Benjamin Reifel Papers

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Benjamin Reifel Papers

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Collection Summary

Identifier MA 9 Title

Benjamin Reifel papers

Creator

Ben (Benjamin) Reifel, 1906-1990

Dates

1905-1990

Extent

22.24 linear feet (34 boxes) photographs, sound recordings, moving image materials

Language

English

Repository

South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Access note

This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

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Preferred Citation

Name of item. Benjamin Reifel papers. MA 9. South Dakota State

University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota.

Abstract

Benjamin Reifel was a Lakota Sioux and a Republican United States

Congressman from the First District of South Dakota. This collection of his papers is composed of memorabilia, scrapbooks, campaign items, and personal items related to Reifel's career as a public servant, especially his years in the United States Senate and his work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Biographical Note

Benjamin Reifel was born on September 19, 1906 in a log cabin near Parmelee, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Reservation. He was the son of a

German-American father, William Reifel, and a full-blooded Lakota Sioux, Lucy Burning Breast. Ben Reifel was an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe; his Indian name was Lone Feather.

He attended both a Rosebud Reservation boarding school and a county school. He graduated from the eighth grade at age sixteen and spoke both the Lakota and the English languages. After working on his parents' farm for three years, he entered the School of Agriculture in Brookings, S.D. Upon completion of this high school program in 1928, he enrolled as a special student at South Dakota State College. He paid his own way through four years of college, with the aid of one of the first loans made available to Indian students under the program for the education of Indians recommended by the Merriam survey. He graduated in 1932 with a Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture. In his senior year, he was elected President of the Students' Association. Mr. Reifel married a college

classmate, Alice Janet Johnson of Erwin, SD, on December 26, 1933. They had only one child, Loyce Nadine, who is married to Emery Andersen.

After graduation in 1932, Ben was hired as boy's advisor at Hare's School in Mission, S.D. In 1933, he began a long, distinguished career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, when he was appointed "farm agent" at Oglala, on the Pine Ridge Reservation. That first appointment lasted only a year before he was promoted to "field agent" at the headquarters in Pierre, SD. He was assigned to promote the new programs under the Indian Reorganization Act signed by President Roosevelt in 1934. This was a period of drought and intense hardship on the reservations, and young Ben, although meeting with counter agitation from some members of the tribes, was extraordinarily successful in winning support

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for the Reorganization Act, first at Pine Ridge and later on other reservations across South Dakota. He is credited with the major responsibility for making the programs of the Bureau effective on South Dakota reservations.

World War II interrupted his career in the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Mr. Reifel had been commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve in

1931. In March of 1942, Ben was ordered to active duty and served in the Army until July 1946. He obtained distinction in France and Germany and achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel. After his discharge, Ben continued his work with the BIA. He was appointed Tribal Relations Officer and later served as Superintendent of the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.

In 1949, Mr. Reifel felt the need to continue his education. He was awarded a scholarship in public administration at Harvard University, where he received his Master’s Degree in 1950. A John Hay Whitney Foundation Opportunity

Fellowship enabled him to further his education. He completed his Doctorate in Public Administration in 1952. After graduation, Dr. Reifel returned once more to the BIA. After a brief period in the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington, D.C., he returned to Fort Berthold as Reservation Superintendent. He then

served at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in 1955 was appointed Area Director of the Aberdeen Area Office in Aberdeen, SD. Now responsible for more than a thousand employees, and for application of federal policies and programs among the Indians of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska, he played his

strongest role as administrator, serving to within three years of retirement. During this period and immediately following, the distinction of Dr. Reifel's career was marked by several awards. He received the Outstanding American Indian Award in 1956 and the Annual Indian Achievement Award by the "Indian Council Fire" in 1960. That same year he received the Silver Antelope Award from the Boy Scouts, also the Silver Beaver, Silver Buffalo, and Gray Wolf

Awards in Scouting. He also received the Department of Interior's Distinguished Service Award in 1961 for an outstanding career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

In 1960, Dr. Reifel resigned from the Bureau to run for Congress in the First District, South Dakota. He was elected by a substantial margin and served for five terms as Representative from South Dakota. His political popularity was reflected in the solid support he received in every election. He was regarded as a "conservative Republican," and a thinker who prepared himself well on

legislative matters, always able to give a substantial and thoughtful basis for his stand on issues. He was the first person of Sioux ancestry to serve in the

Congress, and the only Native American in Congress throughout the 1960's. While a member of congress, Dr. Reifel held several important committee assignments. In his first term, he was appointed to the House Agricultural

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Committee; in his second, to the House Committee on Appropriations. Thereafter, he served as ranking Republican on the House Appropriations subcommittee on Interior Department Affairs.

