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Material relating to the 6th Annual Leeds International Jazz Education Conference, held at Leeds College of Music, 10-11 April 2000, including conference flyer; minutes of the Jazz Archives meeting held at LCM, 11 April 2000; and correspondence, from which it appears that Jen Wilson had been invited to the Jazz Archives meeting and to give a presentation (titled The Devil's Music in Wales: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on Race, Class and Gender 1859-1939) at this conference but was forced to withdraw after her funding application to the Arts Council of Wales was rejected.

Material relating to Explore, a National Conference for Women in the Arts held at Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, 9-10 March 2002, at which Women in Jazz gave a multi-media presentation titled Roots, comprising presentation notes; conference timetable; list of attendees and speakers/workshop leaders; conference flyer; newsletter; conference reports; correspondence; and directions to Gregynog Hall.

Material relating to the 7th Annual Leeds International Jazz Education Conference held at Leeds College of Music, April 2001, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled The Devil's Music in Wales: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on Race, Class and Gender 1859-1939 as perceived by the Welsh media, including draft and fair copies of conference paper; abstracts of papers to be presented; conference schedule and flyer; details relating to LCM summer schools and other academic courses; LCM prospectus for 2001-2; correspondence; and Jazz Archive news-sheet.

Material relating to Chard Festival's Hotbed Symposium for Women in Music, held 27-30 May 2001, at which Jen Wilson and musician Enid Luff presented a talk titled There! But not heard ...., including rough talk notes; festival schedules and flyer; participators' profiles; and correspondence.

Material relating to a Jazz Lecture Evening held at Butetown History & Arts Centre Gallery, Cardiff, 31 March 2000, at which Jen Wilson gave a multi-media presentation on the history of British jazz women, including poster; newsletter; and correspondence.

Material relating to the 8th Annual Leeds International Jazz Education Conference held at Leeds College of Music, 22-23 March 2002, comprising conference flyer and Jazz Archive news-sheet. There is no indication of whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.

Material relating to the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's Fourth International Conference, held at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York, 20-22 June 2002, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Spies, Traitors and Pacifists: Jessie Donaldson the Swansea Abolitionist, and the Cincinnati Trail, including text of Jen Wilson's paper, together with rough notes; press cutting and Musicians' Union press release relating to Jen Wilson's participation in the conference; conference schedules; details relating to airline travel, including Jen Wilson's airline ticket; information relating to Le Moyne College, including Spring 2002 edition of Le Moyne College magazine; and correspondence.

Correspondence relating to talk titled Historical Memories, presented by Jen Wilson to the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) South Wales (Pontarddulais and Hendy Branch) at the Mechanics' Institute, Pontarddulais, 30 March 2000.

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.

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

Material relating to the 5th Chard Festival of Women in Music, held 20-25 May 1998, at which Jen Wilson presented an illustrated talk titled Jazzwomen and the Media, comprising script of presentation; signed contract; flyers and programmes; and correspondence.

Letter and list of participants relating to talk titled Women's Rôle During The Second World War, given by Jen Wilson to Porthcawl Museum & Historical Society, October 1995.

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.

Letter from the Institute of Careers Guidance (Mid and West Wales Branch) requesting speakers on topics relating to continuing education. An attached note to Jen Wilson acknowledges that she was consulted on the matter, but there is no evidence that a talk was given by her.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's talk, titled Syncopated Ladies, given at the Women in Music Annual General Meeting held at Battersea Arts Centre, 16 November 1996, comprising letter to Jen Wilson from Women in Music; press cutting relating to Jen Wilson's talk; press release; and detailed preparatory notes by Jen Wilson.

Programme of events taking place at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, October - December 1998, which includes details relating to Then - and Now?/Ddoe - a Heddiw?, a one-day conference on Welsh women's history organised by the Welsh Women's Archive, at which Jen Wilson provided musical performance on piano. There is no definite evidence to suggest whether or not Jen Wilson also gave a talk at this conference.

Material relating to the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's 'Visions of Wales' Third Annual Conference held at the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, University of Rio Grande, Ohio, USA, 26-28 June 1997, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Race, Class and Gender in Welsh Popular Culture: Afro-American music in Wales from the 1850s, including call for papers; annotated draft and fair-copy texts of Jen Wilson's talk, together with handwritten notes on A6 cards; press release; conference schedules; correspondence; and information relating to NAASWCH, the Madog Center for Welsh Studies and the University of Rio Grande, together with related events, including details of NAASWCH's Annual Meeting scheduled for June 1998.

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.