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Programme schedule relating to a concert in aid of WaterAid by Women in Jazz and others at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 25 November 2007.

Material relating to the Women in Jazz Allstars Band's performance at the Showcase at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 30 November 2007.

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.

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.

Flyer and poster relating to WomenCentreStage, an event celebrating International Women's Day held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 5 March 2008, at which Women in Jazz Allstars Swing Band performed.

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.

Flyer and press cutting relating to a concert performance by Women in Jazz, 14 February 2008, as part of the Jazz at the MCC (Mumbles Conservative Club) events organised by Swansea Jazz Society.

Material relating to Jazz Heritage Wales's Tower Ballroom Project, which involved the collection of local people's reminiscences, anecdotes, photographs, etc about the Tower Ballroom, Swansea, these to be used in exhibitions at both Jazz Heritage Wales and the Phoenix Centre, Swansea. Together with material relating to performances by the Women in Jazz Allstars Swing Band at a Vintage Dance held 23 March 2012 at Townhill Community Centre, Swansea as part of the Tower Ballroom Project.

Exhibitions organised and staged by Women in Jazz, largely focusing on the influences of African-American music and the rôle of women in jazz music.

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.

Material relating to an exhibition by the Women's Jazz Archive titled Women At Work, shown at Swansea Museum and Swansea Central Library, March-April 1999.

Material relating to the Let Paul Robeson Sing exhibition, which celebrated the life of African American singer and actor Paul Robeson, including programmes of events; posters; press cuttings; reviews; correspondence; and printed invitation from the Paul Robeson Wales Trust to the launch, 1 November 2001, of Breaking Chains, Making Links, 'a new book of responses to the life of Paul Robeson'.

The Let Paul Robeson Sing exhibition was a component of the Roots exhibition and festival, for which see Roots exhibition and festival.

Material relating to the Seen and Heard: Women in Jazz exhibition held at Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery during the Brecon Jazz Festival, 3 August - 8 September 2002.

Material relating to Stepping Out, an exhibition celebrating the history of women in jazz in Wales as part of Black History Month, including flyers and posters; press release; exhibition programme; invitations to opening; press reports; playlist, with accompanying notes; performer photographs; exhibition panel texts; enquiry sheets; visitor comments; correspondence; and details relating to a funding application. The exhibition opened at Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery, 1 August 2003, to musical accompaniment by Women in Jazz members.

Material relating to music workshops participated in or organised by the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz. Many of the workshops were linked to community projects and multi-cultural events, some of which involved young people, particularly those with disabilities.

Material relating to workshops in African and Asian music organised by the Women's Jazz Archive.

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 Women in Jazz members' participation in a jazz summer school held in Pontypridd, 1997.

Material relating to a proposed musical workshop/performance by the Dodgy Jammers titled Jamalot which was to have been held at Swansea Castle, 10 September 1999, but which was cancelled at the last minute.