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Monsignor Quasten becomes a Prelate of Honor
A letter from the Archbishop of Washington congratulating Msgr. Quasten on becoming a Prelate of Honor.
Johannes Quasten receives a Doctorate of Humane Letters
Document indicating Msgr. Quasten receiving a Doctor of Human Letters from The Catholic University of America.
Johannes Quasten receives the Spellman Award
A newspaper clipping describing Msgr. Quasten being honored with the Cardinal Spellman Award.
Cardinal James Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the National Shrine on September 23, 1920.
Salve Regina Post Card
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 National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, to be erected at the Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Postcard depicting an early Gothic design of the National Shrine. The plaster model was designed by F. Burrall Hoffman, (Francis Burrall), 1882-1980.
South Side of Caldwell Hall, Showing the Chapel
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.
Aerial photograph of Catholic University campus, ca. 1928
The photograph has been labelled to indicate which buildings were erected during Shahan's rectorship. However, the Salve Regina office building erected in 1920 is out of the frame. Note that the crypt level of the National Shrine is incomplete.