A large series mainly consisting of loose press cuttings, interspersed with other material such as election campaign leaflets, minutes of council committee meetings, and publications collected together by Blunkett/Blunkett's family and stored at his home. Contains cuttings from local Sheffield newspapers, 'The Star' and the 'Morning Telegraph', as well as national titles. This series also originally contained original press photographs, and some personal photographs, which have been separated for preservation purposes - see 467/9/2-3. Arranged roughly chronologically. This material relates to the early part of his career, prior to his election as an MP. For press cuttings maintained by Blunkett's constituency office from 1987 onwards see 467/10.