South Dakota State University Archives & Special Collections

Members of Congress in session in the 1960s

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circa 1961-1971

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Members of Congress in session in the chambers of the United Stated capitol building

President Richard Nixon delivering his budget address to Congress in 1970

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1970

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

President Richard Nixon delivering his budget address to Congress

Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, 1954

MA009-0778
1954 April 23

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Rosebud Agency as seen from the northwest approach road. The Agency is about 12 miles southwest of Mission, South Dakota. Show the log Sioux Indian Museum on the right

Sioux Indian Museum at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, 1954

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1954 April 23

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Sioux Indian Museum at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota

Business district, Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, 1954

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1954 April 23

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Part of the business district at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota

Catholic Mission Church at Rosebud Agency, 1954

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1954 April 23

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Catholic Mission Church at Rosebud Agency, South Dakota

Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, 1954

MA009-0777
1954 April 23

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Rosebud Agency as seen from the northwest approach road. The Agency is about 12 miles southwest of Mission, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel at West Point in 1961

MA009-0087
1961 May

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel with three West Point graduates at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York

Ben Reifel

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Ben Reifel in his U.S. Army Reserve uniform

Asclepias syriaca

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1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Asclepias syriaca in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Monarch butterfly larve in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Monarch larve

UA053_068_0362
1969-1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Monarch butterfly larve in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Asclepias verticillata

UA053_068_0337
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Asclepias verticillata in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Andropogon gerardi

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1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Andropogon gerardi in western North Dakota.

Ambrosia trifida

UA053_068_0344
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Ambrosia trifida in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Alisma subcordatum

UA053_068_0343
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Alisma subcordatum in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

South Dakota delegation for the Oahe Irrigation Project in Washington, D.C. in 1966

MA009-0262
1966 February 1

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Senator George McGovern, Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y Berry, Senator Karl Mundt. Ken Holum, and Floyd Dominy work on the Oahe Irrigation Project in Washington, D.C.

Edgar S. McFadden during Hobo Day at South Dakota State College in 1917

MA53-01
1917

Part of E.S. (Edgar Sharp) McFadden Papers

Edgar S. McFadden riding a horse in the 1917 Hobo Day parade at South Dakota State College

Representative Ben Reifel with VFW members in 1970

MA009-0417
1970 March

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel in his Washington D.C. office with a group representing Veterans of Foreign Wars

Ben Reifel at the Steer for State fund raising auction at South Dakota State University in 1960

MA009-0018
1960

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Ben Reifel and another man with a heifer steer during the Steer for State fund raising auction at South Dakota State University during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel promoting 1964 Hobo Day at the United States Capitol

MA009-0064
1964

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1964 South Dakota State University Hobo Day bumper sticker by his car in front of the United States Capitol building

Representative Ben Reifel promoting 1961 Hobo Day at the United States Capitol

MA009-0066
1961

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1961 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

Representative Ben Reifel promoting 1962 Hobo Day at the United States Capitol

MA009-0065
1962

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel holding a 1962 South Dakota State College Hobo Day bumper sticker by the license plates on his car

South Dakota State University College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences honorees in 1981

MA009-0270
1981 May

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Dean Delwyn Dearborn of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University honors Al Schock Oscar Olson, Ben Reifel, and an unknown man

Ben Reifel sitting on an elephant at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron in 1960

MA009-0162
1960

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Ben Reifel sitting on an elephant in front of the Republican headquarters at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron

South Dakota State College Hobo Day bum band is at the South Dakota Republican Headquarters at the State Fair in Huron, South Dakota in 1960

MA009-0235
1960

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

South Dakota State College Hobo Day bum band is at the South Dakota Republican Headquarters at the State Fair in Huron, South Dakota, there is an elephant to the right

Ben Reifel at the 1967 South Dakota State Fair

MA009-0197
1967

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel, David Volk, and Alice Reifel at the South Dakota State Fair

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in 1963

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1963

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel holding up a Hobo Day promotional sign in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is visible in the background

Representative Ben Reifel as Frosty for the 1962 South Dakota Snow Queen Festival

MA009-0201
1962 January

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel was Frosty for the 1962 South Dakota Snow Queen Festival in Aberdeen, South Dakota, he is kissing the cheek of the newly crowned queen Marnah Satviei of Sioux Falls

Representative Ben Reifel meets with members of the South Dakota Restaurant Association in 1962

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1962 January

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Bill Baker and Sam Rott, members of the South Dakota Restaurant Association

Representative Ben Reifel and Margaret Ferguson of the South Dakota Nurses Association in 1967

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1967 March 17

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel and Margaret Ferguson of the South Dakota Nurses Association in his Washington, D.C. office

