Cystopteris fragilis in North Dakota.

Biography of early South Dakota women containing chapters "Pioneer: Sarah Wood Ward; Churchwoman: Mary Uline Dunlap; Artist: Krete Kendall Miller; Scientist: Charlotte Elliott; Stateswoman: Gladys Pyle; Journalist: Lois Thrasher Clarke; Futility; Feathers; Frustration; Fancies; Finality; Faith"

Thank you letters and notes sent to Ben Reifel concerning the Dakota Territory Citizen certificates he sent to each Congressman.

Thank you letters and notes sent to Ben Reifel concerning the Dakota Territory Citizen certificates he sent to each Congressman.

George Bootstrap visiting with Dale K. Lingenfelter, farmer, on his farm in Plainview, Nebraska, about the harvester's on his farm that he uses with high moisture shell corn and the economy in feeding cattle.

David Garnier, a mix blood living on this mothers allotment with a one room log house, shingle roof, and floor

David Gillespie living on his Indian wife's allotment of 640 acres with a three room log house, shingle roof, and good floor

Dead myrtle warbler in the Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Elm tree, probably a victim of Dutch elm disease. Elm trees were once the second most dominant tree on the floodplain, after cottonwood. Now as of 2019, very few elm trees remain alive. Seedlings are numerous however.

Decorah Shale Stratigraphy in Minnesota.

Meeting itineraries, travel information, and correspondence between Ben Reifel and members of Congress about his interest in being a member of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group.

Representative Ben Reifel (seated, second from right) is among the delegation of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group

Delores Racine-Blackfeet in American Indian costume with Ben Reifel and an unidentified woman, Ben Reifel is holding a plaque

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

Desmodium canadense in western North Dakota.

Devils Lake, North Dakota in 1969 well before the flooding of the 1990s.

Dicentra cucullaria vegetation in North Dakota.

Dicentra cucullaria vegetation in North Dakota.

Dicentra cucullaria vegetation in North Dakota.

South Dakota Farmers Union communications director, Dick Ricci, speaks in Frederick, South Dakota about tax reform and the South Dakota legislature.

Two men sitting in front of a display of two marlin fish attached to a sign which reads: City of Miami, Pier 5 - World's Finest Fishing Fleet

South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with Rodney Dodge, former Cenex field representative

Doll's eyes in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Don Hunter of Centerville, South Dakota and Merle Flyger of Hurley, South Dakota to talk about the sugar beet industry in South Dakota, Representative Reifel holds a bowl of sugar cubes for Hunter and Flyger to put in their coffee

Dr. Ben Reifel presiding over an assembly discussing Indian boarding school issues, seated at the table are Olaf Nelson, reservation principal at Ft. Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, O.R. Sande, superintendent at Wahpeton Boarding School in North Dakota, and Herman Bogard, superintendent at Flandreau Boarding School in Flandreau, South Dakota

Dr. Harold Lutz lecturing in the field to a University of Colorado Mountain Ecology class which Carter Johnson and Warren Keammerer attended.

Alpine ecologist John Marr lecturing in the field to a University of Colorado Alpine Ecology class which Carter Johnson and Warren Keammerer attended.

Dr. Paul Kilburn, summer instructor of a University of Colorado Mountain and Alpine Ecology classes, in the field.

South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with Gene Dragseth, former cooperative manager at Nunda, South Dakota.

Dwarf willow growing in the alpine of Colorado Rockies. A match is included to represent scale.

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

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

Echinocystis lobata in the Missouri River Valley in North Dakota.

Portrait of Edgar S. McFadden, McFadden is known for his breakthroughs in wheat genetics in South Dakota and in Texas

Edgar S. McFadden in a wheat test plot at a Texas A & M University College Station

Edgar S. McFadden at work in his office at Texas A & M University at College Station, Texas

Edgar S. McFadden doing research in wheat genetics

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

Edgar S. McFadden in a flax field at Kenedy

Edgar S. McFadden in a field of wheat that is a test plot for his research on wheat genetics

Edgar S. McFadden standing in a field of wheat

Esgar S. McFadden (far right) with five others in their World War I uniforms

Edgar S. McFadden kneeling in a wheat field that is part of Edgar S. McFadden research on wheat genetics

