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A letter from the Archbishop of Washington congratulating Msgr. Quasten on becoming a Prelate of Honor.

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Document indicating Msgr. Quasten receiving a Doctor of Human Letters from The Catholic University of America.

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A newspaper clipping describing Msgr. Quasten being honored with the Cardinal Spellman Award.

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Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the National Shrine on September 23, 1920.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.
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