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Annotated notes relating to an illustrated talk by Jen Wilson titled Jazz: The Devil's Music in Wales: From Hot to Swing, presented at Swansea Festival of Music, 3 October 2016.

Handwritten notes by Jen Wilson on A6 cards relating to unidentified talk(s)/presentation(s); rough handwritten notes by Jen Wilson relating to unidentified multi-media presentation; and card thanking Jen Wilson for unidentified talk presented to the University of the Third Age (U3A).

Material relating to Cyfansoddwyr Cymru/Composers of Wales, of which Jen Wilson was a member, including newsletters and reports; 2006 Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music programme; details of seminar; and correspondence.

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 Jen Wilson's article 'Devil's Music, Swansea Clerics and the W.I.', published in Planet magazine, December 1998, comprising draft and fair copies of article; photocopied section of published article; correspondence between Jen Wilson and Planet magazine; and correspondence relating to research material and to copyright of illustrations used within the article.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's MSc (Econ) dissertation thesis titled Syncopated Ladies: British Jazzwomen 1880-1995 and their influence on popular culture (University College of Wales, Swansea, 10 July 1996), including abstract of thesis; bound and unbound copies of completed thesis; notes and research; material relating to grant application (grant awarded by the Arts Council of Wales, March 1997); and correspondence, mainly with publishers, discussing possible publication of Syncopated Ladies in book form.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's publication African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001, which was funded by the Swansea Citizenship Millennium Award of 2001, including draft texts of proposed publication and research notes; together with material relating to the Millennium Awards scheme and to Jen Wilson's successful bid for funding.

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

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 Jen Wilson's participation in the HTV Wales television series Your Century, the episode in question transmitted 27 October 1998.

Material relating to the S4C television series Cymru Ddu: Hanes Pobl Dduon Cymru/Black Wales: A History of Black Welsh People (2005), for which Jen Wilson acted in the capacity of music and history consultant; together with some references to Alan Llwyd's book titled Cymru Ddu/Black Wales: A History, published in conjunction with the television series.

Invoice for expenses paid to Jen Wilson following her participation in the BBC Wales programme Musical Histories, recorded 20 September 2005.

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.

Material relating to the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's International Conference held at West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 15-17 July 2004, including call for papers; conference schedule; abstract of Jen Wilson's proposed talk titled Wales and Negro Minstrelsy: a socio-cultural interchange 1830-1910; funding application; details of flights and expenses; and correspondence. Due to the rejection of her funding application, Jen Wilson was unable to attend this conference.

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 Jen Wilson's performance at the Llangollen International Jazz Festival, 15-16 May 1987.

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.

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 the 1996, 1997 and 1998 Integrated Performing Arts Open Air Summer Festivals, held at Port Tennant, Swansea, and to other summer festivals held at Port Tennant in 1997 and 1998. Co-ordinated by Jen Wilson, the events offered performance space for people with disabilities and special needs as well as the able-bodied.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's participation in Black History Month, especially their involvement with Channel 4's Black History Map of Britain website, launched 1 October 2000 for Black History Month, including festival programme; press release; poster and flyer; exhibition texts; printouts and press cuttings; correspondence; and enquiry sheets. Together with material relating to Butetown History & Arts Centre's celebration of Black History Month 1999, 2001 and 2004, and postcards and press cutting relating to Butetown's mixed-race history.

The events marking Black History Month October 2006 coincided with celebrations to mark Women in Jazz's 20th anniversary, which were highlighted by a gala evening featuring Women in Jazz patron Dame Cleo Laine - for which see Women in Jazz 20th Anniversary events.