Using these important posts, Congressman Reifel gave distinguished service on behalf of his constituents. He worked hard for farming interests in South Dakota and the plains states in general, opposing cuts in farm support programs,

pushing the Oahe irrigation project, and similar matters vital to the state. At the same time, he continued to work vigorously for Indian education, with

significant accomplishments. A stern opponent of segregation, he believed that the key to the plight of the Indian people lay in educational programs enrolling Indian and non-Indian students together in modern progressive facilities. While in congress Dr. Reifel gave his support to the Civil Rights Act of 1966 and to the act increasing the minimum wage. Reifel was instrumental in getting the Earth Resources Observation Systems center (EROS) located in South Dakota and in keeping Ellsworth Air Force Base as an active military base in the state. On a broader national level, he was instrumental in securing passage of legislation, which created the National Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Despite his popularity and success, Congressman Reifel decided not to seek reelection in 1970. Although intending to retire in 1971, he remained very active. He accepted an appointment by President Nixon as chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission, and served as Special Assistant for Indian programs to the Director of the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior. He also served as Interim Commissioner of Indian Affairs during the last two months of the Ford Administration. Ben also gave many speeches, speaking at Memorial Day and July 4th celebrations and several high school and university commencement exercises.

Throughout the 1960's and 1970's, Ben was a member of several organizations. He was a member of the Masons, Rotarians, and Elks. He also served on the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church and the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He also served as National president of Arrow, Inc., an Indian service organization. In 1977, Ben became a trustee of the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, SD and served terms as their board president in 1982-83. He established the first Native American collection at the Art

Museum in 1977, donating most of his personal collection.

Since Reifel's retirement in 1970, he was honored by several South Dakota colleges and universities. He received honorary doctorates from South Dakota State University, the University of South Dakota, and Northern State College.

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Ben's first wife, Alice Johnson Reifel, died of pneumonia on February 8, 1972. Ben remarried on August 14, 1972 to Frances U. Colby of De Smet, S.D. Ben died of Cancer on January 2, 1990.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into twelve series: Series 1. Activities

Series 2. Awards and plaques Series 3. Bureau of Indian Affairs Series 4. Campaigns

Series 5. Collected material Series 6. Correspondence Series 7. Family history Series 8. Memorabilia Series 9. Miscellaneous Series 10. Speeches Series 11. Scrapbooks

Series 12. Photographs and media

Material in most of the series is arranged in alphabetical order within each series. Material in the Awards and plaques series is arranged by size. Folders in the correspondence series are arranged chronological order except for the

correspondence from dignitaries, which is arranged alphabetically. The Speeches are also arranged chronologically.

Contents Note

This collection is composed of memorabilia, scrapbooks, campaign items, and personal items related to Reifel's career as a public servant, especially his years in the United States Senate and his work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The bulk of congressional material is memorabilia and scrapbooks and not records related to his term of office. Other materials are related chiefly to his post-congressional speaking career.

The activities series is composed of files related to activities that Reifel worked on throughout his life. These items include correspondence and miscellaneous items from Reifel's work with the Boy Scouts of America, the National Park

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Service, the South Dakota Art Museum and the South Dakota Committee on the Humanities. There are four files of Dakota Territory Citizen Certificates which was a project Reifel worked on after being elected for the first time. These include thank you letters from every member of Congress. Also included are items about Native Americans, trips made by Reifel while in Congress, and several activities that were executed by virtue of being a Congressman.

Awards and Plaques are composed of certificates, medals, ribbons and honors received by Reifel over the years. Included are commemorations, certificates of appreciation and honorary degrees. Also included are gavels and medals, some from the Boy Scouts of America. This material is arranged alphabetically except for unusual items (i.e. gavels, medals), which are arranged by size.

The plaques consist of honors received by Reifel over the years. Included is a plaque from the Boy Scouts of America, distinguished service awards, and awards from Sioux tribes and South Dakota State University.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs material is composed of correspondence,

newsletters, newspaper clippings, and some office paperwork and miscellaneous items collected by Reifel during his years with the Bureau.

The Campaigns series is composed of donation and expense material, which includes bank deposits, statements and receipts, cancelled checks, and receipts related to advertising, travel and general office expenses. Also included are committees, sample ballots, schedules, and the South Dakota Republican Party platform for 1960.

The Collected material is composed of material Reifel collected over the years and includes art books, newspaper clippings, periodicals, programs, poetry, printed material, and miscellaneous items.

The correspondence dates from Reifel's time with the BIA in 1946 until just before his death in 1990. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1961-71, the years Reifel served as U.S. Congressman for the First District, South Dakota. Also included are personal letters from Barry Goldwater, Bob Dole, George McGovern, Gerald Ford, Hubert Humphrey, Karl Mundt, Lyndon Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, and Spiro Agnew.

The Family history material is composed of biographies of Reifel, educational memorabilia, family marriage and death information, information about Reifel's military career, and writing about Reifel written by Reifel.