Edgar S. McFadden crouching on the ground holding shafts of wheat, the wheat is part of Edgar S. McFadden's research on wheat genetics

Edgar S. McFadden sitting at his desk in his office

Field of wheat is a test plot for Edgar McFadden's research on wheat genetics

Edgar S. McFadden is among a group of people in front of an unknown building

Edgar S. McFadden speaking to a group of people in front of an unknown building

Edgar S. McFadden is among a group of people in front of an unknown building

Edgar S. McFadden speaking to a group of people in front of an unknown building

Edgar S. McFadden looking at wheat planted in pots, the wheat is part of Edgar S. McFadden;s research on wheat genetics

Small grain experiments at Prairie View are observed by Edgar S. McFadden (right) nationally famous wheat breeder of Texas A & M College and Professor Manley Champlin, retired, former head of the department of field husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada; agronomist Oliver E. Smith (left) is in charge of the Experiment Station tests

Analysis of how other farmer organizations affect the South Dakota Farmers Union on social and political levels. He discusses four categories: leaders of the South Dakota Farmers Union, general members of the South Dakota Farmers Union, members of other farm organization, and farmers that do no belong to any farm organizations.

El Capitolio, the National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba

Eleagnus angustifolia at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Eleagnus angustifolia at Garrison Reach on the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Eleanor McGovern wearing sunglasses in Cuba

Eleanor McGovern in sunglasses smiling with a man in Cuba

Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the South Dakota Farmers Union about of her work with the American Association for the United Nations. She speaks about the United Nations and India. The recording cuts off in the middle of her speaking. Continues on Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses the South Dakota Farmers Union, Part 2 (MA012-AV-077_02).

Continuation of Eleanor Roosevelt Addresses the South Dakota Farmers Union, Part 1 [MA012-AV-0177_01). Eleanor Roosevelt addressed the South Dakota Farmers Union about of her work with the American Association for the United Nations. She speaks about respecting the customs of other nations.

South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with Arlene Schley Elliott, former education director board member of the South Dakota Farmers Union.

Emergent cottonwood trees at stand number 12 sampled by Carter Johnson during his doctoral research on the Missouri River floodplain at Garrison Reach.

Dense canopy of later successional stage cottonwood forests near stand #12 in the floodplain at Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota.

Emergent cottonwood trees at Garrison Reach of the Missouri River in North Dakota. This image clearly shows how much taller old cottonwood trees are compared to the later successional stage. This exposure to storms causes wind damage and sometimes tree fall to emergent cottonwoods.

Citations of eminent farmers and eminent homemakers of South Dakota.

1927. A.J. Wimple, John M Downer
1928. Dave Sour, Mrs. W.J. O'Banion, John Robertson, Mrs. Martin Sorenson
1929. Willis H. Davis, Percy R. Crothers, Mrs. Earl Dickerson, Mrs. Martin Nelson Boe
1930. John T. Belk, Jorgen J. Boe, Mrs. George Renner, Mrs. Willis H. Davis
1931. Mrs. Vincent S. Johnson, Albert Hill, Thornton M. Babcock, Mrs. George Ernst
1932. Mrs. Charles Rasmussen, Mrs. William P. Hawkes, Robert L Cheney, William Dailey
1933. Titus C. Wenz, Mrs. Henry J. Strand, Jacob B. Severson, Mrs. L.B. Croll
1934. Mrs. Edward E. Bucher, Mrs. Louis L. Meehan, R.M. Crowder, T.E. Hayes
1935. John Rudolph Michaels, Mrs. William A. Ruppel, Edward Bogue, Mrs. Addie Sloat
1936. Mrs. E.W. Laisy, Henry J. Briscoe, Albert R. Fryer, Mrs. Lena Van Metre, H.C. Halvorson, Paul C. Murphy, Mrs. Ed Stitt, Mrs. R.L. Cheney.
1937. Annie Thoreson, Olynphious S. Thompson, Joseph J. Rezac, Mrs. Henry L. Rebbe
1938. August Maass, Mrs. W.O. Torvik, Thomas J. Keehn, Christina K. Lacey
1939. Mary E. Kotrba, Frank Agnew, Lawrence D. Test, Mrs. H.J. Rehorst
1940. Andrew T. Brakke, Mrs. J.E. Boyd, Mrs. Peter P. Vallery William M. Naessig
1941. William M. Davis, Mrs. Thomas H. Hicks, W.F. Wyatt, Mrs. L.T. Larsen
1942. Grant W. Morsman, Mrs. G.W. Mossing, Fredicka Larson, John Davies
1943. Mrs. H.M. Rogers, H.E. Baxter, John A. Cole, Mary E. Nold
1944. Mrs. Fred Dittman, Louisa F. Rehfeld, Henry N. Abild, John Meland
1945. Edward C. Slocum, Mrs. S.C. Mernaugh, J.F. McLoughlin, Mrs. Van Ludwig
1946. Mrs. R.P. Johnson, Harald N. Opdahl, Mrs. John C. Schlomer, Henry Hertel
1947. Mrs. Peter Moe, Arthur C. Kelsey, Mrs. Walter W. Eicholtz, Joseph J. Curry.