South Dakota Nurses Association members visit Representative Ben Reifel in 1961

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1961 March 23

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Members of the South Dakota Nurses Association visit with Representative Ben Reifel in his office, they are looking at a folder of the American Nurses Association Conferenced on Legislation

Ben and Frances Reifel honored at the South Dakota Memorial Art Center in 1983

MA009-0119
1983 April 29

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Ben and Alice Reifel standing with a man outside of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center in Brookings, South Dakota, they were honored with awards for their years of service on the board

Ben Reifel with the South Dakota Memorial Art Center board

MA009-0186
undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Former Representative Ben Reifel (third from left in back row) served as a member of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center board of directors. South Dakota State University President Berg (first on left in back row) and President Briggs (fifth from left in back row) are also present

Representative Ben Reifel greets National GOP Chairman Bill Miller

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel greets National GOP Chairman Bill Miller

Representative Ben Reifel at a Republican party meeting

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel attending a Republican party meeting with other people

Orchid found in evergreen forests of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Orchid Found in Evergreen Forests Colorado Rocky Mountains

UA053_068_0075
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Orchid found in evergreen forests of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Evergreen forests in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Evergreen Forests in Colorado Rocky Mountains

UA053_068_0061
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Evergreen forests in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Echinacea angustifolia

UA053_068_0374
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Echinacea angustifolia in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Echinacea angustifolia

UA053_068_0373
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Echinacea angustifolia in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Sandstone buttes

UA053_068_0397
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Rugged rock outcroppings of sandstone buttes in the Missouri River Valley north of Bismarck, North Dakota.

Janet Johnson sitting in the grass on Blossom Butte north of Bismarck, North Dakota on the east side of the Missouri River.

Janet Johnson on Blossom Butte

UA053_068_0369
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Janet Johnson sitting in the grass on Blossom Butte north of Bismarck, North Dakota on the east side of the Missouri River.

W. Carter Johnson sitting on rock on Blossom Butte north of Bismarck, North Dakota on east side of the Missouri River. O. A. Stevens' book (green cover) is laying on the rock beside him.

W. Carter Johnson on Blossom Butte

UA053_068_0365
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

W. Carter Johnson sitting on rock on Blossom Butte north of Bismarck, North Dakota on east side of the Missouri River. O. A. Stevens' book (green cover) is laying on the rock beside him.

Representative Ben Reifel meets to discuss fundraising for the Battleship USS South Dakota Memorial in 1963

MA009-0290
1963 March

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel meets with VFW representatives from South Dakota, R.W. Hodson, Martin, and Bob Whittemore, Watertown who were raising money for the Battleship USS South Dakota Memorial

Representative Ben Reifel, Honorary Admiral of USS South Dakota

MA009-0051
1963 April 9

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel holding a proclamation by Archie Gubbrud, governor of South Dakota, appointing Reifel as honorary admiral of the U.S.S. South Dakota battleship while he is looking at a framed photograph of the battleship

Verbena hastata

UA053_068_0345
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Verbena hastata in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Vernonia fasciculata

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1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Vernonia fasciculata in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Viola pensylvanica

UA053_068_0355
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Viola pensylvanica in North Dakota.

Viola rugulosa

UA053_068_0163
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Viola rugulosa in North Dakota.

Young Republicans from Northern State Teachers College in 1963

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1963

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Young Republicans from Northern State Teachers College; Bob England, Lloyd Duncan, Bill Walker, Sue Walker, Gary Kulm

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry meet with a group of South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers

MA009-0424
undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry meet with a group of South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel addresses South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in 1965

MA009-0345
1965 February 3

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel addresses South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in the Veterans Affairs Committee Room in Washington, DC

Senecio plattensis

UA053_068_0315
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Senecio plattensis in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Calochortus nuttallii

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1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

W. Carter Johnson photographed this Calochortus nuttallii in Wyoming enroute to mountain courses in Colorado.

Calochortus nuttallii

UA053_068_0353
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

W. Carter Johnson photographed this Calochortus nuttallii in Wyoming enroute to mountain courses in Colorado.

Scirpus validus

UA053_068_0342
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Scirpus validus in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Ferns and mosses

UA053_068_0147
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Ferns and mosses growing by the St. Croix River.

Sagittaria cuneata

UA053_068_0326
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Sagittaria cuneata in western North Dakota

Sagittaria in a Marsh

UA053_068_0347
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Sagittaria in a marsh in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Rosebud Indian Boarding School, 1954

MA009-0775
1954 April 24

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Main school building and one of the dormitories at the Rosebud Indian Boarding school, about one mile east of Mission, South Dakota

Rosebud Indian Boarding School, 1954

MA009-0774
1954 April 24

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Main school building and one of the dormitories at the Rosebud Indian Boarding school, about one mile east of Mission, South Dakota

Rosa woodsii

UA053_068_0305
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Rosa woodsii at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Rosa woodsii

UA053_068_0296
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Rosa woodsii at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Rosa woodsii

UA053_068_0297
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Rosa woodsii at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado

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1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

Peronychia sessiliflora

UA053_068_0319
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Peronychia sessiliflora in Western North Dakota.

