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Speeches delivered by Dr. Mortvedt from 1953 to 1955 including the following: “Christmas Eve Broadcast Radio Station” (December 24, 1953), “Residues Are Not Enough” (June 2 and 4, 1953), “Welcome to New Students” (1953), WDAF Address at Bethany College (October 17, 1953), “A Growing Church is A Teaching Church: A Definition of Purpose” (April 1954), “Not Talk, but Power” (1954), “The Educational Undergirding of Our Church Or Why Attend Our Church Colleges” (1954), “Congregations Have Talents, Too!”, “WDAF ‘Messiah’ Preparation,” “Welcome to New Students” (1955), “Go Ye Therefore and Teach,” “In Him All Things Hold Together (1955), and “Are You Ready For That Job?” (1955).

Congratulatory inaugural letters from friends, colleagues, fellow university Presidents, public school administrators, the Kansas State Department of Public Instruction, the Board of Education of the American Lutheran Church, the president of the Augustana Lutheran Church, the Board of Christian Education of the ELC and other church related organization and corporations. Also included are copies of Dr. Mortvedt's responses.

Official congratulatory inaugural letters from colleges, universities and United State senators. Responses and regrets to invitations to attend the inauguration.

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.

Newspaper clippings regarding Dr. Mortvedt's election as president and a statement for the News-Press written by Dr. Mortvedt. Invitation and program of the inauguration of Dr. Mortvedt on November 12, 1953. Also included is a statement by the Lutheran Kansas Conference outlining the duties of the president and the inaugural address given by Dr. Mortvedt.

File includes the Bethany College Bulletin and Alumni News from 1954-1958. Each issue includes remarks from Dr. Mortvedt with the last issue announces his retirement from Bethany College.

“Are You Ready For That Job?” (1955), “Dedication of Seminary Library,” “Education in the Shadow of the Church,” “How Important Are Our Church-Related Colleges?”, “Tuition Fees at the Seminary,” “Bethany’s Diamond Anniversary” (1956), “The Miracle of the Mind” (1956), “The Status of the Dormitory—A Report to the Students” (1957), “Charge to the Class” (1957), “Why am I in College?” (1957), “Turn to the Lord,” and a bound copy of “ Mission Fields in the Continent of Learning” (1958).

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.

Speeches delivered by Dr. Mortvedt throughout 1958-1959: “The Miracle of the Mind” (May 1958), “Residues Are Not Enough” (1958), “Toward A Philosophy of Christian Higher Education” (1958), “Chosen For What?” (1958), “Mission Fields in the Continent of Learning” (1958), “What The Church Should Expect of Its Colleges” (1959), “Presentation to Seminaries” (1959), “What Do Our Church Colleges Mean to You?” (1959), “Residues Are Not Enough” (1959), “The Mission of The Church In Higher Education” (1959), and “The Role of the Christian College” (1959).

Assorted writings of Dr. Mortvedt during his career from 1958 to 1962: “An Inviting Gateway to Opportunity,” “Why Christian Colleges?” (1958), “Christian Higher Education Looks Ahead” (1959), “Our Only Live Option” (1959), “It is Time to Awake” (1959), “The Mission of the Church in Higher Education” (1959), “They Speak for Themselves” (1960), “Choice or Chance” (1960), “Financing a College Education: Merits and Demands Your Attention Now” (1961), “Eyes to the Future,” and other copies of past speeches prepared for publication.