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1951. Frank McHugh, T.A. Jackson, Mrs. Arthur Justice, Mrs. George Sisson,
1952. Alfred J. Lien, S.C. Thomas, Mrs. Joseph Sutera, Mrs. Grace Fairchild
1953. Mrs. A.J. Schuelke, William Rames, Raymond P. Johnson, Mrs. J. Rees Dillon
1954. Mrs. Arthur Sherburne, Smith Robbins, Mrs. Joseph Schenk, Walter C. Taylor
1955. E.G. Sanderson, Mrs. William P. Hinckley, Sr., Ernest B. Ham, Mrs. John Wiersma
1956. Charles Ahrens, Mrs. Bert Tupper, Mrs. Charles Wieting, Frank Cundill
1957. Henry N. Dybvig, Mrs. O.V. Olson, Edward J. Bailey, Mrs. George Larson
1958. Henry Preheim, Mrs. H.P. Gallagher, Mrs. Will J. Kratochvil, Everett Fletcher
1959. Clifford R. Rush, Mrs. Ellwood Gross, Ivan L. Barkley, Mrs. George Hodgson
1960. Otto G. Meyer, Esther M. Evans, Frank Swope, Mrs. Leonard Gaffin
1961. Louis J. Brooks, Mrs. Earl L. Arne, Henry F. Hansmeier, Mrs. Garrett C. Reynolds.
1962. Albert Keffeler, Mrs. Matthew Evans, Percy J Wallace, Mrs. Otto Laue
1963. Ray Barnett, Mrs. Anton Bierschbach, Enos Blair, Mrs. L. W. Herron
1964. Carl Anderson, Mrs. Donald Rice, Fred H. Holscher, Mrs. Allan Wilson.

Citations of eminent farmers and eminent homemakers of South Dakota.

1965. Mrs. Everett Baxter, Martin F. Jorgensen, Sr., Mrs. George Malone, Henry Ripp
1966. Mrs. Cather Clanton, Mrs. Lloyd Jones, Allen Sperry, Lyman G. Merry
1967. Ida Marie Bentley, Edith A. Guindon, Harry Blair, Merritt Fenner
1968. Mrs. George Millar, Margaret Masteller, John Gauger, Merle Hanson
1969. Mrs. Chester Moe, Mrs. Mortimer Clifford, Lawrence Ingalls, T. Floyd Durland
1970. Mrs. Pauline Hageman, Albert C. Hauffe, Mrs. Arthur W. Keller, Roy Norman
1971. John E. Elsing, Mrs. Chris (Amy K.) Larson, Mrs. Evelyn Petik, Warren L. Wright
1972. Mrs. Harry (Selma) Martens, Mrs. Ethel Miles, John Edwin Sutton, Harry Witt
1973. Mrs. Adele Davis, Vene C. Eitemiller, Wilbert I. Symens, Mrs. Selma Woods
1974. Mrs. Joe (Violet) Biever, Earl Eikmeier, Mrs. Delos (Genevieve) Melius, Elvin E. Mitchell
1975. Mrs. Francis (Anne) Feller, Peter H. Ginsbach, Mrs. Emmett (Delonde) Healy, William P Rausch
1976. Leonard E. Dailey, Vernon Goodroad, Mrs. Bell Hinrichs, Mrs. Fayola Muchow
1977. Willard Benson, Richard Daly, Mrs. Robert (Gladyce) Hammer, Mrs. Elden (Delila) Tompkins
1978. Hazel Cowan, Roy Houck, Martha Kettler, Eugene Strain
1979. Laura Kirsch, Henry Knochenmus, Camille Landekil, Leslie Zeller
1980. Earl Acheson, Paul E. Brown, Elizabeth Naughton, Viola Schuh
1981. Ingebert G. Fauske, Vera Fuller, Roland Leonhardt, Albina Shindelbower
1982. Ralph H. Hansmeier, Louise Labray, Walter H. Schwanke, Oriska Stroschein
1983. Hilbert Bogue, Florine Glaus, Ruth E. Nelson, Orville K. Peterson
1984. Mildred Acheson, Martin Jorgensen, John W. Smith, Janice Snyder
1985. Wilbert Blumhardt, Emily Jennings, Wendell Leafstedt, Charlotte Seas
1986. Selmer J. Anderson, Mary ""Maizie"" Homelvig, Mary Ellen Murphy, John E. "Matt" Sutton

