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Material relating to Jen Wilson's attempt to organise a commemorative celebratory visit to Swansea by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Fisk Jazz Ensemble and the Fisk Race Relations Institute from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, including funding applications for sponsorship and grants; mailing list of potential sponsors/grant providers; projected expenses; copious correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson and potential sponsors/grant providers and between Jen Wilson and representatives of Fisk University; material relating to Fisk University and to the Race Relations Institute; press cuttings and printouts from online sources; and report on the project, which includes the declaration that the planned visit by the Fisk Jubilee Singers was obliged to be cancelled due to lack of funding.

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.

Inscribed plaque denoting that the Women in Jazz/Women's Jazz Archive premises were grant aided by the Foundation for Sport and the Arts.

Information relating to a book launch event at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, at which Women in Jazz performed. The book in question was titled Fragments from the Dark: Women Writing Home and Self in Wales and the event was organised by Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group and Swansea Women's Asylum Support Group, with all proceeds distributed to refugee charities.

General material relating to Jen Wilson's rôle as tutor in Performing Arts and Media Arts within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, together with general academic material, including annual reports, newsletter, prospectuses, tutor handbook and correspondence confirming Jen Wilson's appointment as Performing Arts and Media Arts tutor.

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.

Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz/Jazz Heritage Wales correspondence not directly addressed to or from Jen Wilson, the material including enquiries/requests from musicians, music students and others and discussion of insurance claim, 1993, relating to theft of items from the jazz archive.

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 a concert performance by the Women in Jazz Allstars at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, 4 November 2005.

Material relating to a concert performance by the Roots Trio at Swansea's Grand Theatre, 2 November 2002.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's concert performance at Swansea's Grand Theatre, 1st December 2006

Material relating to a concert performance by the Roots Trio at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, 13 May 2005.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's involvement with Cheryl Beer's touring show Heaven Scent: The History of the Welsh Songstress.

Material relating to a half-day conference titled Women in a Global Perspective, held at the Holiday Inn, Swansea, 14 August 2002, comprising conference schedule and correspondence. There is no evidence to indicate whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.

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

Letter to Jen Wilson relating to a course organised by West Glamorgan Community Service Council titled Home Service, for which Jen Wilson was one of the tutors.

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.

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.

Letter to Jen Wilson relating to a course organised by West Glamorgan Community Service Council titled How To Get Your Message Across, suggesting Jen Wilson as tutor.

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.