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Material relating to Swansea Jazz Society, including 'Jazzlines' newsletter and minutes of meetings.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's MSc (Econ) dissertation thesis titled Syncopated Ladies: British Jazzwomen 1880-1995 and their influence on popular culture (University College of Wales, Swansea, 10 July 1996), including abstract of thesis; bound and unbound copies of completed thesis; notes and research; material relating to grant application (grant awarded by the Arts Council of Wales, March 1997); and correspondence, mainly with publishers, discussing possible publication of Syncopated Ladies in book form.

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 Jen Wilson's MSc (Econ) dissertation thesis titled Syncopated Ladies: British Jazzwomen 1880-1995 and their influence on popular culture (University College of Wales, Swansea, 10 July 1996); and to Jen Wilson's Millennium Award-funded publication African American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.

Material mainly comprising job applications and curricula vitae compiled by Jen Wilson, detailing employment history, specialist skills, awards received, published works, etc.

Material relating to music workshops participated in or organised by the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz. Many of the workshops were linked to community projects and multi-cultural events, some of which involved young people, particularly those with disabilities.

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 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 miscellaneous music workshops, the tutors including double bassist and composer Paula Gardiner, jazz singers Alison Bentley and Mandy Fox and saxophonist and vocalist Anita Carmichael.

Letter acknowledging Jen Wilson's participation in the television series Home Ground, produced by Ffilmiau Hiraethog.

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 course titled Blues Women, 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.

Manuscript and typewritten notes by Jen Wilson, mainly relating to women and/or music within a historical context.

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 events surrounding 1995's Year of Literature and in particular the involvement of Women in Jazz , including proposals, aims and objectives and mission statement; funding applications and responses; press release; correspondence; and press cuttings. Jen Wilson was appointed a member of the 1995 Year of Literature General Advisory Group. Together with material relating to double bassist Paula Gardiner, pianist Stan Tracey and trumpeter Cris Haines, who were each commissioned by Swansea University's Department of Adult Continuing Education to compose new works to celebrate the Year of Literature.

Although this was a British-wide celebration of literature and the arts, Swansea's successful bid to host the Arts Council's Year of Literature in 1995 meant that the majority of events were held in and around that city.

Material relating to Swansea's National Waterfront Museum, from its inception and development to its establishment as an important socio-cultural centre within Swansea's Maritime Quarter, where it frequently worked in partnership with neighbouring Women in Jazz.

Material relating to a course titled Ladies Sing The Blues, 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 Jen Wilson's studies on the MSc (Econ) Women's Studies course at University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, from which she graduated in 1996, comprising essay text, with tutor feedback; course outline; essay questions; and correspondence confirming Jen Wilson's acceptance of her place on the course.

Material relating to the Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG), of which Jen Wilson was a member, including correspondence; agendas and minutes of group meetings; press releases; SWAG constitution and list of members; invitations to SWAG social events; accounts; press cuttings; posters and flyers; and copies of the group's magazine, SwagMag.

Material relating to the Fast Forward project, a multi-media community project which comprised a series of dance, music and video workshops culminating in a public performance. Initial events were held at Glyncorrwg Community Centre in the Afan Valley. The project was funded by the West Glamorgan Drug Prevention Team and University College Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education and was co-ordinated by Jen Wilson.