Frank Denholm working with two members of his staff at his desk.

Frank Denholm working with two members of his staff at his desk.

Frank Denholm and a man are in Denholm's office. They are holding posters about automated vegetation mapping and computer identification of terrain features.

Two men in U.S. Capitol committee hearing room. One is holding a poster about ERTS television spectral ranges.

Frank Denholm with a large tour group on the steps of the U.S. Capitol

Frank Denholm's office staff at work in his Washington, D.C. office.

Frank Denholm standing on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Staff member with a cigar in his mouth typing on a typewriter in Frank Denholm's Washington, D.C. office.

Glenn Martz from Washington, D.C., publisher of 'The Lowdown on Farm Affairs' interview at KOTA radio station in Rapid City, South Dakota. Martz revisits a speech he gave in Rapid City, South Dakota about socialism and communism in the United States. Martz discusses the Farmers Union and cooperatives connections to communism. He claims the Farmers Union has been infiltrated by communists.

National Farmers Union Weekly Radio program reports on the South Dakota Farmers Union report on Ladies Fly-In to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Howie Howard of Mellette, South Dakota is interviewed about issues she will be discussing with congressmen and senators. Topics include the federal state tax reform and full employment and growth act of 1976.

National Farmers Union Weekly Radio program reports on the South Dakota Farmers Union report on Ladies Fly-In to Washington, D.C. Mrs. Don Tisher of Amherst, South Dakota is interviewed about her visits with congressmen and senators about problems that farmers are facing and helping them to better understand how these things work in the government.

National Farmers Union Weekly Radio program reports on the South Dakota Farmers Union report on Ladies Fly-In to Washington, D.C. Joe O'Neill interviews Maxine Peterson and Mrs. Earl Larson, about the coalition farm bill, erosion, the school lunch milk program, interest rates, and Medicare Part B.

Farmers Union delegates interviewed in the lobby of the Dodge Hotel in Washington before they go to Capitol Hill for the day. They are there to encourage passage of the farm bill. They are for the Brannan plan, the REA, the MVA, and 100% parity.

Former Representative Ben Reifel standing on the steps leading to the capitol building in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel walking down a Washington D.C. street carrying a briefcase

Representative Ben Reifel in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel sitting at his Washington D.C. desk speaking into a dictating machine

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel showing Springfield, Virginia Girl Scouts, Debbie Bowers and Linda Black, Native American artifacts, Reifel is holding a peace pipe and the girls are wearing headdresses

Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College, received the 1971 Indian Council Fire achievement award from Ben Reifel; from left to right: Dr. Ned A. Hatathli; Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Ben Reifel, director, Office of Indian Programs, National Parks Service; Elmer Bennett, Arrow Inc.

Representative Ben Reifel with Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio

Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, is having an American Indian headdress places on his head by an unknown American Indian man

Representative Ben Reifel is with A.E. Crooks of Frankfurt, South Dakota, and Dan Nohr of Yankton, South Dakota waiting to testify before the Committee on Agriculture in Washington, D.C.

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

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 standing next to the South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Judy Sorenson from Flandreau, South Dakota who is shaking hands with Don White, President of the South Dakota State Society from Pierre, South Dakota in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel (second from left) is with a group touring the new Veterans Administration hospital in Washington, D.C.

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 greets Wilma Victor, first woman deputy secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton stands behind them

Representative Ben Reifel meets with Gabriel Nelson, Wakonda, South Dakota, Loren Adamson and Ralph Landsman, both from Centerville, South Dakota, to discuss the Vermillion River flood control project in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, are at a reception in Washington, D.C. with Web Hill, and a representative of Life Magazine

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

Representative Ben Reifel works with intern Debbie Spaulding in his Washington, DC office

Representative Ben Reifel is showing the statue of Joseph Ward to Highway Department representatives Kenneth Morgan and Derald Thompson 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 stands in front of the statue of Joseph Ward with Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Hartman and their family in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Ben Reifel and a former Congressman from Alaska at a Former Members of Congress meeting in Washington, D.C.