Ratibida columnifera pulcherrima

UA053_068_0335
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Ratibida columnifera pulcherrima in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Ratibida columnifera

UA053_068_0372
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Ratibida columnifera in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Ratibida columnifera

UA053_068_0307
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Ratibida columnifera at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Ratibida columnifera

UA053_068_0298
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Ratibida columnifera at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Representative Ben Reifel on the Rosebud Reservation in1962

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1962 August

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel at a powwow on the Rosebud Reservation with dancers dressed in American Indian costume. Reifel is wearing a headdress

Viola pennsylvanica in central North Dakota.

Polygala alba

UA053_068_0356
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Viola pennsylvanica in central North Dakota.

Polygala alba

UA053_068_0312
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Polygala alba in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Boy Scouts at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico

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undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Boy Scouts at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico

Penstemon grandiflorus

UA053_068_0378
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Penstemon grandiflorus in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Penstemon gracilis

UA053_068_0377
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Penstemon gracilis in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Penstemon erianthus

UA053_068_0316
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Penstemon erianthus in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Penstemon albidus

UA053_068_0370
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Penstemon albidus in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Penstemon albidus

UA053_068_0371
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Penstemon albidus in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Bog D at Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

Itasca State Park Bog D

UA053_068_0007
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Bog D at Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

Janet Johnson is part of an ecology class from North Dakota State University at Bog D in Itasca State Park, Minnesota.

North Dakota State University Ecology Class Itasca State Park Bog D

UA053_068_0010
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Janet Johnson is part of an ecology class from North Dakota State University at Bog D in Itasca State Park, Minnesota.

Bog D at Itasca State Park in Minnesota, the origin of the Mississippi River.

Aerial view of Bog D

UA053_068_0009
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Bog D at Itasca State Park in Minnesota, the origin of the Mississippi River.

Larch trees growing on sphagnum surface of Bog D at Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

Larch Trees of Bog D, Itasca State Park

UA053_068_0008
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Larch trees growing on sphagnum surface of Bog D at Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

Bog D in Itasca State Park, Minnesota with pitcher plants and sundews

Pitcher Plants and Sun Dews, Bog D

UA053_068_0011
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Bog D in Itasca State Park, Minnesota with pitcher plants and sundews

Itasca State Park

UA053_068_0006
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

View of Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

Representative Ben Reifel in a parade in Flandreau, South Dakota in 1962

MA009-0088
1962 July 10

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel from the First District of South Dakota is riding in a car in the Santee Sioux Tribes Siouxtennial Parade in Flandreau, South Dakota with Ida Allen, Rolly Samp, and others

Representative Ben Reifel at a parade in Flandreau, South Dakota in 1962

MA009-0090
1962 July 10

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel from the First District of South Dakota leaning against a car at the Santee Sioux Tribes Siouxtennial Parade in Flandreau, South Dakota, with him are (left to right) Ida Allen, two Santee Sioux children, and Gene King of KSOO radio

Alice Reifel near Pactola Reservoir in western South Dakota

MA009-0079
undated

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Alice Reifel crouching down petting a dog near Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Opuntia polyacantha

UA053_068_0367
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) in western North Dakota.

Opuntia polyacantha

UA053_068_0366
1969

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha) in western North Dakota.

Oenethera biennis in central North Dakota.

Oenothera biennis

UA053_068_0359
1970

Part of W. Carter Johnson Papers

Oenethera biennis in central North Dakota.

Representative Ben Reifel at the YMCA International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast in 1961

MA009-0205
1961 Mach 28

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Representative Ben Reifel at the YMCA International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast in 1964

MA009-0206
1964 March 15

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

Representative Ben Reifel at the YMCA International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast in 1965

MA009-0204
1965 June 27

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Visitors from abroad surround the speaker of the day, Representative Ben Reifel, at the International Crossroads Sunday Morning Breakfast

YMCA International Crossroads breakfast

MA009-0144
1961 June 4

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

People seating at tables at a YMCA International Crossroads breakfast

YMCA International Crossroads breakfast

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1961 June 4

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

People seating at tables at a YMCA International Crossroads breakfast

Representative Ben Reifel at a YMCA International Crossroads breakfast in 1961

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1961 June 4

Part of Benjamin Reifel Papers

Representative Ben Reifel at a YMCA International Crossroads Sunday morning breakfast, he is standing by Takao Kawachi, the 13,000th to register and a student at Columbia from Japan, Hon. John B. Anderson of Illinois, and Paul C. Bievdle