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89th United States Congress in session

Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner Glenn Emmons shakes hands with Alfred Gilpin on the Omaha Tribal Council in Omaha, Nebraska

Alice Reifel is sitting by Senator Jack Miller of Iowa at an outdoor luncheon

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 is with two other women, each are holding a doll, during Ben Reifel's 1960 campaign

Alice Reifel stands by a portrait of her husband, Ben Reifel, while a seated woman pours coffee, and two campaign volunteers stand nearby during Ben Reifel's 1960 campaign

Alice Reifel, Mrs. Durwinski, and Mrs. Montoya in California when their husbands were there with the Mexican-United States delegation

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

Alice Reifel crouching down petting a dog near Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Alice Reifel with two campaign volunteers making telephone calls seeking support for Ben Reifel

Alice Reifel, wife of Representative Ben Reifel, is sitting with Florence Gubbrud, wife of South Dakota governor, Archie Gubbrud, and Elizabeth Green, wife of former governor Warren Green; there are dolls in the background

Alice Reifel (far left) is with three unknown people; written in ink on the back is an inscription: With Love to our Alice - Fred and Lorraine

Alice Reifel, wife of Representative Ben Reifel, and Myrtle Case, wife of Senator Francis Case at an event

Mrs. Robert Orben and Ambassador Edward Peale of Liberia chatting in a home setting

Ben Reifel with a group at the American Public Works Association conference at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Illinois

Barbara Peet and Robert Orben talking in a living room

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

Ben and Frances stand in front of a pine tree with two other people

Ben Reifel standing between his wife, Frances, and Virginia Smith after Reifel gave a talk to the Clearwater Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meeting

Ben Reifel in his U.S. Army Reserve uniform

Portrait of Ben Reifel

Ben Reifel and his wife Alice Reifel speaking with Representative Don Short of North Dakota

Ben Reifel and Les Kennedy in Haily, Idaho

Ben Reifel, former representative from South Dakota, speaks with North Dakota Representative Tom Kleppe and another man, the photograph is signed to Ben Reifel from Tom Kleppe

Ben Reifel at a Nixon for President campaign rally, two women are pinning something on to the lapel of his suit

Ben Reifel at the Red Scaffold Day School on the Cheyenne River Reservation in Red Scaffold, South Dakota in the Fall of 1959

South Dakota Tuberculosis and Health Association annual meeting in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Standing left to right: Ben Reifel, Ray Jonz, and two unidentified men; Front row left to right: Dr. Mary Walton, Phoebe Downing, Marian Paints, Mrs. Alfred Janis

Bureau of Indian Affairs area director at the dedication of the Twin Buttes School 12 miles north-northwest of Halliday, North Dakota, with him are Ernest Magnuson, principal of the Sac and Fox Day School in Tama, Iowa, Owen Morken, superintendent at Ft. Berthold Agency, John Star and Knute Lee, directors of schools

Ben Reifel is at a luau, Hawaiian dancers dressed in grass skirts are providing entertainment

Alice Reifel with several other women during a birthday party for Representative Ben Reifel

Alice Reifel on stage with several other women during a birthday party for Representative Ben Reifel

Alice Reifel on stage with several other women during a birthday party for Representative Ben Reifel

Alice Reifel with several other women during a birthday party for Representative Ben Reifel

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

Ben Reifel in Plankinton, South Dakota during the final days of his 1960 campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel holding a plaque, there are four people with him

Henry Crawford, Leon Clement, Ben Reifel and Artie Travis pose for a photograph

Ben Reifel is watching a man work in a blacksmith shop during his 1960 campaign for Congress, there is an anvil in the foreground

Ben Reifel and an elderly man looking at grain samples

Ben Reifel talking with people in a place of business during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a people in a men's clothing store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel signing business cards during in campaign for Congress, another man is standing behind him watching

Ben Reifel talking with a man in front of a store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a man in a drugs store during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a business man in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, there are jars of preserves sitting on the stove

Ben Reifel talking with Mrs. Winerd in her home in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a school teacher at a playground in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, there are jars of preserves sitting on the stove

Ben Reifel talking with a housewife in her kitchen in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress, they are standing in front of the kitchen sink

Ben Reifel talking to a school teacher and a child at a playground in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking to a business man and his employee in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with people in Rosholt, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a carpenter on the front porch of a house in Spearfish, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking with a carpenter on the front porch of a house in Spearfish, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel reading an Aberdeen American News newspaper heading declaring him as the winner of the 1960 Republican primary in the first district of South Dakota, the headline reads: Reifel wins GOP contest

