Benjamin Reifel Papers

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2 Benjamin Reifel Papers Finding Aid South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections Briggs Library (SBL) Room 241 Box North Campus Drive Brookings, SD Phone: Collection Summary Identifier Title Creator Dates Extent MA 9 Language Benjamin Reifel papers Ben (Benjamin) Reifel, linear feet (34 boxes) photographs, sound recordings, moving image s 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 s in the Archives do not circulate and may be used in-house only.

3 Preferred Citation Abstract Name of item. Benjamin Reifel papers. MA 9. South Dakota State University Archives and Special Collections, Hilton M. Briggs Library, Brookings, South Dakota. 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, 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 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

4 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 In March of 1942, Ben was ordered to active duty and served in the Army until July 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 A John Hay Whitney Foundation Opportunity Fellowship enabled him to further his education. He completed his Doctorate in Public Administration in 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 imtely 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 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

5 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 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 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.

6 Ben's first wife, Alice Johnson Reifel, died of pneumonia on February 8, Ben remarried on August 14, 1972 to Frances U. Colby of De Smet, S.D. Ben died of Cancer on January 2, Arrangement This collection is arranged into twelve series: Series 1. Activities Series 2. Awards and Series 3. Bureau of Indian Affairs Series 4. Campaigns Series 5. Collected Series 6. Series 7. Family history Series 8. Memorabilia Series 9. Series 10. Speeches Series 11. Scrapbooks Series Photographs and Material in most of the series is arranged in alphabetical order within each series. Material in the Awards and 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 is memorabilia and scrapbooks and not records related to his term of office. Other s are related chiefly to his postcongressional 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

7 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 is arranged alphabetically except for unusual items (i.e. gavels, medals), which are arranged by size. The 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 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, 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 The Collected is composed of Reifel collected over the years and includes art books, newspaper clippings, periodicals, programs, poetry, printed, and miscellaneous items. The correspondence dates from Reifel's time with the BIA in 1946 until just before his death in The bulk of the correspondence is from , 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 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 ; 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

8 included is presidential inauguration 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 , 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 are composed of photographs, negatives, audiocassettes, audio reels, films, and videocassettes. The audio s 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 is arranged by size. The films include several filmed speeches, many of which are unidentifiable due to the nature of the on which they were produced. These will eventually be transferred to a more usable. 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 created during his lifetime.

9 Following Reifel's death in 1990, an extensive search was conducted for the remainder of his papers, specifically s 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 s 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.), 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 Conditions Governing Access This collection is open to researchers without restrictions. The s 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. Please call or 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 s, 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 s. Many of the documents and other historical s in the Archives are in the public domain and may be reproduced and used in any way. There are other s 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

10 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. Arranged and Described by Crystal J. Gamradt, 1998 June 16. Container List 01. Activities 1 1 Alumni-SDSU: Aggie 1983 Picnic 01. Activities 1 2 Boy Scouts: Activities 1 3 Boy Scouts: Activities 1 4 Dakota Territory 1961 Citizen Certificates: Abernethy-Everett 01. Activities 1 5 Dakota Territory 1961 Citizen Certificates: Fascell-Multer 01. Activities 1 6 Dakota Territory 1961 Citizen Certificates: Norrell-Zelenko 01. Activities 1 7 Delegation of the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group 01. Activities 1 8 Former Members of Congress Activities 1 9 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Activities 2 1 House Committee Assignments Activities 2 2 House Wednesday 1988 Group 01. Activities 2 3 Moral Re-Armament Activities 2 4 National Park Service Activities 2 5 Native Americans: Arrow, Inc. 1957

