Assistant secretary's files (Ron Arnold) including subject files re Australia-Vietnam Society and peace and disarmament movement, political campaigns and international conferences, diaries, press cuttings, pamphlets and printed material, photographs, postcards and souvenir items. Includes records of predecessors Amalgamated Metal Workers & Shipwrights Union and Boilermakers' & Blacksmiths' Society. Includes a large number of photographs taken in Japan and Vietnam, particularly of damage done by atomic bombs and during Vietnam War. Note that many photographs include graphic content.