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Material relating to the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's International Conference held at Bangor University, 26-28 July 2012, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Jazz in Wales between the Wars 1919-1939: fascists, feminism, fashion and some o' that Old Time Religion, including call for papers; draft and fair-copy texts of Jen Wilson's talk, together with her name badge; conference schedule; list of speakers; map of Bangor University campus; and correspondence.

Notes relating to a multi-media presentation on jazz music during World War I given by Jen Wilson and others at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea as part of Black History Month, 19 October 2014.

Script relating to Jen Wilson's talk on Jazz in Wales, presented to the University of the Third Age (U3A) at Sketty Park, Swansea, 19 November 2015.

Script of illustrated talk titled Café Society, presented by Jen Wilson at Swansea Museum, 21 October 2016.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's (failed) application for a fellowship within the Clore Leadership Programme for 2004-5, including completed application forms and correspondence.

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 Swansea Women's History Group, of which Jen Wilson was a member, including a significant amount of material relating to Swansea during the Second World War, with a particular focus on the rôle of women in wartime.

Material relating to Honno Welsh Women's Press, in which Jen Wilson was a shareholder, including meeting agendas and minutes; details relating to a day of events to celebrate Honno's eighteenth year of publishing; and correspondence.

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

Annotated text of what appears to be an article titled 'Discrimination in British Jazz: Issues of Race, Class and Gender Between the Wars 1918-1939'.

Correspondence between Jen Wilson and John Barnie, editor of Planet magazine, relating to Jen Wilson's article 'Wales and Negro Minstrelsy: a socio-cultural interchange 1830-1910', which appeared in the June 2006 edition.

Material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater's three-part radio play The Devil's Music (2001), a work based on stories from the Women's Jazz Archive, particularly that of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and for which Jen Wilson acted as music/history consultant. Material includes scripts, cast list, recording schedule, agreements and correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson, Alan Plater and the BBC.

Material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater's production Only A Matter Of Time, comprising theatre programme and email to Jen Wilson from Plater and his wife Shirley Rubenstein.

Letter relating to a performance by Jen Wilson at the Cooper's Arms, Aberystwyth, 5 March 1987. Although not specified, the letter implies that the performance may have been multi-media or have at least involved the spoken word.

Programme schedule relating to a performance by The Old Pros duo, comprising Jen Wilson and poet Penny Windsor, at the Cardiff Literature Festival 1988.

Material relating to In Pursuit of Venus, a piece commissioned by the Women's Jazz Archive and composed by double bassist Paula Gardiner to mark the 1995 Year of Literature; together with general material relating to Paula Gardiner and her work.

Material relating to Suite for Trumpet, Harp and Bass, a piece commissioned by University College Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education and composed by trumpeter Cris Haines to mark the 1995 Year of Literature; together with general material relating to Cris Haines and his work

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 the Chard Festival of Women in Music 1996, in which Women in Jazz participated.