Postcard depicting an early Gothic design of the National Shrine. The plaster model was designed by F. Burrall Hoffman, (Francis Burrall), 1882-1980.

The Great Upper Church ca. 1970, as seen from McMahon Hall.

View of Caldwell Hall, the University's first new construction. When the University first opened, the campus community patronized the chapel in Caldwell, pictured on the right-hand side of this photograph.

McKenna and Shahan, center, posing in front of the foundation stone, which is on the back of the Sexton & Sons truck. James Sexton was the donor of the stone.

Post card containing membership application to the Salve Regina — the primary fundraising organization for the National Shrine, led by Thomas J. Shahan and Bernard A. McKenna.

The Salve Regina Office, which now houses the Art Department, was originally built to accommodate the fundraising activities of the National Shrine.

Drawing of the proposed Shrine by the chosen architects, Maginnis and Walsh.

Unidentified laborer posing with the foundation stone in situ, during the construction of the crypt church. Note that the date inscribed in Latin on the stone follows the Roman calendar; it reads “eight days prior to the first of October,” which…

1931 guide book with floor plan, history, and photographs of the crypt level.

The small article published in the June 1919 issue of Salve Regina announcing that an architect for the National Shrine had been chosen.