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

William Scranton signs an autograph for an admirer at an event while Representative Ben Reifel looks on

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

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

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

William Scranton greets an admirer at a Republican Party event

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania greets the conductor while a marching band plays behind them

William Scranton, Republican U.S. House of Representatives candidate from Pennsylvania is speaking with Bill Johnson

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

William Miller speaking at a Republican campaign rally in South Dakota

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

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

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

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

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

Vice presidential candidate William Miller walking next to a man on the airstrip at Joe Foss field in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

United State Vice President Hubert Humphrey shakes hand with three men

United States Vice President Hubert Humphrey walking out of a door with other people

Verly Hofer, Representative Ben Reifel, Dan Van Bocbern, and Fred Coursey pose with a trophy

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

Representative Ben Reifel (seated, far right) was on the United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture sub-committee in 1961-1962

Two men shaking hands and smiling

Representative Ben Reifel (second from left) is with a group touring the new Veterans Administration hospital in Washington, D.C.

Tom Kleppe swears in Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them

Tom Kleppe introduces Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them. The photographs is signed: To Ben Reifel - It is good to have you with us even thought for a short time. Tom Kleppe

Tom Kleppe introduces Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, Reifel's wife, Francis, stands between them

Three men in American Indian dress in front of a tipi at an event in Lemmon, South Dakota

Crowd gathered during the swearing in ceremony for Ben Reifel as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior

Sun Dance at Two Strike Camp on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota; left to right: Jessie White Lance, Leo Clairmont, Bill Schweigman, and Henry Crow Dog

Speakers of the House Sam Rayburn swears in Ben Reifel during a ceremony

Dean Delwyn Dearborn of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University honors Al Schock Oscar Olson, Ben Reifel, and an unknown man

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Senator Karl Mundt with Lawrence Welk and others at a South Dakota State Society luncheon

South Dakota State College Hobo Day bum band is at the South Dakota Republican Headquarters at the State Fair in Huron, South Dakota, there is an elephant to the right

South Dakota State College Class of 1933 reunion; from let to right; Row 1: Edith Braun, Helen Walters, Francis Ryland Reifel, Winifred Brown Lee, Ethel Bowe Gilbertson; Row 2: Paul Freeburg, Harold Braun, Francis Johnson, Willis Dahlmeier, Kris K. Gilbertson, Elmer Johnson

South Dakota State College Class of 1932 reunion at Alumni Days at South Dakota State University; left to right; Front Row: Nina Mae Cranston Garthune, Charlotte C. Jones, Effie Olson Rishoi, Dorothy Whittemore Goose, Ben Reifel; Back Row: William M. Garthune, Ed Painter, Paul C. Jones, F. Clark Trygstad, Larry Gannon, Kenneth Schoenwether, Otis J. Dahl

South Dakota State College Class of 1932 reunion; from let to right; row 1: Garrett Holleman, Frances O'Connell, James Etteldorf, Jennie Bang VanDenBerg. Nina Mae Cranston Garthune; Row 2: Ben Reifel, Wesley Neufeld, Eli Ferguson, Ken Schoenwether, Marjorie White Ashbaugh, Adeline Dahl Muehlbeier, Charlotte Christie Jones, Paul Jones; Row 3: Vivian Swenson Strand, Otis Dahl, Merwin B. Wheeler, Liguri Gannon, Donald Craig, Fred Frame; Row 4: Ozzie Stockland, William Garthune, Everard Opsal, Herman Stallbaum, Millard MacComb, Don Pier

Members of South Dakota State College Class of 1932 meet for a reunion; left to right: William Garthune; Nina Cranston Garthune; Howard Magnusson; Jennie Bang VanDerBerg; Ben Reifel; Fred Fromke; Millard MacComb

Senator Karl Mundt, Senator George McGovern, Representative, and William F. McKee with Captain Charles W. Broz, winner of the Koren Kolligian, Jr. trophy which recognizes outstanding feats of airmanship by aircrew members who by extraordinary skill, exceptional alertness, ingenuity, or proficiency, averted accidents or minimized the seriousness of the accidents in terms of injury, loss of life, aircraft damage, or property damage

Members of the South Dakota Nurses Association visit with Representative Ben Reifel in his office, they are looking at a folder of the American Nurses Association Conferenced on Legislation

Senator George McGovern, Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y Berry, Senator Karl Mundt. Ken Holum, and Floyd Dominy work on the Oahe Irrigation Project in Washington, D.C.

