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Congratulatory inaugural greetings Dr. Mortvedt received from colleges and universities in October 1962.

Congratulatory inaugural greetings Dr. Mortvedt received from colleges and universities in November 1962.

Dr. Mortvedt’s correspondence in 1963 including both personal correspondence and general university business/memoranda. Topics include: committees, academic programs and curriculum, dancing, the Kennedy convocation, the sewer system, visitors to campus, chapel speakers, the upcoming 75th anniversary, and PLU gifts and grants.

Following Dr. Eastvold’s death, this file contains the continuation of correspondence and materials from the Ford Foundation regarding reports and donations to PLU for educational television programing.

Reports to the PLU Corporation regarding the state of the university, the academic program, religious life, enrollment, finances, co-curricular activities, long-range development, and personnel changes from 1963-1968.

Clippings spanning president Mortvedt's career at PLU. Topics include the new library, President Kennedy's visit, honorary doctorates, and Dr. Mortvedt's retirement.

Assorted speeches given by Mortvedt throughout 1963 including the following: “Follow-Through Counts,” “The End We Seek,” “This is a Chapel Service,” “Marching to a Different Drum,” “Residues are Not Enough,” “The Miracle of the Mind,” “Film: The Difference,” “A Letter to Willie,” “The Position of Religion on Liberal Learning,” “Your Communications—Road or Roadblock,” and two memorial service eulogies.

Materials regarding Dr. Mortvedt’s involvement with the Higher Education Facilities Commission (HEFC) in Olympia, Washington. File contains agenda for meetings, regulation information, drafts for state plans, copies of correspondence, building plans, and assorted materials.

Materials regarding the planning and building of Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library including the following: pamphlets on the "Program of the Long Range University Specifics" (PLUS) plan, a thank you card for donors, memos on planning the library, choice of and correspondence with Bindon & Wright as architects including architectural sketches and personal notes, "The Program for the Proposed New Library Building at Pacific Lutheran University" ( a report by The Librarian, Frank H. Haley), statements on the purpose of the library and how it will be built. Also included are minutes of the "Committee on Dedication of Library,” an excerpt from the minutes of the Board of Regents in which the library is named Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library, planning documents for the move of the collection the new library, Vesper Service on November 23, 1966 to move the first books across the threshold, and a biography of the keynote speaker, Dr. Jaroslav Pelikan. There is an invitation to the dedication, program for the dedication including a symposium: "Learning Resources in the Expanded Role of the Robert A.L. Mortvedt Library, informational statements on the library, and materials from the tenth anniversary of Robert A. L. Mortvedt library including the remarks of the keynote speaker, Dr. Jaroslav Pelikan, "On the Social Uses of Solitude", and Dr. Mortvedt's remarks.

An assortment of programs for events that Dr. Mortvedt attended and/or at which he spoke. Included programs are as follows: The Reformation Festival (Seattle, WA on October 28, 1962), Eastern Washington State College Commencement (1963), PLU Opening Convocation (1963), Karen Levang Memorial Service (1963), the Joint Convocation of PLU and UPS with John F. Kennedy as speaker (1963), May 17th Festival (Seattle, WA for 1964 and 1977), Madigan General Hospital Intern Graduation Program (1964), PLU Opening Convocation (1964), Baccalaureate Service (1965), Invitation for the reception honoring the Mortvedt's 40th wedding anniversary (1966), GAMMA Spring Luncheon honoring Mrs. Mortvedt (1969), Easter Chapel (1969), The Baltic Nations Day (1968), Dedication of Our Savior's Lutheran Church (Everett, Washington in 1969), The Annie Wright Seminary's 85th Commencement (1969), and a Pacific Lutheran Chapel Service program (1969).