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Material relating to article by Jen Wilson titled 'Zen and the Art of Thelonious Monk', contributed to On My Life: Women's Writing from Wales (ed. Leigh Verrill-Rhys; Honno Press (1989)), including agreement relating to publication of article; correspondence from Honno Press, the Arts Council of Wales and Seren Press, the latter relating to the inclusion of Jen Wilson's article in A Swansea Anthology (ed. James A. Davies (1996)); reviews; and dust jacket of On My Life.

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).

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'.

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 entries contributed by Jen Wilson to the The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (2008), including agreements for the writing and contribution of entries; notes for contributors; texts of Jen Wilson's entries; notes towards the writing of entries; correspondence addressed to Jen Wilson from editors Nigel Jenkins and Menna Baines; and printed invitation to launch of publication. The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales was edited by writer and editor Menna Baines, poet and writer Nigel Jenkins and historian and author John Davies and was published in January 2008. Jen Wilson's contributions to the publication centred around jazz music and jazz musicians.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's article 'Redefining the Sixties Myth: Letters Home to Swansea', contributed to Changing Times: Welsh women writing on the 1950s and 1960s (ed. Deirdre Beddoe, Honno Press, 2003), including annotated draft texts of article; photocopied contents page of Changing Times; and correspondence addressed to Jen Wilson from Honno Press.

Material relating to an article by Mike Dewe titled 'Oh, Didn't She Ramble! Jen Wilson and the Women in Jazz Archive', published in Planet magazine, 2003, comprising transcribed interview with Jen Wilson and correspondence between Jen Wilson and Mike Dewe.

Correspondence between Jen Wilson and John Barnie, editor of Planet magazine, relating to Jen Wilson's article 'Wales and Negro Minstrelsy: a socio-cultural interchange 1830-1910', which appeared in the June 2006 edition.

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.

Material relating to the publication of Those Saturday Nights: The Story of Swansea's Tower Ballroom (2013), a bilingual volume of history and reminiscences about Swansea's famous venue edited by Jen Wilson. The project was funded by the Arts Council of Wales.

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

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.

Material relating to the BBC Radio 4 programme Women in Jazz, presented by Women's Jazz Archive patron Dame Cleo Laine and aired 22 August 2006.

Material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater's production Blonde Bombshells of 1943, comprising theatre programme, flyer, press cuttings, correspondence and printouts from online sources.

Email correspondence relating to the Radio Wales series International Flavours, the first programme of which, recorded 7 July 2005, featured Jen Wilson.

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

General material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater, largely comprising email correspondence between Jen Wilson and Alan Plater and his wife Shirley Rubenstein.

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 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.