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Obituaries, newspaper clippings, memorial service church bulletins, and statements by Dr. William O. Rieke to faculty, regents, and staff in regard to Dr. Mortvedt’s death.

Correspondence related to Lutheran Service Organizations, speaking engagements for Dr. Mortvedt, PLU business, his editorials, and Bethany College’s Centennial Celebration. Most correspondence is between Mortvedt and Reverend Foss, Dean Buchanan, and other acquaintances from his career regarding more personal business.

Assorted clippings about PLU that Dr. Mortvedt collected regarding events at PLU after his retirement including clippings about Wiegman’s presidency—important events, scandals, and his political aspirations. Also covers information about PLU professors and the art glass window at Mortvedt library.

This file contains miscellaneous materials collected by Dr. Mortvedt during his retirement including a program from Peninsula Lutheran Church in Gig Harbor, programs from the Rotary Club Banquet honoring DR. Mortvedt, and the program from the centennial celebration of Platville Lutheran Church.

Materials regarding the Centennial celebration of Bethany College on October 17, 1981.

Inventory of property for insurance purposes and materials regarding a shawl Dr. Mortvedt acquired while studying abroad. The shawl was given to the Seattle Art Museum and materials in this file include correspondence, appraisals, and newspaper clippings.

Speeches given by Mortvedt after his retirement from PLU including the following: “To These Ends, We Dedicate,” “When the Spider Walks,” “Phinney Ridge,” “Everyone’s Miracle—His Mind!”, “PLU Governance,” "Greeting To President William Rieke,” "Charge,” "Narration Third Symphony—Convocation Honoring His Majesty Olav V of Norway "Den Syttende Mai," and "A Tribute to Frank Haley".

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.

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).