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Material relating in general or to more than one of the composers commissioned to compose pieces for the Year of Literature 1995 celebrations.

Material relating to tours of venues in West Virginia made by a combined Welsh and West Virginian musical ensemble called Jen Wilson And Her New Friends, focusing in particular on the Historic Fayette Theatre in Fayetteville, West Virginia; together with material relating to tours of Wales and the Welsh valleys of Coal Camp Memories, an original one-woman production by the American storyteller, actor and writer Karen Vuranch. The material includes copious correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson and Karen Vuranch; funding applications; projected expenses; press release; concert flyers; performance schedules; material relating to Karen Vuranch and Coal Camp Memories; itinerary of the 2001 Wales tour and tour report; press cuttings, including those relating to a West Virginia tour by Swansea musical duo The Amigos; airline tickets and travel information; and an academic essay, 1994, by Karen Vuranch titled The Influence of the Welsh Immigrants on the Development of the Coal Fields.

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.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's performance at a conference organised by The Britain and Ireland School of Feminist Theology titled Women's Ways, held at Trinity College, Carmarthen, 16-18 July 1993.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's performance at the Llangollen International Jazz Festival, 15-16 May 1987.

Material relating to an event organised by women's publishing house Honno Press to celebrate the publication of Exchanges, an anthology of work by women poets from Wales, at which Jen Wilson performed with poet Penny Windsor, 15 June 1990.

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.

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).