11 01. Activities 2 6 Native Americans: Black Hills Claim Activities 2 7 Native Americans: 1970 Education 01. Activities 2 8 Native Americans: 1968 Forum Inc. of the Great Plains 01. Activities 2 9 Native Americans: 1970 Indian Council Fire 01. Activities 2 10 Native Americans: Activities 2 11 Native Americans: Rosebud Sioux Tribal Election Dispute 01. Activities 2 12 Religion: Share South Dakota Activities 2 13 Religion-Prayer Breakfast Activities 2 14 Retirement Activities 2 15 South Dakota 1976 Committee on the Humanities 01. Activities 2 16 South Dakota Memorial Art Center Activities 3 1 Trips: Asia Activities 3 2 Trips: Chicago Activities 3 3 Trips: Ethiopia Activities 3 4 Trips: Europe Activities 3 5 Trips: Israel Activities 3 6 Trips: Southern 1961 European Task Force 01. Activities 24 1 Trips: Hong Kong Certificates of Appreciation Commemoration Distinguished Service Honorary Degrees

12 21 item 3 coins: U.S.S. South 1942 Dakota Battleship X 21 item Boy Scouts of America: Signed Print 1984 [oversize] 21 item Gavel: Compliments of Odin and Lillian made by Joe Langen 21 item Gavel: From 2nd Billionth Board Foot Harvested on the Black Hills National Forest 21 item Medal: City of New York 21 item Pick: 1720 Inf BOE (M) 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 22 item Boy Scouts of America: 4 medals with ribbons 24 item [oversize] 29 item All American Indian Days award: Outstanding American Indian of the Year [oversize] 29 item Americans for Constitutional Action the Board of Trustees has conferred upon Ben Reifel the Distinguished Service Award [oversize] May

13 29 item Centennial Certificate 1981 [oversize] 29 item SDSU Foundation Honors Honorable Ben Reifel: Class of [oversize] 30 item 12 Years of Outstanding Service to the Lower Brule Corporation as Chairman of the Board of Directors 30 item Boy Scouts of American to Honorable Ben Reifel in appreciation for service to American Indian Youth through scouting 30 item Congressman Ben Reifel in grateful appreciation front he Dell Rapids H.S. Band 30 item Distinguished Service Award of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council 30 item National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children 30 item Presented to Ben Reifel for making EROS a reality 30 item South Dakota Committee on the Humanities Distinguished Award in the Humanities 30 item South Dakota State University President's Club of the '80s

14 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 30 item Workshop Library on 1986 World Humor 03. Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Indian Affairs 3 13 Map Bureau of Indian Affairs , 3 15 Newsletters Newspaper clippings Office paperwork Programs Bureau of Indian Affairs 03. Bureau of Indian Affairs 03. Bureau of Indian Affairs 03. Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 1960 deposits and receipts 04. Campaigns 4 7 Donations: Pledges Campaigns 4 8 Expenses: Affidavit of 1960 Campaign Expenses 04. Campaigns 4 9 Expenses: Bank statements and cancelled checks: Alumni/classmates for Ben 1960

15 04. Campaigns 4 10 Expenses: Bank 1960 statements and cancelled checks: Reifel Campaign Fund 04. Campaigns 4 11 Expenses: Bank 1960 statements and cancelled checks: Reifel for Congress 04. Campaigns 4 12 Expenses: Bank 1960 statements and cancelled checks: Women for Reifel 04. Campaigns 4 13 Expenses: Receipts: 1960 Advertising 04. Campaigns 4 14 Expenses: Receipts: 1960 General office 04. Campaigns 4 15 Expenses: Receipts: 1960 Travel 04. Campaigns 5 1 Federal Laws relating 1960 to campaigns 04. Campaigns 5 2 Flyer circa 1960s 04. Campaigns 5 3 Mailing list Campaigns 5 4 Pins - "I'm for Ben Again" circa 1960s 04. Campaigns 5 5 Reifel for Congress 1960 committees 04. Campaigns 5 6 Reifel's stand on 1960 issues 04. Campaigns 5 7 Sample ballots Campaigns 5 8 Schedules Campaigns 5 9 Senate nominations Campaigns 5 10 South Dakota Press Service 04. Campaigns 5 11 South Dakota 1960 Republication party platform 04. Campaigns 5 12 Stationary (Letterhead and circa 1960s envelops) 04. Campaigns 24 3 Ledger [oversize] 1960

