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

Representative Ben Reifel chats with Captain C. William Duerre at a training site of the United States Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson

Snow sled used by Alaskan infantrymen, called an akhio, is demonstrated for US Congressmen visiting Fort Richardson, Alaska

Congressman John D. Fuqua, Florida, Frank J. Horton, New York, Graham D. Purcell, Texas, and Clark MacGregor, Minnesota, watch exercises held at the Ski Bowl training area at Fort Richardson, Alaska

Specialist Five James R. Spates, First Cook of Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry Battalion, shows Congressmen Harlan F. Hagen, California (standing) and Ben Reifel, South Dakota (kneeling) a Yukon stove at Fort Richardson, Alaska

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel meets an official in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile

US officials meet President Park Chung-hee in Seoul, Korea

Political panel at the South Dakota Farmers Union convention featuring candidates for Governor and Congressmen. Nils Boe, Republican candidate for Governor, discusses taxation. John Lindley, Democratic candidate for Governor, discusses 25% aid to schools. Ben Reifel, Republican candidate for Congress discusses farm legislation in Congress and the future of the livestock industry. George May, Democratic candidate for Congress discusses improving farm programs to maintain farm income. Byron Brown, Democratic candidate for Congress discusses the rural community development aspect of the food and agricultural program. The candidates' introductory remarks are followed by a question and answer session.

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. George Karedis and Mary Photokas, all from Huron, South Dakota, on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol. John Alland, Mrs. Louis Fiskrum and children, David, Elaine, and Paul, and Patti and Denny Burke

Representative Ben Reifel with the John Babcock family on the steps of the US Capitol. Children are Betty, Beverly, Bobby, Janet, and Sandy

Representative Ben Reifel with the Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Carlson, Sr. and Arnold Carlson, Jr., a cadet in the Naval Academy in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel chats with Pfe E3 Richard L. Bentaas at a training site of the United States Army, Alaska, Fort Richardson

Major A.R. Lentini, OCLL, Lt. Col. Ivan C. Nelson, Provost Marshall, USARAL Support Command, Representative Ben Reifel, South Dakota, confer during their visit to Fort Richardson in Alaska

Congressman Spark M. Matsunaga, Hawaii, Harlan F. Hagen, California, Ben Reifel, South Dakota, John D. Fuqua, Florida, Albert Watson, South Carolina, Graham D. Purcell, Texas (behind Watson), and Col. Benjamin Anderson, OCLL, pause for a moment of relaxation in a snow cave prepared by men of 172d Infantry Brigade, during a mountain and cold weather survival demonstration by the Brigade, at the Ski Bowl training area at Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Congressmen Harlan F. Hagen, California, Clark MacGregor, Minnesota, and Ben Reifel, South Dakota, watch troops of US Army Alaska in recent exercised held at Fort Richardson

Representative Ben Reifel speaks at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Brookings, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet Colonel Oscar Vallajos and a military aid in the Chamber of Deputies in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile, From left to right: interpreter, Col. Vallejos, Ben Reifel, Mr. Harding, Mr. Jennings, Col. Sloan, Mr. Hagan, Mr. Calkins (holding briefcase)

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates watch a military parade in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates watch a military parade in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other US delegates at a formal dinner in Seoul, Korea

Representative Ben Reifel and other US delegates at a formal dinner in Seoul, Korea

Itineraries and reception guest lists from Ben Reifel's visit to Asia.

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

Representative Ben Reifel with Boy Scouts from the Aberdeen, South Dakota area, from left to right: Clayton Roseth (Aberdeen), Bob Gill (Aberdeen), Dale Hieb (Ipswich), and Paul Gill (Aberdeen)

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife Alice Reifel are with Representative E.Y. Berry and two other people

Representative Ben Reifel with Lem Overpeck and another man at a Nils Boe for Governor campaign rally, Overpeck was running for Lt. Governor

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, greets supporters

Candidate for Vice President William Miller shakes hands with Aberdeen, South Dakota Mayor Clifton Hurlbert on a stage, Representative Ben Reifel is standing behind them

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

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative Mike Kirwan are among members of the United States Interior Department Appropriations Subcommittee of the 88th Congress

It was Representative Ben Reifel Day at the New York World's Fair House of Good Taste, Reifel and his wife, Alice, are seen here being welcomes by Lady Malcolm Douglas Hamilton, originator of the exhibit. The exhibit features three homes, a traditional home, a contemporary home, and a modern home

Representative Ben Reifel works with Karen Nali, an intern from the University of South Dakota, in his Washington, D.C office

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and Arnold Carlson, Jr., a Naval Academy cadet from Miller, South Dakota, in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, William Harrison, Miss Indian America Willamette Youpee, James Battin on the steps of the US Capitol

Various office cards, membership permits and cards, and parking permits of Ben Reifel.

Appointments for Ben Reifel's House Chamber meetings, as well as other meetings in the White House. Also includes reminders for attending church, as well as various dinner appointments and Hobo Day.

Ben Reifel's appointment reminders for receptions, meetings with Congress, meetings with American Legion, various appointments, as well as names of people Ben Reifel was going to meet with.