South Dakota delegation and their spouses at an event, from left to right: Representative E.Y. Berry, Senator Karl Mundt, Rose Berry, Web Hill of Rapid City, South Dakota, Alice Reifel, Representative Ben Reifel, and May Mundt

South Dakota congressional delegation with Tom Taylor; from left to right: Tom Taylor, Representative Ben Reifel, Alice Reifel, Senator Karl Mundt, Representative E.Y Berry, and Sam Seehser (?)

Representative Ben Reifel (second from left) is among other at the groundbreaking for a new high school in Sisseton, South Dakota

Shirley Temple Black speaks with Representative Ben Reifel

Senators Karl Mundt, George McGovern, Representative Ben Reifel, and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall by a model of a gasification facility for Rapid City, South Dakota

Senator Karl Mundt, Senator Francis Case, and Ben Reifel being interviewed on a television set

South Dakota Senator Karl Mundt speaking with Louise Humphrey at an event

Senator Karl Mundt sitting in a convertible with other men during Northern State Teachers College annual Gypsy Day parade in Aberdeen, South Dakota

South Dakota Senator Karl Mundt speaking with two men during a Republican Party event

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel with South Dakota State College alumni. Senator Mundt is holding an elephant ivory carving with Col. Emerich; from left to right: Walt Conahan, Senator Mundt, Col. Emerich, Representative Reifel, and Laurel A. Engberg

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel, and a group of men with David Hamil (seated) of the East River Power Cooperative in Madison, South Dakota

Senator Karl Mundt, Representative Ben Reifel, and another man watch David Hamil sign a document. There is a REA sign on the wall behind them

Senator Karl Mundt and Representative Ben Reifel clasp hands with two other people

Senator Karl Mundt, Representative Ben Reifel, and another man at an event

Senator Karl Mundt speaking with a woman

Senator Jim Abdnor is with Representative Ben Reifel, Frances Reifel, and Miss Indian America

Rusty Walles, John Sayre, directors of the Mackinac Demonstration, with Conrad Hunte, director of sports program and vice captain of West Indies Cricket Team, at the Mackinac Demonstration

Barbara Peet, Robert Orben, and another woman in a living room setting, Orben is President Nixon's speech writer

Two men talking during a Republican party event

Supporters at a Republican campaign rally in South Dakota, they are holding signs supporting Barry Goldwater and William Miller for United States presidents and Nils Boe for South Dakota governor

Group of Republicans at United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower's farm in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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

Representatives Clark MacGregor (left) of Minnesota and Ben Reifel of South Dakota, sit at the conference table where violations of the armistice in Korea are discussed between the North Korean communists and the United National Command MacGregor and Reifel were members of a United States Congressional group who toured U.S. military installations in Korea

Representatives Ben Reifel with others aboard a replica of Christopher Columbus' ship the Santa Maria

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

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with South Dakota 4-H leaders on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Roy Beard, state 4-H agent and 4-H delegates on the steps of the US Capitol

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Mrs. Wayne Eshelberger on the steps of the US Capitol

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Quinn stand in front of the statue of Joseph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel and members of the South Dakota Bankers Association in Washington, D.C. Front row left to right: R.J. Berry; Hutchinson, Harkison, Lovald, Mateer, Gullickson, E.Y. Berry, Meklhaff, A.W. Powell. Back row left to right: Goodell, Colton, Lynch, Hill, Ben Reifel, Lovre, Larsen, Stilgebauer, Walrath