Man presenting Ben Reifel (center) and three other men with the Silver Antelope Award from the Boy Scouts of America, the Silver Antelope Award is the highest award in scouting for leadership

Ben Reifel, Special Assistant for Indian programs of the National Park Service, with Albert Wing, chairman of council, Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, Espeedie Ruiz, superintendent of Ute Mountain Ute Agency, and Meredith M. Guillet, superintendent of Mesa Verde National Park

Ben Reifel speaking to voters at the courthouse in Woonsocket, South Dakota

Ben Reifel talking about sugar beets with three men during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Ben Reifel talking about sugar beets with a group of men during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor

Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmer standing by a Farmall tractor

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer standing by a Farmall tractor

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background, a photographer is in the foreground

Ben Reifel talking with A.E. Crooks, Spink County GOP chairman and president of the James River Valley Beet Growers Association from Frankfort, South Dakota and W.E. (Bill) Bergeson of the U & I Sugar Company in Belle Fourche, South Dakota about sugar beet during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with a farmer near Ipswich, South Dakota, they are standing in a field by a plow

Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers about sugar beets during his 1960 campaign for Congress

Representative Ben Reifel talking with farmers while standing in a cattle feed lot, there are heifer cows in the background

Ben Reifel at his Bureau of Indians Affairs desk when he served as farm agent to the Oglala Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Former Representative Ben Reifel (third from left in back row) served as a member of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center board of directors. South Dakota State University President Berg (first on left in back row) and President Briggs (fifth from left in back row) are also present

Representative Ben Reifel is talking with Minnesota Governor Al Quie and Representative Jim Abdnor at a Republican dinner in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

People standing on a dock waiting to board a charter fishing boat

Mrs. Peter (Nancy) Dominick, Mrs. T. Nygaard, Mrs. Ben (Alice) Reifel, and unidentified woman, former President Eisenhower, and Evelyn ?

Congressman Ben Reifel shakes hands with a South Dakota homemaker

Letter from H. L. Loucks to R.F. Pettigrew about a paper Loucks wrote regarding 'Rural Credits.'

Letter from H. L. Loucks to R.F. Pettigrew about the elections of 1914. Loucks describes his disappointment in loosing the local election and comments on the South Dakota's Progressive Party. Loucks also comments on the state of national politics and the losses in the Progressive Party.

H. L. Loucks writes to R.F. Pettigrew about his lingering illness and his long recovery. He discusses the 1914 election including his campaign, losing the election, his opponent: E.S. Johnson, and his conclusion to continue as an independent candidate. Loucks also talks about Richard O. Richards continuing in state politics.

H. L. Loucks thanks Pettigrew for his support. He mentions taking advantage the "rural credit" issue to advance his agenda. He also talks about furthering his views by giving an address to the Christian Endeavor Society and visiting with farm and labor organizati

H.L. Loucks writes to R.F. Pettigrew about distributing copies of the address he gave to the Christian Endeavor Society. He mentions the inheritance that Amos and Gifford Pinchot received and suggests that Pettigrew contact them for their assistance in the progressive movement. Loucks talks about inserting leaflets into the local papers and the South Dakota Farmer to promote progressive ideals. He discusses the state primaries for the elections for 1916. He suggests that if the progressive movement could remove Roosevelt and Perkins, then they would have a real progressive party. Loucks talks of feeling betrayed by Richard O. Richards and has no confidence in the state's Republican Party. At the end of the letter her announces that the People's Money League of Chicago has accepted his 'rural credit' plan.

H.L. Loucks writes about his misgivings of Richard O. Richards and his views on taxation and temperance. Loucks does not trust Richards and is hesitant to write an article for him that Richards would want published in local newspapers.

H.L. Loucks writes to R.F. Pettigrew concerning the 'St. Paul Address,' which garners him visibility. Loucks offers to have the address re-written in a more substantial form to gather more support from the people. He also inquires the help of Pettigrew in the capacity of reviewing Loucks present manuscript for a book which is slated to be published.

H.L. Loucks writes to R.F. Pettigrew concerning Pettigrew's upcoming political venture on a platform with Mr. Landis, which Loucks hopes will throw people for a loop. Loucks expresses his apprehension about Mrs. Burgess and her political aptitude.