The memorabilia is composed of campaign material; bumper stickers, cards, pins, pamphlets and flyers, programs, and a US Annotated Code book with

Reifel's name embossed on the front cover. The library received the entire series of the US Annotated Code, but kept only one book due to space issues. Also

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included is presidential inauguration material from John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter. These are inaugurations that Reifel attended and include invitations, booklets, and ticket memorabilia.

The miscellaneous series is composed of appointment books from 1954-1979, guest books from Reifel's office in Washington, D.C., newspaper clippings, periodicals, programs, press releases, a House of Representatives binder from 1968 and writings by Reifel.

The speeches series consists mainly of speeches Reifel gave at various functions. Included are Memorial Day and July 4th celebration speeches and addresses given at high school and university commencement exercises. The Scrapbooks are composed mainly of newspaper clippings and campaign advertisements.

The Photographs and media are composed of photographs, negatives, audiocassettes, audio reels, films, and videocassettes.

The audio materials consist of campaign advertisements for Reifel and the Republican Party, but also includes radio features for E. Y. Berry and Bill

Broomfield. Several audio items detail House bills that Reifel either sponsored or was in favor of, including a health insurance bill, Medicare and several farm issues. Some feature radio spots for fund drives for the Red Cross and the South Dakota Association for Retarded Children. Also included is luncheon and dinner speaking engagements that feature Reifel as a speaker or an honoree. An item of note is an interview conducted by Barbara Fitzgerald for "Kennedy Center Presents." In this interview Reifel talks about his family history and discusses American Indians in South Dakota and the federal government's treatment of the Indian on Reservations. The format of the audiotapes is mainly reels, but also includes a few cassettes. This material is arranged by size.

The films include several filmed speeches, many of which are unidentifiable due to the nature of the media on which they were produced. These will eventually be transferred to a more usable media.

The bulk of the photographs are from Reifel's service as an U.S. Congressman.

Collection Notes

This is the collection of Ben Reifel, a distinguished South Dakota State University graduate and native South Dakotan whose achievements include being the first Sioux Indian elected to Congress. Unfortunately, this collection represents only a portion of the material created during his lifetime.

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Following Reifel's death in 1990, an extensive search was conducted for the remainder of his papers, specifically materials related to his work in Congress. The search was conducted mainly by Rolly Samp, an associate of Reifel, who contacted many of Ben's Washington contacts, as well as the Senate history office. None of the files, which were presumably left in Washington after he left office, could be located. It can be assumed that the materials were discarded and subsequently lost.

Although the bulk of congressional papers are not extant, the remainder of this collection is not uninteresting. It offers a unique and irreplaceable look at a unique individual, who was extremely important to the history of South Dakota State University, and the history of South Dakota.

Key Words

• Dakota Indians

• Legislators -- South Dakota

• Reifel, Ben (Benjamin), Representative (S.D.), 1906-1990

• United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office

• United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Officials and employees

• United States. Congress. House. (Member's papers)

Administrative Information

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This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The materials in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

Researchers conducting extensive research are asked to make an advance appointment to access archival material. Please call or e-mail prior to visiting the collection and indicate as much detail as possible about a particular topic and intended use.

South Dakota State University supports access to the materials, published and unpublished, in its collections. Nonetheless, access to some items may be

restricted as a result of their fragile condition or by contractual agreements with donors.

Copyright note

Copyright restrictions apply in different ways to different materials. Many of the documents and other historical materials in the Archives are in the public

domain and may be reproduced and used in any way. There are other materials in the Archive carrying a copyright interest and must be used according to the provisions of Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The Archive issues a warning concerning

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copyright restrictions to every researcher who requests copies of documents. Although the copyright law is under constant redefinition in the courts, it is ultimately the responsibility of the researcher to properly use copyrighted material.

Arranged and Described by

Crystal J. Gamradt, 1998 June 16.

Container List

Series Box Folder Description Date(s)

