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Materials regarding the Board of College Education in the American Lutheran Church, including largely correspondence from Dr. Mortvedt and Mr. Norman Fintel. Also included are minutes and reports of meetings, a grant award to PLU from the CHOICE program, and information related to getting a Teacher Corp Grant at PLU.

Materials relating to the Lutheran Ingathering For Education initiative by ALC including correspondence, agendas, and minutes of meetings.

File includes Washington Friends of Higher Education board meeting minutes, prepared reports, memos, pamphlets, and other assorted documents.

Correspondence after Dr. Mortvedt’s retirement from PLU including letters indicating his involvement with the Board of Higher Education of the ALC, his continuing support of church and colleges with presentations and speeches, and materials regarding PLU. The majority of this correspondence is with Eugene Wiegman, Dr. Mortvedt’s successor as President, and Reverend Clifford Johnson, the acting director of Board of Education, and other college presidents. Some of the correspondence is also with Dean Buchanan, Milton Nesvig, and other friends and acquaintances on personal business.

Materials regarding Dr. Mortvedt’s trip to Norway with the Choir of the West (1970). File begins with a statement regarding his interest in the Norwegian culture, a statement of “Observations Related to the Choir of Tour, 1970,” correspondence regarding finances, disagreements with Dr. Wiegman, the remodeling of the library, and the University Center.

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.

Clippings concerning Dr. Mortvedt’s son-in-law, Jack Arnesen, and a page from the Centennial Anniversary History of the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids, which features a statement from Rev. Robert Mortvedt (relationship to Dr. Mortvedt unknown).

News releases from both PLU and the American Lutheran church highlighting certain activities during Dr. Mortvedt’s PLU career, including his inauguration, the building of the library, and convention attendance and speaking engagements. Also included are news releases regarding the acceptance of Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library as an associate membership in the Center for Research Libraries and the Outstanding Humanitarian Award from Lutheran Social Services of Washington, given to Dr. Mortvedt in 1979.

Correspondence occurring after Dr. Mortvedt had finished graduate school while he was teaching at various colleges (St. Olaf, Stephens). Letters are about students being considered for college and Dr. Mortvedt’s resignation from and appointments to positions at different colleges. Correspondence includes letters from Dr. Preus, L.W. Boe, A.O. Mortvedt, friends, co-workers, and letters Dr. Mortvedt sent in response.

Yearbook 1922-1923 for St. Olaf College where Robert Mortvedt was a member of the Intersociety Oratorical, a program from a dramatic performance at St. Olaf, program from Augustana College Baccalaureate, copyright registration from the Library of Congress for “Let’s Talk About Literature,” and poems by Philip Gran.