Relevant government publications and magazine articles, newspaper clippings, memoranda, news releases, legislative bills, and some correspondence relating to sales tax proposals (1958-1966) before the Minnesota legislature. There is information on Minnesota's economic climate, various sales tax proposals, projections on the impact of such legislation on individuals, and public opinion opposing and supporting sales taxes. The materials were compiled by Robert Latz, a Democratic-Farmer-Labor state representative (1958-1966) from Minneapolis.