01. Activities 1 1 Alumni-SDSU: Aggie

Picnic 1983

01. Activities 1 2 Boy Scouts:

Correspondence 1957-1984

01. Activities 1 3 Boy Scouts:

Miscellaneous 1959-1981

01. Activities 1 4 Dakota Territory

Citizen Certificates: Abernethy-Everett

1961

Citizen Certificates: Fascell-Multer

1961

Citizen Certificates: Norrell-Zelenko

1961

01. Activities 1 7 Delegation of the

Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group

1962-1967

01. Activities 1 8 Former Members of

Congress 1974-1988

01. Activities 1 9 Freedoms Foundation

at Valley Forge 1974-1985

01. Activities 2 1 House Committee

Assignments 1961-1963

01. Activities 2 2 House Wednesday

Group 1988

01. Activities 2 3 Moral Re-Armament 1965

01. Activities 2 4 National Park Service

1970-1974

01. Activities 2 5 Native Americans:

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Black Hills Claim 1965-1978

Education 1970

Forum Inc. of the Great Plains

1968

Indian Council Fire 1970

Miscellaneous 1950-1977

Rosebud Sioux Tribal Election Dispute

1975-1976

01. Activities 2 12 Religion: Share

South Dakota 1961-1969

01. Activities 2 13 Religion-Prayer

Breakfast 1966-1970

01. Activities 2 14 Retirement

1969-1971

01. Activities 2 15 South Dakota

Committee on the Humanities

1976

01. Activities 2 16 South Dakota

Memorial Art Center 1976-1986

01. Activities 3 1 Trips: Asia 1964

01. Activities 3 2 Trips: Chicago 1960

01. Activities 3 3 Trips: Ethiopia 1961

01. Activities 3 4 Trips: Europe 1961

01. Activities 3 5 Trips: Israel 1961

01. Activities 3 6 Trips: Southern

European Task Force 1961

01. Activities 24 1 Trips: Hong Kong 1962

02. Awards,

plaques 3 7 Certificates of Appreciation 1960-1986

02. Awards,

plaques 3 8 Commemoration 1990

02. Awards,

plaques 3 9 Distinguished Service 1957-1984

02. Awards,

plaques 3 10 Honorary Degrees 1971-1981

02. Awards,

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02. Awards,

plaques 21 item 3 coins: U.S.S. South Dakota Battleship X 1942

02. Awards,

plaques 21 item Boy Scouts of America: Signed Print

[oversize]

1984 02. Awards,

plaques 21 item Gavel: Compliments of Odin and Lillian

made by Joe Langen

undated 02. Awards,

plaques 21 item Gavel: From 2nd Billionth Board Foot

Harvested on the Black Hills National Forest

1968

02. Awards,

plaques 21 item Medal: City of New York 1966 May 20

02. Awards,

plaques 21 item Pick: 1720 Inf BOE (M) 1964

02. Awards,

plaques 21 item Plaque in velvet box: One fragment of

about a million Russian-made shells landed on Kinmen from Commanding General Kinmen Defense Command, Republic of China 1962 02. Awards,

plaques 22 item Boy Scouts of America: 4 medals

with ribbons

undated 02. Awards,

plaques 24 item Miscellaneous [oversize] 1970-1971

02. Awards,

plaques 29 item All American Indian Days award:

Outstanding

American Indian of the Year [oversize]

1956

02. Awards,

plaques 29 item Americans for Constitutional Action

the Board of Trustees has conferred upon Ben Reifel the

Distinguished Service Award [oversize]

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02. Awards,

plaques 29 item Centennial Certificate [oversize] 1981

02. Awards,

plaques 29 item SDSU Foundation Honors Honorable

Ben Reifel: Class of 1932 [oversize]

1989

02. Awards,

plaques 30 item 12 Years of Outstanding Service

to the Lower Brule Corporation as Chairman of the Board of Directors 1978-1989 02. Awards,

plaques 30 item Boy Scouts of American to

Honorable Ben Reifel in appreciation for service to American Indian Youth through scouting

1967

02. Awards,

plaques 30 item Congressman Ben Reifel in grateful

appreciation front he Dell Rapids H.S. Band

1966

02. Awards,

plaques 30 item Distinguished Service Award of the Oglala

Sioux Tribal Council

1978 02. Awards,

plaques 30 item National Advisory Council on the

Education of Disadvantaged Children 1974-1978 02. Awards,

plaques 30 item Presented to Ben Reifel for making

EROS a reality

1972 02. Awards,

plaques 30 item South Dakota Committee on the

Humanities

Distinguished Award in the Humanities

1976

02. Awards,

plaques 30 item South Dakota State University President's

Club of the '80s

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02. Awards,

plaques 30 item College of Home Economics at SDSU

confers upon Ben Reifel the title of Honorary Home Economist with all the privileges and favors thereof

undated

02. Awards,

plaques 30 item Workshop Library on World Humor 1986

03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 3 12 Correspondence 1954-1957

03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 3 13 Map 1923

03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 3 14 Miscellaneous 1950-1968,

undated 03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 3 15 Newsletters 1954-1976

03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 3 16 Newspaper clippings 1953-1976

03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 4 1 Office paperwork 1940-1987

03. Bureau of

Indian Affairs 4 2 Programs 1948-1965

04. Campaigns 4 3 Brochures circa

1960s

04. Campaigns 4 4 Bumper Stickers circa

1960s

04. Campaigns 4 5 Cards -

Advertisements circa 1960s

04. Campaigns 4 6 Donations: Bank

deposits and receipts 1960

04. Campaigns 4 7 Donations: Pledges 1960

04. Campaigns 4 8 Expenses: Affidavit of

Campaign Expenses 1960

04. Campaigns 4 9 Expenses: Bank

statements and cancelled checks: Alumni/classmates for Ben

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statements and cancelled checks: Reifel Campaign Fund

