, 1996 and , 1997; Finnish Music, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin
VHA 976	Leo L. Heikkinen Memorials