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with delegates to the National 4-H Conference on the steps of the US Capitol. Delegates: Sandra Jenter, Mary Jean Steinhauser, Donald Hoar, and Dennis Yeaton. Club agents: Frank Heitland and Elle Ollenburg

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with Kenneth Nelsen, Dean Julius, Alice Reifel, Carolyn Foss, Lorenne Paulson, Angenette Snyuder, and Dave McFarland on the steps of the US Capitol in 1964

Representative Ben Reifel and Representative E.Y. Berry stand with another man in front of the statue of Joseph Ward statue in Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, DC. The statue was given by the State of South Dakota

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with a large group of people in a hotel

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry with 1962 Girls Nation senators, Judy Caine of Huron, South Dakota and Mary Spencer from Nisland, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry meet with a group of South Dakota Farmers Union bus trippers in Washington, D.C.

Representatives Ben Reifel and E.Y. Berry by a model of a gasification facility for Rapid City, South Dakota

Representative Richard Roudebush placing a pin on Representative Ben Reifel's lapel

Representative Ben Reifel (left) examines the new electronic macing at the new Veterans Administration Hospital at the Washington Hospital Center, discussing the apparatus are Dr. George A. Higgin (center) and Mr. J.C. Gillespie, assistant director

Representative Ben Reifel (left) examines the new electronic macing at the new Veterans Administration Hospital at the Washington Hospital Center, discussing the apparatus are Dr. George A. Higgin (center) and Mr. J.C. Gillespie, assistant director

Representative Ben Reifel talks with a woman, she is laughing

Representative Mike Kirwan, a Democrat from Ohio, is having an American Indian headdress places on his head by an unknown American Indian man

Representative Charles Goodell (R-NY), Representative Ben Reifel, and Admiral Ben Moreell, director of the Americans for Constitutional Action, talk at the conservative awards

Representative Ben Reifel, Stella Ericson, Agnes Akre, Esther Erickson, and Gertrude Valdal, all of Brookings, South Dakota, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel and Senator Karl Mundt standing behind vice president candidate William Miller at a podium at a Republican campaign rally in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Representative Ben Reifel, Senator Karl Mundt, and Representative E.Y. Berry sitting at a table with a group of men at a luncheon

Representative Ben Reifel, Ruth Hansen, Platte, South Dakota, Mrs. Henry Bartell, Marion, South Dakota, Frieda Hopf, Marion, South Dakota, and Carol Schauer, Brentwood, Maryland in Washington, D.C., the US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel is with Roland Chicoine and Dan Nobr in Reifel's Washington, D.C. office, Chicoine and Nobr are about to put cubes of sugar in their coffee, Reifel is holding a bowl of sugar cubes

Representative Ben Reifel greets Wilma Victor, first woman deputy secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton stands behind them

Representative Ben Reifel, Robert Koerner and Gary Delaney from Onida, South Dakota in Washington, D.C. They received Superior Service Awards for Soil Conservation Service. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Rev. Robert Aldrich, United Church of Christ, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Robert Wood on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, John Foster, and William Morrison looking at a brochure on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and Senator Karl Mundt meet with South Dakota constituents; left to right: Representative Reifel; Marilyn Daczewitz; Senator Mundt; Col. Casey Fillbrandt; Representative Berry; Senator Joseph Bottum; Pat Fillbrandt

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, and South Dakota state auditor Al Hamre on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Representative E.Y. Berry, Adjutant General Homer Jensen from Rapid City, South Dakota, and South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Mrs. W.R. Wells of Aberdeen, South Dakota, and her daughter, Mrs. R.B. Herschleb, on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Mrs. Ray Asmussen, and Nancy Asmussen on the US Capitol steps

Representative Ben Reifel, Merlyn Johnson, an International 4-H Youth Exchange delegate to Mexico from Valley Springs, South Dakota, South Dakota Governor Archie Gubbrud, and Representative E.Y. Berry in Washington, D.C. The US Capitol is in the background

Representative Ben Reifel, Leo Rozum, and his son, George, Rozum on the US Capitol steps