1960

statements and cancelled checks: Reifel for Congress

1960

statements and cancelled checks: Women for Reifel

1960

04. Campaigns 4 13 Expenses: Receipts:

Advertising 1960

General office 1960

Travel 1960

04. Campaigns 5 1 Federal Laws relating

to campaigns 1960

04. Campaigns 5 2 Flyer circa

1960s

04. Campaigns 5 3 Mailing list 1960

04. Campaigns 5 4 Pins - "I'm for Ben

Again" circa 1960s

04. Campaigns 5 5 Reifel for Congress

committees 1960

04. Campaigns 5 6 Reifel's stand on

issues 1960

04. Campaigns 5 7 Sample ballots 1960

04. Campaigns 5 8 Schedules 1960

04. Campaigns 5 9 Senate nominations

1962-1963

04. Campaigns 5 10 South Dakota Press

Service undated

04. Campaigns 5 11 South Dakota

Republication party platform 1960 04. Campaigns 5 12 Stationary (Letterhead and envelops) circa 1960s

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05. Collected

material 5 13 All American Indian Days undated

05. Collected

material 5 14 Art Book: Harvey Dunn Paintings and

Drawings

1974 05. Collected

material 5 15 Articles 1959-1981

05. Collected

material 5 16 Bulletin of the American Museum of

Natural History

1963 05. Collected

material 5 17 Clippings: Boy Scouts 1955-1984

05. Collected

material 5 18 Clippings: Miscellaneous 1950-1987

05. Collected

material 6 1 Clippings: Native Americans 1953-1987

05. Collected

material 6 2 Clippings: World Wide Aid Program 1951

05. Collected

material 6 3 Congressional Pictorial Directory 1968, 1970

05. Collected

material 6 4 Hearings Before the Committee on Rules 1966, 1968

05. Collected

material 6 5 Historical Overview of the Indian Life in

South Dakota

undated 05. Collected

material 6 6 How to Go Broke in the Tourist Business 1973

05. Collected

material 6 7 Humor: Miscellaneous undated

05. Collected

material 6 8 Humor: Orben's Current Comedy 1983-1984

05. Collected

material 7 1 Indian Council Fire 1982

05. Collected

material 7 2 Institute of the American West 1982-1983

05. Collected material 7 3 Miscellaneous 1956-1986 05. Collected material 7 4 Newsletters 1967-1982 05. Collected material 7 5 Pamphlets 1952-1987 05. Collected

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Series Box Folder Description Date(s) 05. Collected material 7 7 Programs 1954-1985 05. Collected material 8 1 Reports 1969-1970 05. Collected

material 8 2 Wakinyan: Contemporary Teton

Dakota Religion

1963 05. Collected

material 25 1 Al Hayat: The American

Indians-Yesterday and Today [oversize]

1962

05. Collected

material 25 2 American Illustrated [oversize] undated

05. Collected

material 25 3 Hill Country; Lyndon Johnson's Texas

[oversize]

1966 05. Collected

material 25 4 Miscellaneous [oversize] 1961, 1970

05. Collected

material 25 5 What's New [oversize] 1950

06. Correspondence 8 3 Correspondence 1931-1932 06. Correspondence 8 4 Correspondence 1946-1949 06. Correspondence 8 5 Correspondence 1950-1951 06. Correspondence 8 6 Correspondence 1952-1963 06. Correspondence 8 7 Correspondence 1954-1955 06. Correspondence 8 8 Correspondence 1956 06. Correspondence 8 9 Correspondence 1957-1959 06. Correspondence 8 10 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 8 11 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 8 12 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 8 13 Correspondence 1960

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Series Box Folder Description Date(s) 06. Correspondence 9 1 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 9 2 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 9 3 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 9 4 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 9 5 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 9 6 Correspondence 1960 06. Correspondence 9 7 Correspondence 1961 06. Correspondence 9 8 Correspondence 1962 06. Correspondence 9 9 Correspondence 1963 06. Correspondence 9 10 Correspondence 1964 06. Correspondence 9 11 Correspondence 1965 06. Correspondence 10 1 Correspondence 1966 06. Correspondence 10 2 Correspondence 1967 06. Correspondence 10 3 Correspondence 1968 06. Correspondence 10 4 Correspondence 1969 06. Correspondence 10 5 Correspondence 1970 06. Correspondence 10 6 Correspondence 1971 06. Correspondence 10 7 Correspondence 1972 06. Correspondence 10 8 Correspondence 1973 06. Correspondence 10 9 Correspondence 1974 06. Correspondence 11 1 Correspondence 1976-1980 06. Correspondence 11 2 Correspondence 1981-1982

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Series Box Folder Description Date(s) 06. Correspondence 11 3 Correspondence 1983-1987 06. Correspondence 11 4 Correspondence 1989 06.

Correspondence 11 5 Correspondence undated

06.

