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Assorted Leaflets with short speeches and/or written messages by Dr. Mortvedt on topics ranging from concerns about Christian Colleges and Higher Education, service and community involvement, religious communities at college, and other miscellaneous topics.

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 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.

PLU's search for a new President in 1961 includes a list of "Recommended Qualifications of a President for PLU" and a complete list of nominations. Also a memorandum from the Board of Regents to the administrative offices regarding the self-study program, the nomination process, draft of an article to appear in the student newspaper, the Mooring Mast, regarding the final stages of the nomination process as well as a letter to Dr. Mortvedt confirming his election as president, a letter confirming his acceptance, a letter from president Eastvold expressing congratulations, and clippings from the Tacoma News Tribune announcing Dr. Mortvedt's election.

Dr. Mortvedt’s correspondence from 1966 and contains both personal correspondence and general university business memoranda, including a letter from the Vice-President of the United States, Hubert Humphrey. Major topics include: academic programs, faculty hiring, development, pledges to the library fund, chapel attendance, and forming the Independent Colleges of Washington consortium.

Dr. Mortvedt’s correspondence from 1968 and contains personal correspondence and general university business memoranda, community businesses, and members. Major topics include: faculty committees, grants, Articles of Incorporation, faculty meetings, academic programs, chapel attendance, faculty salaries, final schedules, Governor Evans party, selective service, and President Mortvedt’s retirement.

Correspondence and reports concerning the Study Commission Committee at PLU.

An assortment of pamphlets Dr. Mortvedt collected concerning the relationship between business and education including the following: “Letters for Leaders,” “Business and Education Need Each Other” by Joseph C. Wilson, “The Buck Stops Here in Higher Education” by William F. May, “Voluntary Support—Education’s Margin for Freedom” by Neil McElroy, “Private Enterprise’s Public Responsibility by John D. Harper, “Unrest on the Campus: Which way to a better World?” by Lawrence Kimpton, and “Why is Unrestricted Giving Important to Higher Education.”

President Mortvedt's introduction to the 1963-1964 student yearbook, the Saga, entitled "The Growth of the University."

Reports from Pacific Lutheran University to the Columbia Conference of the Augustana Lutheran Church, the Pacific Northwest Synod of the Lutheran Church in America, the Pacific Lutheran University Association, and the Committee on Higher Education, North Pacific District, American Lutheran Church (1962-1967). Issues discussed are: the financial status of the university, the needs of the university, development, academic records, religious life on campus, and the PLUS plan.