Comprised of materials created by the Graphics Communication Workers International Union Local 583 and predecessor unions before the merger with Teamsters Local 853 in December 2006, including: Amalgamated Lithographers of America (ALA), Local 17; Lithographers and Photoengravers International Union (LPIU), Local 17-L; LPIU Local 280; Graphic Arts International Union (GAIU), Local 280; GAIU Local 3-B (Bookbinders). Includes minutes, financial and membership records, committee files, correspondence, agreements and contract negotiations, and office and subject files. Other materials include a Bookbinders photograph album from the Twenty-Sixth Biennial Convention, held in San Francisco, July 17-21, 1950; a bowling trophy; an autographic register of members, San Francisco Photoengravers Union No. 8, IPEU, 1925-1964; a single ledger of minutes of the Allied Printing Trades Council of San Francisco, 1970-1977; artifact, GCIU cap (white); various handouts - "Teamsters Local 853 Fact Sheet and Quick Reference Guide," Teamsters Local 853 Connections, December 2006 with news of merger; Bylaws of Teamsters Local 853; booklet, "The Union Worker's Bible"; and a mass mailing to membership November 6, 2006 regarding the merger with International Brotherhood of Teamsters..