Consumer Advisory Council files, 1962-1964.

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Consumer Advisory Council files, 1962-1964.

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Minutes and agenda packets, May 1962-October 1963; statements by members, 1962-1963; and correspondence, July 1962-February 1964. Minnesota attorney general Walter F. Mondale was appointed to this council by President John F. Kennedy. Mondale established a consumer protection unit in the office of the attorney general in 1960 and served on various other local and national consumer committees.

0.6 cu. ft. (9 folders in partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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