16 5 13 All American Indian Days 5 14 Art Book: Harvey 1974 Dunn Paintings and Drawings 5 15 Articles Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History Clippings: Boy Scouts Clippings: Clippings: Native Americans Clippings: World 1951 Wide Aid Program 6 3 Congressional 1968, Pictorial Directory Hearings Before the 1966, Committee on Rules Historical Overview of the Indian Life in South Dakota 6 6 How to Go Broke in 1973 the Tourist Business 6 7 Humor: 6 8 Humor: Orben's Current Comedy Indian Council Fire Institute of the American West Newsletters Pamphlets Poetry

17 7 7 Programs Reports Wakinyan: Contemporary Teton 1963 Dakota Religion 25 1 Al Hayat: The American Indians- Yesterday and Today [oversize] 25 2 American Illustrated [oversize] 25 3 Hill Country; Lyndon Johnson's Texas [oversize] [oversize] 1961, What's New 1950 [oversize]

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19 Barry Goldwater Bob Dole George McGovern Gerald R. Ford Hubert H. Humphrey Karl E. Mundt Lyndon B. Johnson Nelson A. Rockefeller Richard M. Nixon Spiro T. Agnew Family Biographies history 07. Family history Education: Elementary to Doctorate Family history Marriages and deaths Family history Military Family history Family Writings history 08. Memorabilia 12 1 Campaigns: Bumper stickers, cards and pins

20 08. Memorabilia 12 2 Campaigns: Pamphlets, flyers and stationary 08. Memorabilia , 08. Memorabilia 12 4 Naval ships Memorabilia 12 5 Presidential 1977 inauguration: Jimmy Carter 08. Memorabilia 12 6 Presidential 1961 inauguration: John F. Kennedy 08. Memorabilia 12 7 Presidential 1965 inauguration: Lyndon B. Johnson 08. Memorabilia 12 8 Presidential 1969 inauguration: Richard M. Nixon 08. Memorabilia 12 9 Programs Memorabilia United States Code 1968 Annotated 08. Memorabilia 24 4 Campaign posters [oversize] 13 item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book 1955

21 13 item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Appointment Book item Guest book: Faulkton, SD 1960

22 16 item Guest book: Washington, DC item Guest book: Washington, DC item Guest book: 1970 Retirement 17 item Guest book: Washington, DC item Guest book: Washington, DC item Guest book: 1970 Washington, DC 18 1 Glenard P. Lipscomb: 1970 Memorial addresses 18 2 I Am A Sioux Indian Newspaper clippings: Newspaper clippings: Native Americans Newspaper clippings: Politics Newspaper clippings: Religion 18 8 Periodicals: The 1960 Amerindian 18 9 Periodicals: USD 1979 Bulletin : Institute of Indian Studies Press releases Programs Writings House of Representatives Binder Speeches 19 1 Speeches Speeches 19 2 Speeches Speeches 19 3 Speeches 1964

23 10. Speeches 19 4 Speeches Speeches 19 5 Speeches Speeches 19 6 Speeches Speeches 19 7 Speeches Speeches 19 8 Speeches Speeches 19 9 Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches Speeches 10. Speeches Clyde Gilman Doyle 1963 Memorial Addresses Book 11. Scrapbooks 20 item Campaign 1964 advertisements 11. Scrapbooks 20 item Scrapbooks 20 item Newspaper clippings and correspondence Scrapbooks 26 item Newspaper clippings [oversize] Scrapbooks 26 item Newspaper clippings 1960 [oversize] 11. Scrapbooks 26 item Reifel Shots [oversize] Scrapbooks 27 item Newspaper clippings [oversize] Scrapbooks 27 item Newspaper clippings [oversize] Scrapbooks 28 item Newspaper clippings [oversize] 1 10 Ben Reifel Earth Day Industrial Development Foundation Meeting - DVD Audio

24 23 3 Films 23 4 photographs {SEE box 33 and 34] MA av Film: Reifel Boy and Brother Gravy Train, positive 31 MA av Film: Reifel, positive 31 MA av Film: Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel untitled, positive 31 MA av Film: Reifel, positive 31 MA av Film: Reifel, sound? blank? 31 MA av Film: 4303 Reifel, negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel, sound? blank? 31 MA av Film: 6576 Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: 5347 Reifel 8-61, negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel, sound? blank? 31 MA av Film: Track tales Cong. Reifel Pre- Election Spot, no picture, sound?

