89th United States Congress in session

Alice Reifel and her high school classmates in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

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

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

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

Alice Reifel escorted by a cadet at a brunch with the first lady. Reifel was a menber of the Congressional Wives Club board

Alice Reifel with three other women at a Washington, D.C. event

Alice Reifel with students from St. Mary's school in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Ben Reifel and his wife, Francis Reifel, stand on the steps of the US Capitol. The name ABDNOR appear at the top of the photograph

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

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

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

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

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

Congressional Wives Club board at a brunch with the first lady

Alice Reifel and three other members of the Congressional Wives Club has a bazaar

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

Congressman Ben Reifel, Martha Henderson, Program Director for International Exchanges, Congressman Joseph M. McDade, and William W. Warner 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

Interview of Congressman Wright Patman of Texas regarding how the prime interest rate hike for farmers is in violation of antitrust laws.

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

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

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

Jeannie Denholm giving Frank Denholm a kiss on the cheek on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Frank Denholm working at a desk in his Washington, D.C. office.

Frank Denholm in his office being interviewed by a reporter. There are lights positioned around the desk for video recording.

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

Frank Denholm and a woman in his Washington, D.C. office.

Frank Denholm seated behind a desk in his Washington, D.C. office. A staff member placed a bouquet of roses on his desk.

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

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

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

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

Frank Denholm shaking hands with a man in his office.

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

Frank Denholm seated at a desk in his Washington, D.C. office. There is a group of constituents standing behind him.

Frank Denholm stands with two constituents on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Frank Denholm with Mark Small, Jeannie Denholm, James Antonen, and Grant Herfindahl, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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

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

Frank Denholm stands with two constituents on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

Frank Denholm with his office staff in his Washington, D.C. office.

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 working with members of his staff at his desk.

Frank Denholm with a member of his staff in Denholm's office.

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 with a member of his staff in his office.

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

Staff member talking on a telephone in Frank Denholm's Washington, D.C. office.

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

Staff member working in Frank Denholm's Washington, D.C. office.

Frank Denholm's office staff at work in his 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.

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

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

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.

Indian Council Fire Achievement award ceremony held at the National Aviation Club in Washington, D.C., Dr. Ned A Hatathli is the 1971 Indian Achievement award winner; from left to right: Ben Reifel, director, Office of Indian Programs, National Park Service; Leo W. Vocu, executive director, National Congress of American Indians; Louis R Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College; Forrest Gerard, director, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Tom Colosino Director or Arrow Inc.; Hon. Virgil L. Kirk, Chief Justice, Navajo Tribal Courts; Elmer Bennett, Arrow Inc.

Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College, received the 1971 Indian Council Fire achievement award; from left to right: George Lavatta, Special Assistant to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Ben Reifel, director, Office of Indian Programs, National Park Service; Louis R. Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Dr. Ned A. Hatathli, President of Navajo Community College; Leo W. Vocu, executive director, National Congress of American Indians; Forest Gerard, director, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Distinguished Service and Valor awardees and the Secretariat - 25th Honor Awards Convocation - Interior auditorium; Left to Right - Top Row: Captain Matthew V. Carson, Jr., USN, Office of the Secretary; Joseph V.B. Wells, Geological Survey; Christopher J. San Fellipo, Geological Survey; Paul Zinner, Bureau of Mines; Ulric J Gendron, Bureau of Reclamation; William M. Deaton, Bureau of Mines; James Westfield, Bureau of Mines; Elmer P. Myers, Bureau of Indian Affairs; John S. Knowles, Bureau of Land Management; George L. Collins, National Park Service; Charles E. Peterson, National Park Service; A. Clark Stratton, National Park Service; Dick Sutton, National Park Service; Left to Right - Front Row: Floyd H. Phillips, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Alphonse Kemmerich, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Administrative Assistant Secretary Beasley; Andrew W. Anderson; Bureau of Commercial Fisheries; Monty Wilcox; Louise A. Wilcox; Orpha R. McPherson, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Secretary Udall; Clara B. Gonzales, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Assistant Secretary Carver; Assistant Secretary Holum; Fannibelle Jackson, Bureau of Land Management; Under Secretary Carr; Assistant Secretary Briggs; Benjamin Reifel, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Father John G. Kuhn, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle

Jeannie Denholm with Tom Osburne, Grant Herfindahl, and Royce Huber in Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel is part of the Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary group

Ben Reifel is on the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, the group is on the lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Continuation of National Farmers Union 1967 Convention, Part 1 (MA012-AV-0010_01). National Farmers Union president Tony Dechant at the National Farm Press Conference in Washington, D.C. He discusses the crisis in agriculture, the Agricultural Adjustment Act in regards to dairy imports, direct payments to farmers, and production control. He also give his support to the Fair Farm Budget Act which introduces to Congress by Senator Mondale of Minnesota.

National Farmers Union Weekly Radio News Report from Washington, D.C., presented by Victor Ray, Director of Public Affairs for the National Farmers Union. He reports on the U.S.D.A and the need for efficiency to be brought to the marketing system.

National Farmers Union Weekly Radio News Report from Washington, D.C., presented by Victor Ray, Director of Public Affairs for the National Farmers Union. Topics of the news report are cuts in wheat acreage for 1970, cuts to international grains prices to Japan and South America, wheat prices, farm policy, price supports, and changes to the federal reclamation law proposed by Senator George Murphy of California.

Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, and Representative Ben Reifel are the guests of Harold Levinger of Yankton, South Dakota at the National Retail Merchants Association dinner in Washington, D.C.

Phillip Ritterbush, Special Assistant for Scientific Matters, Congressman Robert T. Ashmore, and Alice Reifel talking during an Evening at the Smithsonian

Signed portrait from Senator Karl Mundt to Representative Ben Reifel: To Ben Reifel, A great campaigner with a bright congressional future. You are a real credit to our native state of South Dakota. Karl E. Mundt, U.S. Senate Jan. 16, 1961

President Richard Nixon delivering his budget address to Congress

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

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill looking at a beaded American Indian shirt in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

Portrait of Representative Ben Reifel, a Republican from the First District of South Dakota

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

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

Representative Ben Reifel and 1961 South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Patricia Lay from Aberdeen, South Dakota

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

Representative Ben Reifel and 1967 intern, Donna Bluehorse, who was also Miss Rosebud, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and summer intern D'Ann Kyrk, an Augustana College student from Milbank, South Dakota, working in Reifel's office

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

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

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 and Alice Reifel with a family from Watertown, South Dakota on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with a young girl in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with Bob and Jayne Shaffer on the steps of the US Capitol