Bindery Workers' Union Local No. I contains correspondence, reports and speeches documenting the unions' strike activities and labor disputes with the Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tennessee, between 1963 and 1967. The records are arranged alphabetically by document type and then chronologically by the first date of each folder's date span. Series II contains pamphlets and broadsides advertising the Kingsport Press strike, the unions' strike demands, and the unions' strike activities prior and during the strike. The records are arranged chronologically by the first date of a date span listed on each folder.
Undated material is listed at the end of the series.
Series III contains photocopies of articles originally published in commercial periodicals, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia documenting the general issues and problems associated with the unsuccessful resolution of the strike between the Kingsport Press and its unions dating from 1964 to 1966. The records are arranged chronologically by the first date of each folder's date span. Earl Derrick's insightful comments clearly outline the gradual demise of the Kingsport Press unions between 1963 and 1967. Miscellaneous Union Reports, 1963-65. E. J. Tribe, 1963-67. 3.