Representative Ben Reifel with the Crawford family on the steps of the US Capitol

Masahide Shibusawa, Japanese business man, who is in charge of the work of Moral Re-Armament in Japan, speaks at the Mackinac demonstration. He has come to plan for the delegation of 100 Japanese students arriving later in July. Shibusawa's great-grandfather was the founder of modern industrial Japan

Clarence Dillard of Appalachia reads a message at the Mackinac demonstration from executive members of his union. Senior representatives of management, labor, and the professions are taking part in the demonstration with youth

Representative Ben Reifel in American Samoa

Representative Ben Reifel with restaurant owners from South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol. Mrs. G.E. Baird from Huron, Fred Dean from Rapid City, Derold Stacey from Brookings, Lowel Jensen from Sioux Fally, Clifford Larsen from Yankton, and Harold Wong from Aberdeen

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with the Harold Van Beckern family from Wessington Springs, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Leonard and daughter, Sharyl, from Watertown, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Dave Pearson family from Brookings, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Steffe and family, Dan and Diane, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel in American Samoa

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel

Signatures of guests who visited Ben Reifel in his Washington, DC. office.

Representative Ben Reifel and five other people pose for a photograph, Reifel and the woman standing in front of him are holding elephant figurines

Representative Ben Reifel is with a group of people standing beside a library, Reifel and another man are holding an American flag

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

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife Alice Reifel are with a couple at an outdoor restaurant; there is a note typed on the back: With the Compliments of Congress G. Elliott Hagan First District of Georgia

89th United States Congress in session

Representative Ben Reifel (S.D.) and Representative Ancher Nelson (Minn.) are wearing American Indian headdresses and holding a Washington Daily Globe newspaper

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hand with astronaut Gus Grissom, Betty Grissom stands to the right

Representative Ben Reifel is shaking hand with astronaut Gus Grissom, Betty Grissom, astronaut John W. Young and his wife, Barbara Young stand to the right

Representative Ben Reifel (left) examines the new electronic macing at the new Veterans Administration Hospital at the Washington Hospital Center, discussing the apparatus are Dr. George A. Higgin (center) and Mr. J.C. Gillespie, assistant director

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Ed Brooke, formerly Massachusetts Attorney General, are being interviewed

Representative Ben Reifel, Mrs. Ray Asmussen, and Nancy Asmussen on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Stella Ericson, Agnes Akre, Esther Erickson, and Gertrude Valdal, all of Brookings, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Larry Bonrud from Pierre, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Mrs. Wayne Eshelberger on the steps of the US Capitol

Book of remarks from the Testimonial Dinner for Felix S Cohen, as well as Ben Reifel's iterinaries and list of orientation meetings.

Correspondence between Ben Reifel and congressman Karl E Mundt pertaining to Ben's victory on his reelection to congress.

Representative Ben Reifel at the American Legion World Series banquet in 1965

Man presenting Ben Reifel (center) and three other men with the Silver Antelope Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the Silver Antelope Award is the highest award in scouting for leadership

Verly Hofer, Representative Ben Reifel, Dan Van Bocbern, and Fred Coursey pose with a trophy

Representative Ben Reifel is reading a newspaper, he is wearing a lei around his neck, there is a woman standing next to him

Alice Reifel is with other women at an event in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel, Governor Nils Boe, and Representative E.Y Berry standing in front of the statue of Joseph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Aldean Farrell, National 4-H delegate from Bullhead, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and 1965 summer intern Mike Pieplow from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and South Dakota state auditor Al Hamre on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Gary Kulm, and Sally Kulm on the steps of the US Capitol, Kulm is a field representative from Aberdeen, South Dakota

Rusty Walles, John Sayre, directors of the Mackinac Demonstration, with Conrad Hunte, director of sports program and vice captain of West Indies Cricket Team, at the Mackinac Demonstration

Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the Mahatma, and Editor-in-Chief of the Indian weekly ""Himmat,"" addressing over 800 delegates to the Mackinac demonstration in 1965

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel in the audience at the Mackinac demonstration

Minutes from the meeting of the Department of Racial and Cultural Relations, as well as correspondence in regards to Moral Re-Armament, which Ben Reifel supported.

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting at his desk nest to Cub Scout, James Foss, Jr. of Bethesda, Maryland, James Foss is wearing a Native American headdress, Reifel is showing him how to make a hand gesture

Representative Ben Reifel with a group of other politicians at the Inter-American Defense College located on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel talking with three men at the Inter-American Defense College located on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel and an unknown man in Washington, D.C.; there is illegible writing in the bottom right hand corner of the image

South Dakota congressional delegation with Tom Taylor; from left to right: Tom Taylor, Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Senator Karl Mundt, Representative E.Y Berry, and Sam Seehser (?)

