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The undated section of the papers and those dated 1881-1900 contain constitutions, campaign literature, and other papers relating to the Farmer-Labor Party and the Farmer-Labor Association; and printed materials on temperance, including copies of song books (1881, 1888), the Minnesota White Ribboner (1894), and Western Womanhood (1896).

There are a few papers in the 1922-1934 period, and they concern the Farmer-Labor Association and Party. There are letters regarding Stageberg's defeat in the 1922 election, materials relating to the Women's Nonpartisan Clubs of Minnesota (of which she was executive secretary), campaign literature, convention programs, and similar materials. Letter writers in this period include O. J. Kvale, Senator Edwin F. Ladd (regarding the proposed appointment of John F. McGee to a federal judgeship), Belle Case LaFollette, Jean Wittich (All Party Volunteer Committee for Floyd B. Olson), and Ernest Lundeen.

Papers for the years 1936-1940 relate almost exclusively to the Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Association. Much of the correspondence is between members of the Association and its secretary, Selma Seestrom. Papers for the years 1936 and 1937 are substantial. This section includes Farmer-Labor Party platforms, financial reports, ballots, campaign materials, resolutions, newsletters from Congressman Henry G. Teigan, executive committee minutes of the state Farmer-Labor Association (Nov. 21, 1936; March 20, April 10, May 1, July 17 and 24, Sept. 10, and Dec. 3, 1938), and minutes of the Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Association (Jan. 31. and March 22, 1939; Jan. 31 and Feb. 29, 1940).

Issues discussed during this period include the 1936 and 1938 elections, the U.S. Supreme Court Reform Act (1937), support for the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War (1937), the Farmer-Labor Women's Federation of Minnesota, and the struggle within the Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Association over alleged Communist influence. Letter writers include Elmer A. Benson, Irwin C. Strout, John T. Bernard, Henry G. Teigan, and Dewey Johnson.

The few papers for the 1942-1950 period include Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Association Central Committee minutes (April 22, 1942), minutes of the executive committee of the state Farmer-Labor Association (April 12, 1942; Dec. 15, 1943), information on Henry A. Wallace (1944 and 1948), and a campaign leaflet from Stageberg's campaign for lieutenant governor (1950). Major topics include alleged Communist influence in the Hennepin County Farmer-Labor Association, the merger of the Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties, and the Henry Wallace presidential campaign of 1948.