Correspondence 11 6 Barry Goldwater 1964

06.

Correspondence 11 7 Bob Dole 1970

06.

Correspondence 11 8 George McGovern 1960-1970

06.

Correspondence 11 9 Gerald R. Ford 1965-1970

06.

Correspondence 11 10 Hubert H. Humphrey 1966

06.

Correspondence 11 11 Karl E. Mundt 1960-1965

06.

Correspondence 11 12 Lyndon B. Johnson 1964-1966

06.

Correspondence 11 13 Nelson A. Rockefeller 1968

06.

Correspondence 11 14 Richard M. Nixon 1962-1970

06.

Correspondence 11 15 Spiro T. Agnew 1970

07. Family

history 11 16 Biographies undated

07. Family

history 11 17 Education: Elementary to

Doctorate

1923-1952 07. Family

history 11 18 Marriages and deaths 1905-1972

07. Family

history 11 19 Military 1927-1935

07. Family

history 11 20 Miscellaneous 1953-1987

07. Family

history 11 21 Writings undated

08. Memorabilia 12 1 Campaigns: Bumper

stickers, cards and pins

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08. Memorabilia 12 2 Campaigns:

Pamphlets, flyers and stationary

undated

08. Memorabilia 12 3 Miscellaneous 1964,

undated

08. Memorabilia 12 4 Naval ships

1962-1967 08. Memorabilia 12 5 Presidential inauguration: Jimmy Carter 1977 08. Memorabilia 12 6 Presidential inauguration: John F. Kennedy 1961 08. Memorabilia 12 7 Presidential inauguration: Lyndon B. Johnson 1965 08. Memorabilia 12 8 Presidential inauguration: Richard M. Nixon 1969 08. Memorabilia 12 9 Programs 1954-1989

08. Memorabilia 12 10 United States Code

Annotated 1968

08. Memorabilia 24 4 Campaign posters

[oversize] undated

09.

Miscellaneous 13 item Appointment Book 1955

09.

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09.

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09.

Miscellaneous 16 item Guest book: Washington, DC 1964-1965

09.

Miscellaneous 17 item Guest book: Retirement 1970

09.

Miscellaneous 17 item Guest book: Washington, DC 1970

09.

Miscellaneous 18 1 Glenard P. Lipscomb: Memorial addresses 1970

09.

Miscellaneous 18 2 I Am A Sioux Indian 1967

09.

Miscellaneous 18 3 Miscellaneous 1956-1971

09.

Miscellaneous 18 4 Newspaper clippings: Miscellaneous 1952-1985

09.

Miscellaneous 18 5 Newspaper clippings: Native Americans 1956-1970

09.

Miscellaneous 18 6 Newspaper clippings: Politics 1960-1988

09.

Miscellaneous 18 7 Newspaper clippings: Religion undated

09.

Miscellaneous 18 8 Periodicals: The Amerindian 1960

09.

Miscellaneous 18 9 Periodicals: USD Bulletin : Institute of

Indian Studies

1979 09.

Miscellaneous 18 10 Press releases 1960-1971

09.

Miscellaneous 18 11 Programs 1960-1971

09.

Miscellaneous 18 12 Writings 1967

09.

Miscellaneous 23 1 House of Representatives

Binder

1968

10. Speeches 19 1 Speeches 1955

10. Speeches 19 2 Speeches 1963

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Series Box Folder Description Date(s) 10. Speeches 19 4 Speeches 1965 10. Speeches 19 5 Speeches 1966 10. Speeches 19 6 Speeches 1967 10. Speeches 19 7 Speeches 1968 10. Speeches 19 8 Speeches 1969 10. Speeches 19 9 Speeches 1970 10. Speeches 19 10 Speeches 1971 10. Speeches 19 11 Speeches 1979 10. Speeches 19 12 Speeches 1980 10. Speeches 19 13 Speeches 1981 10. Speeches 19 14 Speeches 1982 10. Speeches 19 15 Speeches 1983

10. Speeches 19 16 Speeches undated

10. Speeches 19 17 Clyde Gilman Doyle

Memorial Addresses Book

1963

11. Scrapbooks 20 item Campaign

advertisements 1964

11. Scrapbooks 20 item Correspondence 1965

11. Scrapbooks 20 item Newspaper clippings

and correspondence 1969-1970

[oversize] 1960-1962

[oversize] 1960

11. Scrapbooks 26 item Reifel Shots

12.

Photographs, media

1 10 Ben Reifel Earth Day

Industrial Development Foundation Meeting - DVD 1970 12. Photographs, media 23 2 Audio 1960-1985

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Series Box Folder Description Date(s) 12. Photographs, media 23 3 Films undated 12. Photographs, media 23 4 Miscellaneous photographs {SEE box 33 and 34] 1953-1988 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0001 av Film: Reifel Boy and

Brother Gravy Train, positive

undated 12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0002 av Film: Reifel, positive undated

12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0003 av Film: Reifel 4522-11-180, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0004 av Film: Reifel untitled,

positive undated

12.

