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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.

Material relating to a course titled Jazz, Blues, Jump and Jive, 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.

Notice of paper titled Gender Issues and Women's Music, to be presented by Jen Wilson at a research seminar held at University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, 28 January [?1993]; together with text relating to women's rôle in music and reference to a talk by Dr Roberta Lamb titled Music, Gender and Education, to be given at Bristol University, 27 March 1993.

Material relating to a tutors' conference titled Roots and Fundamentals: Science, Literature and Society Today held at Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, 5-6 July 1993, comprising conference schedule and correspondence. There is no definite evidence to indicate whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.

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 to Jen Wilson's participation in the HTV television series Only Yesterday, the episode in question recorded 17 December 1994.

Material relating to the Rock School and DACE (Department of Adult Continuing Education) Swing Orchestra courses run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Continuing Adult Education.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's attendance at The Main Music Agenda open meeting, held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 3 February 1994, and recorded for Radio 4's Kaleidoscope series.

Material relating to the BBC Wales Arts Awards ceremony 1994 held at the Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, 11 December 1994, at which the Women's Jazz Archive (as it was then known) was Highly Commended in the Enabling Award category.

Women in Jazz reports relating to projected business plans/strategic aims, events, conferences, meetings, staffing, accounting, etc.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's rôle as tutor of the one-year Women's Media Studies course at University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, including course outline, assignment questions, book list and lecture notes.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's contribution as one of the tutors on a course of lectures given by University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education to a group of university students from Tennessee, the lecture topics centering around Welsh language and history.

Notes, press cuttings and letters relating to a talk given by Jen Wilson as part of a lunchtime lecture series at Swansea Museum, June 1994, titled Smiling and Splendid Women: South Wales Women's Rôle in the Miners' Strike 1984-5.

Material, including photocopied certificate and photographs, relating to Jen Wilson's 'Highly Commended' entry for the National Life Story Awards 1994.

Material relating to the Race, Nation and Ethnicity graduate seminar held at St Antony's College, Oxford, 9 November 1995, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Black, Blue and Red: A feminist historical perspective on gospel music and the blues, 1860-1930, including talk script, seminar schedule and correspondence.

Material relating to the 26th International Ballad Conference, held at University College of Wales, Swansea, 19-24 July 1996, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk/performance titled Black, blue & red: a feminist historical perspective on gospel music & the blues, 1860-1930, including call for papers; abstract of Jen Wilson's talk; full texts of talks to be presented, with details relating to speakers; conference schedule; and correspondence.

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'.

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.

Letters relating to talk given by Jen Wilson to the Marks & Spencer Retired Staff Association, June 1995.

Material relating to an article by Jen Wilson titled 'A Sociocultural and Historical Perspective, and its relevance to Popular Culture, of the Bed belonging to Haulwen Mary and William John Evans of Swansea, now deceased', published in SWAGMag No. 4 [1995], the periodic magazine of the Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG), comprising annotated text of article; copy of SWAGMag No. 4; and letter from Honno Press suggesting Jen Wilson contribute a piece for a forthcoming collection of women's writings (later published as Changing Times: Welsh women writing on the 1950s and 1960s (ed. Deirdre Beddoe, Honno Press, 2003).