Records of Gilbert Stead (AMWU commonwealth finance and records officer) and of AMWU predecessors including minutes, rule books and constitution, amalgamation files, correspondence, membership and financial records, subject files, reports, position papers, photographs, leaflets and publications. Includes records of Alan Wilson (Amalgamated Engineering Union commonwealth councillor), AMWU national returning office files and predecessors Amalgamated Engineering Union, Stove and Piano Frame Moulders and Stove Makers Employees Union, Tinsmiths and Sheet Iron Workers Trade Society, Sheet Metal Working, Agricultural Implement and Stovemaking Industrial Union of Australia, NSW Branch and the Boilermakers' & Blacksmiths' Society of Australia.