Photographs, media

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0006 av Film: Reifel , sound ?

blank ? undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0007 av Film: 4303 Reifel, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0008 av Film: Reifel, sound ?

blank ? undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0009 av Film: 6576 Reifel 15-185, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0010 av Film: 5347 Reifel 8-61, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0011 av Film: Reifel, sound ?

blank ? undated

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0012 av Film: Track tales

Cong. Reifel Pre-Election Spot , no picture, sound?

(25)

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0013 av Film: Reifel Man on

the Hill Intro, no picture, sound? undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0014 av Film: Reifel 2-61, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0015 av Film: 6743 #1 Reifel 2-185 #2 Reifel, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0016 av Film: 3977 Reifel 3-61 13-180, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0017 av Film: 4960 Reifel 7-61, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0018 av Film: 6743 Reifel, positive undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0019 av Film: 2857 Reifel 12 182, positive undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0020 av Film: 5346 Reifel 861 15 185, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0021 av Film: 7674 Reifel 14 60, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0022 av Film: Reifel – dupe –

Tails, positive undated

12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0023 av Film: 4536 Reifel 11 50, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0024 av Film: Reifel, sound?

Blank? undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0025 av Film: 6108 Reifel, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0026 av Film: 429 Reifel, negative undated

(26)

Series Box Folder Description Date(s) 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0027 av Film: 4522 Reifel 5-61, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0029 av Film: 5112 Reifel 11 50, positive undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0030 av Film: Reifel used

5-16-65, positive undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0031 av Film: 5347 Reifel 15 185 8 -61, positive undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0032 av Film: 5112 Reifel 11 50, positive undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0033 av Film: 6372 Reifel 11-185, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0034 av Film: 4536 Reifel 11 50, positive undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0035 av Film: 5817 Reifel 12 D, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0036 av Film: 5043 Reifel 11-180, negative undated 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0037 av Film: 2857 Reifel 13 185, negative undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0038 av Film: Reifel, color

positive undated

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0039 av Film: Reifel Little Boy

Jingle, positive undated

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0040 av Film: Pix Tails Cong.

Reifel Pre Election Spot, color positive, 50 ft.

(27)

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0041 av Film: Reifel , color

positive undated

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0042 av Audio reel: Reifel

campaign aid (#1-2-3) for June primary, audio (2 copies)

undated

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0043 av Audio reel: Barbara

Fitzgerald interviews Reifel, audio undated 12. Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0044 av Audio reel: Reifel

campaign ads (#4-5-6) for June primary, audio (2 copies)

undated

12.

Photographs, media

31 MA 9-0045 av Audio reel: Ben Reifel

with Earl Crook and hunter on beet allotments for beet growers May 19, 1961, audio (2 copies) 1961 12. Photographs, media 31 MA 9-0064 av 16mm Film to DVD Transfer 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Address 1 Film: Billy Sols Estes vs. Texas, 1965 black and white, sound, 1:07 TRT 1965 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Address 2 Film: Announcing candidacy for re-election, undated black and white, sound, 0:56 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Address 3 Film: Announcing introduction of two bills to the House: a National Health Insurance program for citizens over 65 and an amendment to the Social Security Act black and white, sound, 0:40 TRT

(28)

12.

Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel

Address 4 Film: Announcement that the House passed the Medicare bill black and white, sound, 0:37 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Address 5 Film: Congratulating USD for dedication of South Dakota’s first educational television station KUSD-TV black and white, sound, 0:54 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Agricultural Film: video of sugar beet field black and white, no sound, 1:30 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel Color 1 Film: Announcing

that he is not running for U.S. Senate in 1968 color, sound, TRT 1:13 1968 12. Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel Color 2 Film: Introduction to

brief film “Your Man on the Hill” about a day in the life of a Congressman color, sound, 0:40 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel Color 3 Film: General Kline

(?) being asked

about Senator Dodds Poor quality, color, no sound for half, 0:14 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel for

Congress Film: Memorial Day address, 1960 black and white, sound, 4:40 TRT

1960

12.

Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel History Film: Biography, tells

of family, wife Alice, 1960 black and white, sound, 8:07 TRT

(29)

12.

Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel

Interview Film: On campaign trail color, no sound, 1:08 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Keloland Film: Introduction to Canadian

documentary “The Campaigners” written and directed by

Donald Brittain.

Reifel was selected to represent campaign style in the United States. black and white, sound, 1:33 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media 32 Ben Reifel

Negative Film: Same as BenReifelAddress4 - negative, sound, 0:30 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel Nixon Film: Reifel meeting

with President Nixon in Oval Office in the White House color, no sound, 0:47 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel

Pre-Election Film: Decision to run for Congress in 1960, Meet the family: wife Alice, daughter

Loyce,

granddaughters Lisa and Loir, and niece Monica Johnson black and white, sound, 4:30 TRT

1960

12.