Representative Ben Reifel meeting with South Dakota constituents in his Washington, D.C. office. Susie Ellwein (Center), Judi Wilson (right), Sue French (left)

Representative Ben Reifel and Minnesota Representative Ancher Nelsen congratulate Ken Marber for winning the George T. Mickelson Outstanding Club award in 1965. Representative Nelsen was speaker at the convention

Representative Ben Reifel (left) examines the new electronic macing at the new Veterans Administration Hospital at the Washington Hospital Center, discussing the apparatus are Dr. George A. Higgin (center) and Mr. J.C. Gillespie, assistant director

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, meet Martha Yunker, the National Homemaker of Tomorrow, and her advisor Melba Ellis

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, meet Martha Yunker, the National Homemaker of Tomorrow: left to right Alice Reifel, Arletta Lischer, Martha Yunker; Harold Lischer; Melba Ellis

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel stand in front of the statue of Joseph Ward with Joan Gratz in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel escorts Nancy Nadeau, Cherry Blossom Princess, at the 1962 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel with the 1965 American Dairy Princess Susanne Bradford from Tallahassee, Florida

Representative Ben Reifel and Whit Rork, Northern States Power, Sioux Falls, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hammer and their children, Barbara, Bruce, and Danny, from Sisseton, South Dakota and Ada Krause, Mrs. Hammer's sister, from Washington, D.C. on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pleinis and their sons, Mike and Kevin, from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the T.I. Potts family on the steps of the US Capitol. Potts is a architect from Watertown, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Duane Daniels and daughters Sheila, Dorinda, and Margaret, from Baltic, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Indian youth from across America applaud opening day celebrations at the demonstration for modernizing America

Flanked by American Indian elders and overseas delegates, J. Blanton Belk gives the keynote speech at the demonstration for modernizing America on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Ben Reifel is visible in the background looking left

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel at the Mackinac Demonstration

Representative Ben Reifel receives a gift in American Samoa

Representative Ben Reifel talks with a woman, she is laughing

Letters to Ben Reifel from Lyndon B. Johnson in which he wishes Ben a happy birthday.

Ben Reifel's reminders for various breakfast and lunch appointments, meetings with the American Legion, as well as reminders for speaking at different college campuses. Also includes reminders for different Briefings, 4-H meetings, and Appropriation Committee luncheons.

T. Dale Stewart, Senior Scientist, Department of Physical Anthropology, and Congressman Ben Reifel look at a first Americans exhibit during an Evening at the Smithsonian

Congressman Ben Reifel and T. Dale Stewart, Senior Scientist, Department of Physical Anthology looks at an exhibit in Jade Hall in the Museum of Natural History during and Evening at the Smithsonian

Richard S. Cowan, Director, Museum of Natural History, Congressman Ben Reifel, and Sidney R. Galler, Assistant Secretary for Science, during an Evening at the Smithsonian Institution

Representative Ben Reifel on a flatbed trailer throwing a pitchfork full of hay into a threshing machine at a threshing bee in Madison, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel on a flatbed trailer full throwing a pitchfork ful of hay into a threshing machine at a threshing bee in Madison, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Olson and their son, Richard, in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative with a group of men, there is a dining table in the foreground

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol

Congressman Ben Reifel looks at an exhibit in Jade Hall in the Museum of Natural History during an Evening at the Smithsonian

Congressman Robert T. Ashmore interacts stands in front of a chart that compares the height with average classes of stature over the world during an Evening at the Smithsonian, Congressman Ben Reifel and Helen Hollis, Museum Technician, Division of Cultural History are standing to the left

Representative Ben Reifel with a group working on the Biscayne Bay area preservation project

Representative Ben Reifel riding a carousel with children at a threshing bee in Madison, South Dakota

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Representative Ben Reifel with members of the New Korea Party, Yil Hyung Chyung, Chae-Kwang Kim, and Vincent W. Allin, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel visits the Salton Sea in southern California, Laguna Mt. is visible in the background

Ben Reifel's dates for trips to Miami and Washington D.C., as well as reminders for State Department briefings, various lunch and breakfast Appointments, and Hobo Days.

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.

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the US Capitol steps

House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Sub-Committee on Interior and related agencies; Left to Right: George Evans, Joe McDade, Ben Reifel, Winfield Denton, Mila Kirwan, Julia Hansen

Representative Ben Reifel on a flatbed trailer full throwing a pitchfork ful of hay into a threshing machine at a threshing bee in Madison, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with 1966 summer intern Brice Rickerson in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with Lorie Long on the steps of the US Capitol. The photographs is signed: To Lori Long with best wishes Ben Reifel M.C. 1st Dist S.D.

Representative Ben Reifel with a 1966 Girls Nation Representative, Betty Creighton from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Don Van Bockern and Verly Hafer standing in front of the statue of Joesph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with three young girls they are all earing I'm for Ben Again! buttons

Representative Ben Reifel with El Riad Shrine members at a circus in the Sioux Falls arena