Minute books, rules, correspondence, proposition books and membership records, subject and office files, files of office holders, legal and historical papers, conference papers, industrial files, district committee minutes, branch minutes, reports, speeches, campaign files, photographs, films, posters and publications. Includes records of the following unions and predecessors Amalgamated Engineering Union, Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Amalgamated Metal Workers Union, Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights Union, Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society of Australia, Blacksmiths Society of Australia, Federated Iron Moulders Union, Federated Moulders (Metals) Union, Federated Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association, Federated Society of Boilermakers and Iron Ship Builders, Fox Manufacturing Dispute Committee, Metal Trades Federation, Sheet Metal Working, Agricultural Implement and Stove Making Industrial Union of Australia, Steam Engine Makers Society, Association of Draughting, Supervisory and Technical Employees, Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union, Metals and Engineering Workers Union, Printing and Kindred Industries Union and the NSW Typographical Association.

Minutes and reports, correspondence files, financial and membership records, wages book, annual federal conference material, arbitration material, industrial files, amalgamation files, office files, newsletters and bulletins.