25 31 MA av Film: Reifel Man on the Hill Intro, no picture, sound? 31 MA av Film: Reifel 2-61, negative 31 MA av Film: 6743 #1 Reifel #2 Reifel, negative 31 MA av Film: 3977 Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: 4960 Reifel 7-61, negative 31 MA av Film: 6743 Reifel, positive 31 MA av Film: 2857 Reifel , positive 31 MA av Film: 5346 Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: 7674 Reifel 14 60, negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel dupe Tails, positive 31 MA av Film: 4536 Reifel 11 50, negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel, sound? Blank? 31 MA av Film: 6108 Reifel, negative 31 MA av Film: 429 Reifel, negative

26 31 MA av Film: 4522 Reifel 5-61, negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel, positive 31 MA av Film: 5112 Reifel 11 50, positive 31 MA av Film: Reifel used , positive 31 MA av Film: 5347 Reifel , positive 31 MA av Film: 5112 Reifel 11 50, positive 31 MA av Film: 6372 Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: 4536 Reifel 11 50, positive 31 MA av Film: 5817 Reifel 12 D, negative 31 MA av Film: 5043 Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: 2857 Reifel , negative 31 MA av Film: Reifel, color positive 31 MA av Film: Reifel Little Boy Jingle, positive 31 MA av Film: Pix Tails Cong. Reifel Pre Election Spot, color positive, 50 ft.

27 31 MA av Film: Reifel, color positive 31 MA av Audio reel: Reifel campaign aid (#1-2- 3) for June primary, audio (2 copies) 31 MA av Audio reel: Barbara Fitzgerald interviews Reifel, audio 31 MA av Audio reel: Reifel campaign ads (#4-5- 6) for June primary, audio (2 copies) 31 MA av Audio reel: Ben Reifel with Earl Crook and hunter on beet allotments for beet growers May 19, 1961, audio (2 copies) 31 MA av 16mm Film to DVD Transfer 32 Ben Reifel Address 1 32 Ben Reifel Address 2 32 Ben Reifel Address 3 Film: Billy Sols Estes vs. Texas, 1965 black and white, sound, 1:07 TRT Film: Announcing candidacy for reelection, black and white, sound, 0:56 TRT 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 32 Ben Reifel Address 4 Film: Announcement that the House passed the Medicare bill black and white, 32 Ben Reifel Address 5 32 Ben Reifel Agricultural sound, 0:37 TRT Film: Congratulating USD for dedication of South Dakota s first educational television station KUSD-TV black and white, sound, 0:54 TRT Film: video of sugar beet field black and white, no sound, 1:30 TRT 32 Ben Reifel Color 1 Film: Announcing that he is not running for U.S. Senate in 1968 color, sound, TRT 1:13 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 32 Ben Reifel Color 3 Film: General Kline (?) being asked about Senator Dodds Poor quality, color, no sound for half, 0:14 TRT 32 Ben Reifel for Congress Film: Memorial Day address, 1960 black and white, sound, 4:40 TRT 32 Ben Reifel History Film: Biography, tells of family, wife Alice, 1960 black and white, sound, 8:07 TRT

29 32 Ben Reifel Interview Film: On campaign trail color, no sound, 1:08 TRT 32 Ben Reifel Keloland 32 Ben Reifel Negative 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 Film: Same as BenReifelAddress4 - negative, sound, 0:30 TRT 32 Ben Reifel Nixon Film: Reifel meeting with President Nixon in Oval Office in the White House color, no sound, 0:47 TRT 32 Ben Reifel Pre- Election 32 Ben Reifel Target Shooting 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 Film: don t think this is Ben black and white, no sound, 0:31 TRT 32 Bill Avery 1 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: expandable car black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 1960