Alice Reifel in San Juan, Puerto Rico with two other women

Vice presidential candidate William Miller speaking at a podium at a Republican campaign rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, speaks at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, talking with a supporter

Representative Ben Reifel with the Goldwater Girls from Aberdeen, South Dakota during the 1964 campaign: Left to right: Peggy Lamont, Donna Patterson, Darla Wollman, Ben Reifel, Lorraine Germer, and Susan Vaughen

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative Mike Kirwan are among members of the United States Interior Department Appropriations Subcommittee of the 88th Congress

Representative Ben Reifel with the 1964 Westinghouse Science Talent Search scholarship winner, Lee R Gerton Snyder of Huron, South Dakota, he was awarded $5,000

William Miller greeting constituents at Joe Foss field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Miller was candidate for vice president candidate in 1964. Alice Reifel is visible in the bottom left hand corner wearing a white shirt and sweater

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally at the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel, Joe Holland, Northwest Bell, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Gordon Thune, Mitchell, South Dakota, and Hoyt Granter, Mitchell, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Knight from California on the steps of the US Capitol. Knight was a former classmate of Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Miss Indian American and other on the steps of the US Capitol. Dick Hart, Mrs. Bryce Lay, Alice Reifel, Congressman James Battin (above Alice Reifel), Miss Indian American Willamette Youpee, Mrs. Dick Hart, Ben Reifel, and William Harrison

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schmitt from Aberdeen, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. L.H. (Lefty) Johnson of Estelline, South Dakota and Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. R.S. Brown of Rockville, Maryland on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and another man walk at a memorial carrying a wreath during a Veterans of Foreign Wars event

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt with others at the Outstanding Reservist Awards

Congressman Ben Reifel at the Clazton Drop Zone training area at Fort Richardson, Alaska, A Nordwell RM-110 track vehicle site in the background. The Congressman was on a tour of USARAL Training Facilities

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice tour a field during a trip to Thailand

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with Salvador Correa, vice president, Chamber of Deputies, in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile, From left to right: Lt. Col. Montgomery, Col. Sloan, Mr. Hagan, Mr. Jennings, Ben Reifel (with back to camera), Mr. Harding, Col. Vallejos (with back to camera)

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet officials in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel is part of a Congressional delegation that traveled to Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and others with President Park Chung-hee in Seoul, Korea

Representatives E.Y. Berry and Ben Reifel with Deaconess Link, Malinda Walters, and Bernadette Thompson from Eagle Butte, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Julianne Thomas and Mark Simmons from Pierre, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

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

Representative Ben Reifel with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Twedt and family on Hudson, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota State University President Hilton M. Briggs, Lillian Briggs, and Alice Reifel on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with constituents on the steps of the US Capitol. Back row Ben Reifel, Sister Esther, Karl Mundt, Elsie Nelson, Mrs. Glen Hilland. Second row: Mrs. Niels Weber and daughter, Mrs. McGovern, Mrs. Mundt, Alice Reifel, Mrs. Pat Harvey. Front row: Niels Weber, Sister Elizabeth Ann

Representative Ben Reifel sharing a meal with cadets

Representative Ben Reifel talks with fellow citizens of South Dakota during his visit to Japan. Left to right: Lt. Col. Max Feld, SFC, Irven J. Larson, and SP4 Jackie L. Lesney

Congressmen W.P. Jennings, Virginia (front) and Ben Reifel, South Dakota emerge from a snow cave prepared by men of the 172d Infantry Brigade at the Ski Bowl training area, during a tour of USARAL training facilities at Fort Richardson, Alaska

Members of the Congressional Party which visited Fort Richardson, Alaska on a tour of the training activities pause to chat and drink hot coffee during a lull in the combat demonstration being presented by the 172d Infantry Brigade at Claxton Drop Zone

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile, From left to right: Lt. Col. Hunter M. Montgomery, Deputy Chief US Military Mission to Chile, interpreter, Col. Vallejos, unknown man, Ben Reifel, Mr. Hagan, Mr. Jennings, Mr. Harding

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates meet with officials in Santiago, Chile, From left to right: Col. Vallejos, Mr. Harding, Mr. Salvador Correa, Mr. Hagan, Mr. Jennings, Ben Reifel

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates watch a military parade in Santiago, Chile

Representative Ben Reifel and other delegates in Santiago, Chile

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 shaking hands with a Boys Scout leaders at the Episcopal Church in Aberdeen, South Dakota in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, are with Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Schuelke of Groton, South Dakota

Vice presidential candidate William Miller deboarding a plane at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

People supporting the Goldwater-Miller ticket during the 1964 United States Presidential campaign at a rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Audience listening to William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania speak at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania, shakes hands with a drum major while a marching band performs in the background

Representative Ben Reifel is sitting on a sofa with Selma Gifford, Assistant Commission of Indian Affairs in a Washington, D.C. office

Representative Ben Reifel with Miss Universe, Kiriaki Tsopei of Greece, and Miss USA Bobbie Johnson formerly of Aberdeen, South Dakota

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally in South Dakota