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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 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.

General administrative material relating to the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, including management/team structures; lists of staff, trustees and outside contacts; job descriptions and resumés; proposed business development plans and project briefs; policy statements; enquiry sheets; and correspondence.

Material, including conference schedules and correspondence, relating to the Wales 2000: A Land of Opportunity tutors' conference held at Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, 8-10 June 1992, which Jen Wilson presumably attended (but did not apparently give a talk) and at which she also provided musical entertainment.

Material relating to a Cultural Studies conference titled From Pop to Postmodernism? held at Crew & Alsager College of Higher Education, Crewe, 28 November 1992, including conference schedules; rough notes made by Jen Wilson; and correspondence. Although Jen Wilson appears to have attended the conference, there is no evidence that she gave any formal presentation.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's contribution as tutor at a University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education Day School held at the Welfare Hall, Ystradgynlais titled 'The "Silent Village" Re-Visited'.

Material, comprising provisional conference schedule, conference flyer and correspondence, relating to the Building Bridges: Oral History in Wales conference held 30-31 October 1993 at the Howardian Community Centre, Cardiff, at which Jen Wilson presented a paper titled The Women's Jazz Archive: a History of British Women's Music.

Events programme, letter and map relating to talk by Jen Wilson presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel, Port Talbot, 5 January 1994.

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

Material relating to the Patti Action Group's mid-1990s campaign to regenerate and maintain the Patti Pavilion in Swansea as a venue for the performing arts.

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 the DACE (Department of Adult Continuing Education) Big Band course run by Performing Arts tutors Jen Wilson, Cris Haines and others, together with material relating to Jen Wilson's nomination of Cris Haines for an Adult Tutor Award in 2003.

Material relating to a multi-media presentation titled Back to the Front Line: Women at Bridgend Munitions Factory, 1938-1946, given by Jen Wilson to Cwmdulais Historical Society at Canolfan, Seven Sisters, 10 March 1993, including events programme and booking form.

Letters relating to a talk given by Jen Wilson to the Kenfig Society, May 1994.