30 32 Bill Avery 10 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: man with 6 babies strapped to him black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 11 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: shadow puppets black and white, no sound, 0:00 TRT 32 Bill Avery 12 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Laurel and Hardy balancing on steel girder black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 13 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: car crashing through horse carriage, fence black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT 32 Bill Avery 14 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Bill Avery speaking? black and white, no sound, 0:28 TRT 32 Bill Avery 15 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: cartoon elephant black and white, no sound, 0:13 TRT 32 Bill Avery 16 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT

31 32 Bill Avery 17 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 18 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 19 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 2 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: car breaks in half black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT 32 Bill Avery 20 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 21 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 3 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: child cuts hat in half black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 4 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: car and airplane black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

32 32 Bill Avery 5 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: motorcycle and train black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 6 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: airplane plucks man from motorcycle black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 7 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: airplane transfer black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 8 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: men fighting on airplane wing black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Bill Avery 9 Film: Vote for Bill Counts!: man falls from airplane black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Fred Obley 1 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: G.O.P/Nixon black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Fred Obley 2 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT

33 32 Fred Obley 3 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Fred Obley 4 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby (contains 2 clips) black and white, no sound, 0:23 TRT 32 Fred Obley 5 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby in tub black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Fred Obley 6 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:10 TRT 32 Fred Obley 7 Film: Fred Obley for Congress November 8th: Baby black and white, no sound, 0:09 TRT 32 Little kid Film: Little kid - unidentified blonde boy playing with camera black and white, no sound, 0:46 TRT 32 MA av Audio reels: Introduction of 2 bills, audio (2 copies) 32 MA av Audio reels: Re. E.Y. Berry campaign spot Aug. 29, 1960, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Re-elect E.Y. Berry, audio 1960

34 32 MA av Audio reels: Ben Reifel for Red Cross fund drive Feb. 23, 1962 (Aberdeen chapter?) second spots, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Medicare bill, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Ben Reifel on Farm Bill [government controls on agriculture], audio 32 MA av Ben Reifel on Outlook for sugar beet hearings for May 1, 1962, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Radio spots for Bill Broomfield and Republican campaigns [ second spots], audio 32 MA av Audio reels: SD Association for retarded children fund drive, audio (2 copies) 32 MA 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 32 MA av Audio reels: States asking supreme court to declare electoral college system 1962

35 unconstitutional, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Choice not to run for Senate in 1968, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Minnehaha County Republican party Lincoln Day dinner honoring Ben Reifel March 25, 1977, audio (reel copy) 32 MA av Audio reels: Reifel for Congress (2 spots) Republican song, audio 32 MA av Audio reels: Minnehaha County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner honoring Reifel March 25, 1977, audio (cassette copy) MISSING 32 MA av Audio reels: Earl L. Bailey Memorial Service Jan. 13, 1985, audio MISSING 32 MA av Audio reels: The Job of the Field support committe, audio MISSING 32 Ma av Audio reels: EROS luncheon Industrial Development Foundation meeting April 23, 1970, audio 32 MA0009_av_0001 Audiocassette: Minnehaha County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner honoring Ben Reifel

36 32 MA0009_av_0002 Audiocassette: Earl L. Bailey Memorial Service January 13, 1985 South Dakota 1985 Wales Church of God 32 MA0009_av_0003 Audiocassette: The Job of the Field Support Committee 32 MA0009_av_0004 Audiocassette: EROS luncheon Industrial Development Foundation Meeting 32 William H. (Bill) Avery Audio reels: William H. (Bill) Avery - U.S. House of Representatives for Kansas , Kansas governor , U.S. Senate candidate for Kansas in 1968 Fred Obley U.S. Senate candidate for Pennsylvania in Photographs Photographs