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Material relating to South West Jazz's Women and Jazz research project., including project outlines, reports and correspondence.

Material relating to the Race, Nation and Ethnicity graduate seminar held at St Antony's College, Oxford, 9 November 1995, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Black, Blue and Red: A feminist historical perspective on gospel music and the blues, 1860-1930, including talk script, seminar schedule and correspondence.

Playlist relating to a concert performance at St Benedict's Catholic Church hall, Swansea, 16 October 2004.

Material relating to A Suite for Swansea, a piece commissioned by University College Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education and composed by pianist Stan Tracey to mark the 1995 Year of Literature; together with general material relating to Stan Tracey and his work.

Material relating to a performance by DACE ((Swansea University's) Department of Adult Continuing Education) Big Band at the televised Stars and Stripes in Swansea event held in Singleton Park, Swansea, 6 July 1996.

Material relating to Stepping Out, an exhibition celebrating the history of women in jazz in Wales as part of Black History Month, including flyers and posters; press release; exhibition programme; invitations to opening; press reports; playlist, with accompanying notes; performer photographs; exhibition panel texts; enquiry sheets; visitor comments; correspondence; and details relating to a funding application. The exhibition opened at Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery, 1 August 2003, to musical accompaniment by Women in Jazz members.

Material relating to an article by Jen Wilson titled 'A Sociocultural and Historical Perspective, and its relevance to Popular Culture, of the Bed belonging to Haulwen Mary and William John Evans of Swansea, now deceased', published in SWAGMag No. 4 [1995], the periodic magazine of the Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG), comprising annotated text of article; copy of SWAGMag No. 4; and letter from Honno Press suggesting Jen Wilson contribute a piece for a forthcoming collection of women's writings (later published as Changing Times: Welsh women writing on the 1950s and 1960s (ed. Deirdre Beddoe, Honno Press, 2003).

Material relating to Women in Jazz's participation in a series of events organised by Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council.

Press cutting relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at an event organised by local walking group the Swansea Bay Strollers.

Press cuttings relating to a Swansea Bay Strollers charity event held 11 June 2006, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Script and photocopied poster relating to a talk titled The Relevance of Interdisciplinary Research at Jazz Heritage Wales, presented by Jen Wilson at the Alex Building, Swansea College of Art, 3 December 2015.

Letter relating to proposed talk by Jen Wilson to be presented at Swansea Council for Voluntary Service's Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the Swansea Citizenship Millennium Award Scheme, 27 November 2002.

Poster relating to a performance by Women in Jazz All-Stars at Swansea County Hall, 7 April 2006.

Draft annotated scripts of talk titled Those Saturday Nights - The Story of Swansea's Tower Ballroom, presented by Jen Wilson in Swansea County Library's Discovery Room, 7 September 2013.

Annotated notes relating to an illustrated talk by Jen Wilson titled Jazz: The Devil's Music in Wales: From Hot to Swing, presented at Swansea Festival of Music, 3 October 2016.

Material relating to Portrait of the Artist as an Older Woman, a poetry and video project jointly produced by Jen Wilson and poet Penny Windsor and performed 17 October as part of the 1990 Swansea Fringe Festival, including flyers, press cuttings and photographs.

Poster and playlist relating to a concert by Women in Jazz held at Waterstone's Bookshop, Swansea, 9 October 2005, as part of the 2005 Swansea Fringe Festival.

Material relating to a multi-media talk titled Blues Women given by Jen Wilson at the Swansea Fringe Festival, October 1986, including festival programme; presentation notes; list of video footage; press release; correspondence; and press cuttings.

Material relating to the Writing Race and Ethnicity: Minority Perspectives on Welsh National Identity conference held at Swansea Institute, University College of Wales, Swansea, 12 March 2005, at which Jen Wilson presented a paper titled Wales and Negro Minstrelsy: a socio-cultural interchange 1830-1910, including call for conference papers; script of presentation; conference schedule and booking form; list of delegates and notes on speakers; and correspondence.

Draft and fair copies of Jen Wilson's presentation to Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014, titled Jazz in Wales 1919-1939: Fascists, Feminists, Fashion, Religion.