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THE U.S. CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY R E A C H E S F I F T Y PART II GROWTH FROM 1964 2012 TO h By Do n a ld K e n n o n , P h .D . "A YOUNG, ENTHUSIASTIC ORGANIZATION": YEARS OF GROWTH 19 6 4–1 9 7 7 S of We, the People had proven that the United States Capitol Historical Society could succeed on an independent privately-financed basis. Over the following decade and a half the leadership built an institutional structure and expanded the Society's programs and publications. From an enterprise that had initially operated out of Representative Schwengel's congressional office with a staff consisting of the president and a secretary, the Society developed into a ALES OF THE FIRST EDITION 22 THE CAPITOL DOME mature organization with a suite of offices on Capitol Hill, an information center in the Capitol, and a staff that included an executive director, staff historians, secretaries, and a sales force. Publications ranging from a coloring book for children to a scholarly bibliography for academicians were added to the Society's booklist. Historical items were acquired for donation to the Capitol; a film was produced for visitors to the national capital; and the Society began its major Capitol mural project. The offices of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society moved into the Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Building on Capitol Hill in April 1967. The Society became the second tenant to occupy offices in the building, succeeding the offices of the staff of the Warren Commission (the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy). WINTER 2013