EDGAR HETTEEN:
An Inventory of His Videorecording Collection at the Minnesota Historical Society
Sound and Visual Collection
OVERVIEW
| Title: | Edgar Hetteen's snowmobile and crawler machinery moving image collection [videorecording] | |
| Dates: | circa 1960-2004. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Includes footage of snowmobiles and crawler machinery, also known as rubber tracked undercarriage technology. Edgar Hetteen, a co-founder of Polaris and of Arctic Cat, is interviewed and featured in many of the videos. | |
| Quantity: | 13 videocassettes: color; 1/2 in. + 5 machinery catalogs. | |
| Location: | I.419: See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Edgar Hetteen's Snowmobile and Crawler Machinery Moving Image Collection. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: AV2010.29
Processing Information:
Processed by: Jennifer Huebscher, May 2010.
Catalog ID number: 007138208
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| I.419.1 | ASV Posi-track, MD 2800 series and HD4500 series. 1 videocassette (9 minutes and 47 seconds): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| I.419.2 | Our Changing World or the Evolution of the Wheel: History of the track machine-crawler. 1 videocassette (6 minutes and 40 seconds): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| Shows a parade of historic vehicles, ASV Inc., and a story of the Posi Tract TM. | |||||||||||
| I.419.3 | In search of a better way. 1 videocassette (6 minutes and 36 seconds) (2 copies): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| Includes footage of a woman trying to get water from a pond to flowers. Her husband builds a tank for her John Deere lawnmower. Produced by VGDE. | |||||||||||
| I.419.4 | The forgotten equation. 1 videocassette (10 minutes and 10 seconds) (2 copies): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| Edgar Hatteen's story of business, inventory, and innovation. | |||||||||||
| I.419.5 | Trip to change the winter world, 1960. 1 videocassette: sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| Edgar Hetteen's 1500 mile trip across Alaska on a snowmobile is discussed over a campfire in the snow. | |||||||||||
| I.419.6 | Flying Alaska, 1965. 1 videocassette (20 minutes): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| Transferred film footage of Edgar Hetteen's trip to Alaska with Dave McClure and Spykie Meyers. Quality is poor. | |||||||||||
| I.419.7 | Interview with Edgar Hetteen, author of "Breaking Trail," February 2, 1997. 1 videocassette (1 hr. and 20 minutes) (2 copies): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| I.419.8 | Posi-track, R-series, 2002. 1 videocassette: sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| I.419.9 | Mastered the Winter, July 21, 2004. 1 videocassette (12 minutes) (2 copies): sound, color; 1/2 in. | ||||||||||
| Mike and Janet Hetteen joining group of snowmobilers on their Polaris; group snowmobiling through the woods, including Arctic Cat and Polars, as well as historic footage of machines from the 1960s-70s and early racing. Produced by Norstar Productions. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Agricultural machinery industry -- Minnesota.
- Snowmobile industry -- Minnesota.
- Snowmobiles -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Hetteen, Edgar.
- Document Types:
- Video recordings.
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