The Baptismal certificate given to Robert Adolph Luther Mortvedt on January 4, 1903.
An assortment of different awards and honors given to Dr. Mortvedt throughout the later part of his career including the following: recognition by the Alpha Psi Omega Dramatic Fraternity, PLU Distinguished Alumnus, and an Official Retirement Permit.
Awards and Honors given to Dr. Mortvedt: Fellow of California Lutheran Educational Foundation, an Award of Merit for "This Is My Church” Papers, the Thiel College Associate Award, a citation for the Degree of Doctor of Laws from PLU, and the Distinguished Alumnus award of St. Olaf College.
File contains materials regarding the Centennial Celebration in 1960 for Augustana College in Sioux Falls, Iowa including the centennial convocation at which Dr. Mortvedt delivered the address “The Music of a Different Drum” and was awarded the 1960 Centennial Award. Also included are a brief biography of Dr. Mortvedt and a “Historical sketch of Augustana College” written for the occasion.
An honorary Doctorate of Laws awarded to Dr. Robert Mortvedt from Augustana College in 1961 for his work and dedication to higher education.
During his trip to Scandinavia in 1950, Dr. Mortvedt wrote many articles about his experiences and the culture: "The Marshall Plan Really Works in Denmark", "Oslo Celebrates Independence Day and The Nine-Hundredth Anniversary of the City", "Colony Gardens in Denmark and Norway", "The Lighter Side of Traveling in Scandinavia", "ECA program in Sweden", "The Midsummer Festival at Leksand, Dalecarlia, Sweden", "The Fourth of July in Oslo, Norway", "Midsummer Festival at Leksand, Sweden", "Norway Tries to Come Back", "ECA Program in Norway", and "A Recipe for Jaded Appetites in Kansas City". In addition to the typed essays, there are also the clippings from the Kansas City newspapers in which they appeared.
File includes articles in a series called "Our Christian College Advance" published in the Lutheran Companion that Dr. Mortvedt kept in his files. Also included are other articles published about Lutheran Higher Education, and an article about Dr. Mortvedt and his "Twin" jobs as Executive Director of the Education of the Augustana Lutheran Church and the United Lutheran Church in America.
File contains an autobiographical sketch of Ariel Osmundsen Mortvedt (1943), a biographical sketch written in 1908, and an open letter from Dr. Robert Mortvedt to his father on his 85th birthday, A.O. Mortvedt’s obituary, newspaper clippings and correspondence regarding his death. Also included is the commemorative program of the 100th Anniversary of Plattville Lutheran Church, where A.O. Mortvedt served as pastor, and five issues of the “Bethesda Gleanings,” a publication of the Bethesda Home for the Aged, where A.O. Mortvedt resided until the end of his life.
Materials regarding the Board of College Education in the American Lutheran Church, including largely correspondence between Dr. Mortvedt, Dr. Morris Wee, and Mr. Norman Fintel. Also includes: memorandum, minutes and agendas, pamphlets, and various drafts of reports.
Materials regarding the Board of College Education in the American Lutheran Church, including largely correspondence between Dr. Mortvedt, Dr. Morris Wee, and Mr. Norman Fintel. Special topics include: changes in the Internal Revenue Code regarding change in law for charitable donations.
