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The collection comprises the papers, including many press cuttings, of Joseph Madin, Sheffield trades-unionist and Labour Party activist, and co-founder of the Sheffield Labour College, circa 1913 to 1959. The collection also includes his personal library of books and pamphlets. Other ephemera such as election pamphlets are included.

For further details of this collection, please see the listing in the External Documents section below.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a complete set of printed minutes of the National Union of Mineworkers, Yorkshire Area, distributed to over 100 collieries in operation in the Yorkshire region between 1925 and 1992. Some years contain multiple copies.

Scope and Contents The Blunkett Archives is an extensive collection which has been amassed by Lord Blunkett throughout his career, and records his journey from one of the poorest areas of Sheffield to the highest level of British politics. The collection dates from the 1940s to the present day and includes political correspondence, policy papers, material relating to his constituency work, press cuttings, speeches, diaries, school reports, personal correspondence, book proofs, sound recordings and photographs....