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Material relating to Cyfansoddwyr Cymru/Composers of Wales, of which Jen Wilson was a member, including newsletters and reports; 2006 Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music programme; details of seminar; and correspondence.

Flyer relating to Women in Jazz Allstars Swing Band's performance at the Dove Workshop, an International Women's Day event held 7 March 2008.

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

Report on research undertaken by Chwarae Teg/Fair Play as part of the Women's Enterprise Wales project; and report on the inaugural Chwarae Teg conference titled Better Balance Better Business.

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.

Miscellaneous material relating to the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, including photographic prints; lists of events/bookings for 2006-2007; list of song/music repertoire; material relating to Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz-affiliated bands The Dodgy Jammers, The Crissy Lee Big Band and the Swing Band; material relating to other jazz institutions and to books on jazz; material relating to voluntary work; visitors' book 1993-1995; South Wales Miners' Library newsletter 1991; press cuttings; and photocopied sketch of Jen Wilson at the piano, signed 'Valerie Ganz Sept 90'.

Correspondence relating to a talk/musical performance by Jen Wilson, presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel church hall, Port Talbot, 4 April 2007.

Material relating to Unison Cymru/Wales Women's Committee's Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Abolition of Slavery 1807-2007 - Women in Slavery: Past or Present? conference, held 21 November 2008, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled A Nobler Strife: Welsh Women Abolitionists in America, comprising conference schedule and registration form, with covering letter, and lobbying Unison postcard calling for the recognition of National Slavery Memorial Day.

Material relating to the organisation of a visit to Swansea by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, including correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson, Dr Paul Kwami of Fisk University and Uzo Iwobi, Chair of the African Community Centre (see African/African-Caribbean Art Strategy: African Community Centre); projected expenses relating to the proposed visit; and illustrated history of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

Playlist relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at the Dove Workshop Summer Music Festival, 22 June 2007.

Material relating to concert performances by Women in Jazz at Morgan's Hotel and the Cawdor Hotel, Swansea in aid of the Swansea branch of the NSPCC.

Email correspondence relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at an event organised by Swansea Quakers at Le Café, Swansea University, which included songs relating to slavery and abolition.

General material relating to Women in Jazz performers, concerts given, etc, including list of performances and workshops; playlists; enquiry sheets; photographic prints; and correspondence; together with posters and flyers relating to various jazz festivals and events in which Women in Jazz performers do not appear to have participated.

Material relating to an exhibition titled Crossing Oceans: Wales, Slavery and its Music. The exhibition depicted a selection of contemporary female vocalists of colour which included Dame Cleo Laine, patron of Women in Jazz, Elaine Delmar and Patti Flynn.

Material relating to Cymdeithas Celfyddydau Menywod/Women's Arts Association, including newsletters; flyers; Gregynog Festival programme; list of potential funding sources; and correspondence.

Material relating to a talk titled A Nobler Strife: Swansea Abolitionists and the Cincinnati Trail 1820-1907, presented by Jen Wilson to Cardiff University's Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning, 23 May 2007, including flyer, campus map and correspondence.

Call for papers relating to Leeds International Jazz Conference 2008: Jazz Places and Spaces, to be held at Leeds College of Music, 13-15 March 2008. There is no indication of whether or not Jen Wilson either attended or gave a formal presentation at this conference.

General material relating to Jen Wilson's involvement with the media via the Women's Jazz Archive, including background research/notes; statement of payment from the BBC; correspondence; and enquiry sheets.

Material relating to the inauguration of Swansea's Lord Mayor, Councillor Susan Waller, and to the Lord Mayor's Ball held in her honour at the Guildhall, Swansea, 11 May 2007, at which Women in Jazz provided musical entertainment.