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 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

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

Large crowd gathered to watch an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota. There are tipis and people in native dress, a piano is to the left

Large crowd gathered to watch an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota. There are tipis and people in native dress, a piano is to the left

Actors in native dress from an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota

Large crowd gathered to watch an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota. There are tipis and people in native dress

Large crowd gathered to watch an American Indian play in a gymnasium in Lemmon, South Dakota. There are tipis and people in native dress

American Indian woman working at a table

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 Alice Reifel standing with a man outside of the South Dakota Memorial Art Center in Brookings, South Dakota, they were honored with awards for their years of service on the board

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

Portrait of Ben Reifel

Ben Reifel in his U.S. Army Reserve uniform

Ben Reifel and Alice Reifel with the Emery Anderson family, Loyce Anderson is standing behind the chair, Lisa Anderson and Laurie Anderson are sitting on Reifel's lap

Ben Reifel receives the All American Indian Days award for Outstanding American Indian of the Year at the All American Indian Days in Sheridan, Wyoming

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

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

Ben Reifel is at an event with three other people

Representative Ben Reifel, David Volk, and Alice Reifel at the South Dakota State Fair

Ben Reifel at the dedication of the Jewel Cave Visitor Center near Custer, South Dakota. Cutting the ribbon are E.Y. Berry, Jim Abourezk, and Howard Baker

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

Ben Reifel and another man with a heifer steer during the Steer for State fund raising auction at South Dakota State University during his 1960 campaign for Congress

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 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

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

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

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 talking with a man in front of a store 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, 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 in Ipswich, South Dakota during his campaign for Congress

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 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 sitting on an elephant in front of the Republican headquarters at the South Dakota State Fair in Huron

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

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

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 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 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, a photographer is in the foreground

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

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

Ben Reifel stands with four other men in front of a painting of a man

Ben Reifel with Richard Spriggs, 1971 Junior Man of the Year, Glascow Agency, and another man