Representative Ben Reifel and Alice tour a field during a trip to Thailand
Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel
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 his wife, Alice Reifel, at a dinner for the Prime Minister of Jamaica
Representative Ben Reifel and his wife, Alice Reifel, are boarding the presidential jet, Air Force One, in New York for a flight to Los Angeles as part of the Mexican-American Delegation
Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel at the Mackinac Demonstration
Representative Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel
Representative Ben Reifel discusses a book with Alice Kundert of Mound City, South Dakota in his Washington, D.C. office
Representative Ben Reifel and Aldean Farrell, National 4-H delegate from Bullhead, South Dakota on the US Capitol steps
Representative Ben Reifel is with his wife, Alice Reifel, and Al Gustafson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Representative Ben Reifel is with his wife, Alice Reifel, and Al Gustafson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Representative Ben Reifel talks with A.E. Crooks of Frankfort, South Dakota. Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes
Representative Ben Reifel and A.E. Crook of Frankfort, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps
Representative Ben Reifel and a young cadet
Representative Ben Reifel and a young cadet
Representative Ben Reifel and a constituent 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 1967 intern, Donna Bluehorse, who was also Miss Rosebud, 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 and 1961 South Dakota Cherry Blossom Princess Patricia Lay from Aberdeen, South Dakota
Representative Ben Reifel addresses South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in the Veterans Affairs Committee Room in Washington, DC
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with an officer aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel eating with the crewmen aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel inspects an aircraft gun aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel talks with officers aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel in the mess line aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel eating with the crewmen aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel sits in a rescue helicopter aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel visits the main ship's store aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel aboard the USS Lake Champlain CVS-39, an Essex-class aircraft carrier
Representative Ben Reifel and John Roy Lucas, electronics technician first class, from Madison, South Dakota, talking aboard the USS John Marshall, an Ethan Allen-class submarine
Representative Ben Reifel shakes hands with a man in front of Christopher Columbus' cabin aboard a replica of the ship the Santa Maria
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 pointing with his right hand
Representative Ben Reifel talking with two men
Former Representative Ben Reifel talking with a man in a classroom
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 is seated in an audience, the audience is applauding
Representative Ben Reifel is talking to a constituent
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, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Web Hill looking at a beaded American Indian shirt in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office
Representative Ben Reifel with a traveling classroom group from Nova Scotia on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964
Reporters and supporters listening to Ronald Reagan in Brookings, South Dakota campaigning for Nixon-Agnew in 1968
Man speaking about Governor Richard Kneip's State of the State address in which he calls for the creation of a task force to study the future of agriculture, tax reform for the state, and endorses the concept of a family farm act.
Correspondence, minutes, and other documents related to Share South Dakota, an organization to better conditions among Indian Americans in South Dakota. Ben Reifel served as vice president to this organization.
Correspondence, minutes, and other documents related to Share South Dakota, an organization to better conditions among Indian Americans in South Dakota. Ben Reifel served as vice president to this organization.
Correspondence and other documents related to House Prayer Breakfast group meetings, a forum for notable political, social, and business figures to meet and build relationships. Reifel held the positions of secretary, vice president, and president for the group.
Death certificate of Alice Reifel, wife of Ben Reifel, and a marriage certificate of William M. Reifel and Lucy B. Breast, Ben Reifel's parents.
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
Radio report on South Dakota attorney general candidate, Kermit A. Sande, who opened his campaign in Alexandria, South Dakota.
Radio telephone interview regarding insurance about conversions, riders, underwriting, policy, and rates.
South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with Bob Rademacher, Dakota Energy Cooperative manager and 2006 South Dakota Association of Cooperative Hall of Fame inductee.
South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with Ben Radcliffe, South Dakota Farmers Union president emeritus, 1997 South Dakota Association of Cooperative Hall of Fame inductee.
South Dakota Farmers Union Communications Director, Chuck Groth, Cooperative Legacy Project interview with John Quillin, cooperative and Farmers Union activist in Lyman County.
South Dakota Farmers Union reports Jack Seigle rebuke against those who threw eggs at Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson at the state corn picking contest south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A call for people who are upset over the secretary's policies need to show respect for the office and rather than result to violence, people need to show their displeasure by refuting those policies with common sense and reason.
1977 South Dakota men's basketball delegation to Cuba organized by Senator George McGovern and attended by students athletes from South Dakota State University and South Dakota State University, as well as Governor James Abourezk. Includes rosters, programs for games played between Cuban national team and South Dakota delegation team.
Flyers, seating lists, and programs from various events that Ben Reifel attended and was a guest speaker.
Reporter smoking before filming a report near building site in Cuba with other press members nearby
Members of the press preparing video cameras in Cuba
Reporters and South Dakota basketball delegation players walking down street in Cuba
Reporters and South Dakota basketball delegation players walking down street in Cuba
Man taking notes and woman interviewing a member of South Dakota delegation in Cuba
1977 South Dakota men's basketball delegation to Cuba organized by Senator George McGovern and attended by students athletes from South Dakota State University and South Dakota State University, as well as Governor James Abourezk. Includes press correspondence and names of national media representatives on the trip. Also includes Spanish language text of article from the Cuban magazine 'Bohemia.'
President Richard Nixon delivering his budget address to Congress
Offical guidebook to the 1969 inauguration ceremony of President Richard M. Nixon which Ben Reifel attended.
President Lyndon B. Johnson walks out of a room in front of three other men
Official inaugural program from the 1965 inauguration ceremony of President Lyndon B. Johnson which Ben Reifel attended.
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets other men at an event
President Lyndon B. Johnson and two other men stand behind a table at an event
President Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Frank Carlson bow their heads solemnly