Representative Ben Reifel discusses a book with Alice Kundert of Mound City, South Dakota in his Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel working with summer intern Craig Green, a University of South Dakota student from Gettysburg, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel is with other members of the 1968 Democratic National Congressional Committee

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel, Dr. Ella Deloria, and Alice Reifel on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Ruth Hansen, Platte, South Dakota, Mrs. Henry Bartell, Marion, South Dakota, Frieda Hopf, Marion, South Dakota, and Carol Schauer, Brentwood, Maryland in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Josephine Moreno, Arlington, South Dakota, and Frances Brown, Rapid City, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Judi Sorensen, and Virginia Erickson, both of Flandreau, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Catherine Afdahl (left) of Redfield, South Dakota, and Mrs. F.M. Wertz of Aberdeen, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crook of Frankfort, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Robert Webb from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel meets representatives from Canton, South Dakota High School in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background. Back row left to right: Alan Thorson, Maximus Van Der Hul, Bill Wittrig, Tom Siter; Front row left to right: Donald Pottratz, Ben Reifel, Bob Kroeger

Representative Ben Reifel, Dail Gibson from Huron, South Dakota, A.C. Hauffe from Leola, South Dakota, and Lloyd Ernst from Huron, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps. Gibson, Hauffe, and Ernst are with the REA

Representative Ben Reifel and the Yankton College Board of Trustees in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background. Left to right: J.M. Lloyd, H.A. Rhian, Ben Reifel, Harold Levinger, H.C. Danforth

Representative Ben Reifel, Merlyn Johnson, an International 4-H Youth Exchange delegate to Mexico from Valley Springs, South Dakota, South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud, and Representative E.Y. Berry in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, James Brown, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, and James Hunt, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, looking at a newspaper of the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt with a large group of men in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moe from Alexandria, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. George Scully from Madison South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and F. Colby from Pierre, South Dakota the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with Roland Noyes in Washington, D.C. Alice Reifel stands between them. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and John Van Wyhe, Director of Physical Education at the University of South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Madsen from Aberdeen, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boekelheide from Redfield, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, and William T. Henry from Volga, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Mrs. And Mrs. Alfred Frantz and their granddaughter, Karen, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Judi Sorenson, 1964 Cherry Blossom Princess, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sorenson on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with the Betty Crocker Homemaker and others on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob Barker and his family in Washington, D.C. Barker's mother, Mathilda Valandra has her arm around Alice's shoulders, Barker's wife, Dorothy Jo Gideon, is on the far right

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel talking on a phone in his Washington. D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Wes Newfield and their son, Bob, on the steps of the US Capitol

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

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Florence and Paul Blair, their son, Larry, and grandson, Matt on the steps of the US Capitol. The Blair's are from Mobridge, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Miller and family, Barb, Donna, and David, from Colton, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Kenneth Nelsen, Dean Julius, Alice Reifel, Carolyn Foss, Lorenne Paulson, Angenette Snyuder, and Dave McFarland on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. William Clayton and their son, Stuart on the steps of the US Capitol. Clayton is a US Attorney from Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel with a traveling classroom group from Nova Scotia on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Speakers of the House Sam Rayburn swears in Ben Reifel during a ceremony

Ben Reifel speaks during his swearing in ceremony as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior

Representative Ben Reifel with two others at George Washington University commencement

Ben and Francis Reifel with Senator Larry Pressler in Washington, D.C.

Ben Reifel attends a meeting of the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children

Representative Ben Reifel with President John F. Kennedy and others

Representative Ben Reifel with a group of men on the steps of the US Capitol

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 and at a reception for the London Symphony Orchestra in 1970

Representative Ben Reifel and at a reception for the London Symphony Orchestra in 1970

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Welrosby and family, LaZanne, Jolene, Beeby, and Lorri, in Washington, D.C.The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel with Don Pottratz and students on the steps of the US Capitol

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 Ben Reifel with Trish Holmes on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Mary Fuller on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Father John F. Bryde on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with Lt. Col. Vernon L. Watkins (ret) and others on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Irene Jenks on the steps of the US Capitol in 1968

Congressional Wives Club board at a brunch with the first lady