Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1981-2025 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 large and 24 small archive boxes; 0.303 cubic metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Administrative history
Archival history
Material created and acquired by Baroness Randerson during the course of her political career.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Baroness Randerson; Cardiff; Donation; May 2015; 6852980.
James Randerson; London; Donation; April 2025; 99390021602419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Archive contains material relating to Baroness Randerson's political career as a member of Cardiff City and Council councils, and as a Member of the National Assembly for Wales, along with material relating to the Federal Liberal Democrats and Welsh Liberal Democrats.
Seven boxes of papers from Baroness Randerson’s political office in the House of Lords, including contemporary papers connected with her work on transport policy, papers from her time in the Cameron-Clegg coalition government and in government in the Welsh Assembly, together with some association copy books and records of official visits to other countries and NATO; April 2025.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The Archive is arranged into 13 sub fonds; Elections and campaign material; Local government in Cardiff; Welsh Liberal Democrats; Devolution; Assembly Member; Environmental Issues; Federal Liberal Democrats; House of Lords; Wales Office. transport; Welsh Government Minister; Subject Files; Publications.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Welsh Liberal Democrats (Subject)
- Wales. National Assembly (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2016; updated August 2026.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rob Phillips. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: the Baroness Randerson Papers; Who's Who; UK Parliament website 3 May 2016.