Photographs, media

32 Ben Reifel Target

Shooting Film: don’t think this is Ben black and white, no sound, 0:31 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

32 Bill Avery 1 Film: Vote for Bill

Avery – Experience Counts!: expandable car black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

(30)

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: man with 6 babies strapped to him black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: shadow puppets black and white, no sound, 0:00 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: Laurel and Hardy balancing on steel girder black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: car crashing through horse

carriage, fence black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: Bill Avery speaking ? black and white, no sound, 0:28 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: cartoon elephant black and white, no sound, 0:13 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT

(31)

12.

Photographs, media

undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 Bill Avery 18 Film: Fred Obley for

Congress –

November 8th: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: car breaks in half black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

undated

12.

Photographs, media

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: child cuts hat in half black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: car and airplane black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

(32)

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: motorcycle and train black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: airplane plucks man from motorcycle black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: airplane transfer black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: men

fighting on airplane wing black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Avery – Experience Counts!: man falls from airplane black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 Fred Obley 1 Film: Fred Obley for

Congress – November 8th: G.O.P/Nixon black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Congress –

(33)

12.

Photographs, media

Congress –

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Congress –

November 8th: Baby (contains 2 clips) black and white, no sound, 0:23 TRT

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Congress –

November 8th: Baby in tub black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media

Congress –

undated

12.

Photographs, media

Congress –

undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 Little kid Film: Little kid -

unidentified blonde boy playing with camera black and white, no sound, 0:46 TRT undated 12. Photographs, media 32 MA 9-0046 av Audio reels: Introduction of 2 bills, audio (2 copies)

undated 12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0047 av Audio reels: Re. E.Y.

Berry campaign spot Aug. 29, 1960, audio

1960 12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0048 av Audio reels: Re-elect

(34)

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0049 av Audio reels: Ben

Reifel for Red Cross fund drive Feb. 23, 1962 (Aberdeen chapter ?) 4- 20 second spots, audio

1962

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0050 av Audio reels: Medicare

bill, audio undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0051 av Audio reels: Ben

Reifel on Farm Bill [government controls on agriculture], audio undated 12. Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0052 av Ben Reifel on Outlook

for sugar beet hearings for May 1, 1962, audio

1962

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0053 av Audio reels: Radio

spots for Bill Broomfield and Republican

campaigns [14 5-60 second spots], audio

undated 12. Photographs, media 32 MA 9-0054 av Audio reels: SD Association for retarded children fund drive, audio (2 copies)

undated

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0055 av Audio reels: WNAX

Farm Advisor Lyle Hanson interviews farmers at random at the SD State Fair for their opinions on the feed grain program and the wheat program for Congressman Ben Reifel, audio undated 12. Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0056 av Audio reels: States

asking supreme court to declare electoral college system

(35)

Series Box Folder Description Date(s) unconstitutional, audio 12. Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0057 av Audio reels: Choice

not to run for Senate in 1968, audio 1968 12. Photographs, media 32 MA 9-0058 av Audio reels: Minnehaha County Republican party Lincoln Day dinner honoring Ben Reifel March 25, 1977, audio (reel copy)

1977

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0059 av Audio reels: Reifel for

Congress (2 spots) Republican song, audio undated 12. Photographs, media 32 MA 9-0060 av Audio reels: Minnehaha County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner honoring Reifel March 25, 1977, audio (cassette copy) MISSING 1977 12. Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0061 av Audio reels: Earl L.

Bailey Memorial Service Jan. 13, 1985, audio MISSING 1985 12. Photographs, media

32 MA 9-0062 av Audio reels: The Job

of the Field support committe, audio MISSING undated 12. Photographs, media

32 Ma 9-0063 av Audio reels: EROS

luncheon Industrial Development Foundation meeting April 23, 1970, audio 1970 12. Photographs, media 32 MA0009_av_0001 Audiocassette: Minnehaha County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner honoring Ben Reifel

(36)

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA0009_av_0002 Audiocassette: Earl L.

Bailey Memorial Service January 13, 1985 South Dakota Wales Church of God

1985

12.

Photographs, media

32 MA0009_av_0003 Audiocassette: The

Job of the Field Support Committee

undated 12.

Photographs, media

32 MA0009_av_0004 Audiocassette: EROS

luncheon Industrial Development Foundation Meeting 1970 12. Photographs, media 32 William H. (Bill)

Avery Audio reels: William H. (Bill) Avery - U.S. House of

Representatives for Kansas 1955-1965, Kansas governor 1965-1967, U.S. Senate candidate for Kansas in 1968 Fred Obley – U.S. Senate candidate for Pennsylvania in 1960 1968 12. Photographs, media 33 0001-0860 Photographs 12. Photographs, media 34 0861-1059 Photographs