1987. James E. Brooking, Chrys Daniel, Ernest C. Olson, Redella Runner

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1988. Gordon Brockmueller, William Daniel, Agnes Panek, Erna Putnam
1989. Harold Anderson, Jeanne Bachand, Doris Heine, Robert Sharp
1990. Arlen Berwald, Lorraine Reaves, Carol Schubeck, John Schwab
1991. Virginia Anderson, Bernice Cuppy, John Glaus, William Schuette
1992. Robert G. Hoffman, Harold T. Hurlbert, Georgia Jensen, Shirley Krause
1993. Donald Fieber, Ardeth Kocourek, Dorothy Nothdurft, Merwyn Walter
1994. Mary Ann Deurmier, Esther Krutzfeldt, John Leroy Luecke, Mervin Ogren

Erigeron glabellus in central North Dakota.

South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with Marvin Evenson, former employee of the Farmers Union Livestock Association.

Large group of people gathered in a room and seated on chairs at an event in Washington, D.C.

Evergreen forests in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Ben Reifel, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from the First District of South Dakota, are on the campaign trail in Pierre, South Dakota

Fall Celastrus vegetation at research stand #11 near the Garrison dam on the Missouri River.

Alpine ecologist John Marr lecturing in the field to a University of Colorado Alpine Ecology class which Carter Johnson and Warren Keammerer attended.

Teens at the Farmers Union All-State Camp at Camp Judson in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Highlights include the Badlands, flag raising, Badger Clark visit, national board members visit, and a puppet theater. The students participate in crafts, croquet, archery, swimming, folk dancing, sightseeing, and a picnic. Included is footage of the Needles and Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, and Mt. Rushmore under construction. Color film. No sound.

The film was created to promote the youth education program of the Farmers Union of North Dakota, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. It consists of footage from camps at each states' Farmers Union Junior Camps where children age 6-21 learn more about the Farmers Union and have fun. Activities depicted in the film include boating, swimming, games, crafts, manual labor, creating a camp newsletter, and listening to lectures about farming and the Farmers Union. South Dakota campers stay in the Black Hills and visit Mt. Rushmore. The film is narrated by Fred Simonton, director of television for North Dakota Farmers Union. Color film. Sound.

Footage of what appears to be a Farmers Union meeting. Black-and-white film. No sound.

Farmers Union Stock Commission touring a farm during winter and the Sioux Falls Stockyards showing cattle, sheep, and pigs. Also includes footage of various farms scenes. Black-and-white film. No sound.

Booklets about laws relating to federal corrupt practices and political activities, as well as a letter to republican nominees like Ben Reifel from the National Republican Congressional Committee in regards to filing reports of campaign receipts and expenditures.

Ferns and mosses growing by the St. Croix River.

First Calvary Division radio reporter interviews PFC LeRoy Youngberg of Huron, South Dakota from Camp Younghans in Japan. Youngberg greets his family and friends back homes and wishes them Merry Christmas.

Flag form trees about 11,000 feet above sea level in Colorado.

Flag-form trees in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.