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Material relating to the cancelled Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner which was to have been held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 15 October 2004.

Material relating to a celebration night in memory of Val Feld held at the Chattery, Swansea, 8 January 2005, at which the Roots Trio performed.

Material relating to Harlem Renaissance: A day of talks and events on the cultural revolution produced by black people during the Art Deco years, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 29 June 2003, comprising letter giving notice of the event and photocopied book cover of The Story of the Blues by jazz historian Paul Oliver. A handwritten note in Jen Wilson's hand records that she attended the conference and met Paul Oliver; however, there is no indication that she gave a formal presentation.

Material relating to the Voluntary Arts Network and Voluntary Arts Wales international conference which took place 11-12 November 2005 at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff, and which featured a lunchtime performance by Women in Jazz.

Conference schedule and correspondence relating to the Celfyddydau Gwirfoddol Cymru/Voluntary Arts Wales conference titled Yn Llawn Haeddu'r Sylw/Worth Making A Song And Dance About, held at Craig y Nos Castle in the Swansea Valley, 2-3 November 2002, at which Jen Wilson provided musical entertainment. While there is a possibility that she may have attended the remainder of the conference as a delegate, there is no definite evidence that Jen Wilson gave a talk during the event.

Flyer for a Wales Assembly of Women (Cardiff and Glamorgan group) celebration dinner held at the University of Wales, Cardiff, 6 May 2004, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Photocopied letter relating to Jen Wilson's nomination of Derek Gabriel for the Wales Volunteer of the Year Award 2007.

Material relating to the Welsh Jazz Society, later known as Jazz Services Wales, including correspondence; funding information; accounts and expenses; agendas and minutes; reports; and development programmes; together with material relating to the Jazz Research Network.

Material relating to a Welsh Women's Archive half day conference and celebration dinner held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, at which Jen Wilson provided musical entertainment.

Material relating to an exhibition by the Women's Jazz Archive titled Women At Work, shown at Swansea Museum and Swansea Central Library, March-April 1999.

Material relating to the BBC Radio 4 programme Women in Jazz, presented by Women's Jazz Archive patron Dame Cleo Laine and aired 22 August 2006.

Material relating to a course titled Women In Jazz, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.

Material relating to events held to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, highlighted by a gala evening at Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre featuring Women in Jazz patron Dame Cleo Laine, which also included a performance of Before Freedom; together with material relating to funding for the anniversary events. The gala evening coincided with events to mark Black History Month in October 2006.

Draft article by Jen Wilson titled 'Women in Jazz: Heroines or Victims?'.

Text of article by Jen Wilson titled 'Jazzing the Hwyl: Women in Wales and the African American Legacy 1850-1935', which appeared in Women in Jazz/Donne in Jazz (ed. Fondazione Adkins Chiti); Donne in Music, Editore Colombo, International Music Council, Ministero per I Beni e le Attivita Culturali, Universita degli Studi 'Roma Tre' (2008).

Material relating to Women in Music, of which Jen Wilson/Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz was a member, including newsletters; details of Annual General Meetings; members' lists; details relating to the Women in Music Commissioning Fund; and correspondence.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's talk, titled Syncopated Ladies, given at the Women in Music Annual General Meeting held at Battersea Arts Centre, 16 November 1996, comprising letter to Jen Wilson from Women in Music; press cutting relating to Jen Wilson's talk; press release; and detailed preparatory notes by Jen Wilson.

Flyer and poster relating to WomenCentreStage, an event celebrating International Women's Day held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 5 March 2008, at which Women in Jazz Allstars Swing Band performed.

Poster relating to University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education's second Women's History Day School held at Onllwyn Miners' Welfare Hall, 3 May 1986, at which Jen Wilson gave a multi-media presentation on Jazz Women.

Papers relating to the Women's Jazz Archive oral history project, largely comprising transcribed interviews and correspondence, including material relating to the official opening of the archive on 26 June 1993; material relating to prominent archive contributors Blanche Finlay, Ottilie Patterson and Elaine Delmar; and material relating to the Heritage Lottery Funded project Wales, Slavery and Music - the Unknown Inheritance (for which see also Funding: 2004).