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Material relating to the DACE (Department of Adult Continuing Education) Big Band course run by Performing Arts tutors Jen Wilson, Cris Haines and others, together with material relating to Jen Wilson's nomination of Cris Haines for an Adult Tutor Award in 2003.

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.

Material relating to Harlem Renaissance: A day of talks and events on the cultural revolution produced by black people during the Art Deco years, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 29 June 2003, comprising letter giving notice of the event and photocopied book cover of The Story of the Blues by jazz historian Paul Oliver. A handwritten note in Jen Wilson's hand records that she attended the conference and met Paul Oliver; however, there is no indication that she gave a formal presentation.

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 BEN (Black Environment Network) Networking Conference held in Swansea, 4 June 2003, comprising conference schedule and booking form; list of delegates; correspondence and enquiry sheets; and brochures and information sheets relating to BEN projects and activities. It appears that Jen Wilson/Women in Jazz did not give a talk at this conference, being present as attendees only.

Academic theses, reports and research on topics relating to (but not directly connected with) the work of the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.

Correspondence relating to a talk given by Jen Wilson at a 'Careers in the Arts' convention held at Bishop Vaughan Catholic Comprehensive School, Morriston, Swansea, 10 March 2004.

Poster and playlist relating to a Music and Poetry Evening in aid of what was then known as the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (now Freedom from Torture) held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's submission for the Lord Mayor's Community Regeneration Awards 2004 under the Outstanding Community Contribution - Group category.

Material relating to a Soroptomists Study Weekend held in Carmarthen, 23 April 2004, including correspondence relating to a multi-media talk titled Roots given by Women in Jazz; statement issued by the South Wales region of Soroptomist International; and dinner menu.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's participation in a series of events organised by Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council.

Flyer for a Wales Assembly of Women (Cardiff and Glamorgan group) celebration dinner held at the University of Wales, Cardiff, 6 May 2004, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Enquiry sheet and playlist relating to a concert performance by the Roots Trio at Singleton Park, Swansea, 30 May 2004.

Material relating to a concert performance at the Queen's Hotel, Swansea, 12 September 2004.

Material relating to the cancelled Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner which was to have been held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 15 October 2004.

Playlist relating to a concert performance at St Benedict's Catholic Church hall, Swansea, 16 October 2004.

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 a performance by the Roots Trio at the National Women's Register conference dinner held at Swansea University, 3 April 2004.

Material relating to the 'Overseas Blues': European Perspectives on African American Music conference held at the University of Gloucestershire, 23-26 July 2004, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Black Soul, Welsh Hwyl: Black Music in Wales, including abstract and fair copy of Jen Wilson's talk, together with rough notes; call for papers; conference schedules; list of delegates; conference flyers; material relating to blues performance in the Netherlands; correspondence; copy of talk given by Professor Neil Wynn, Professor of 20th century American history at the University of Gloucestershire; biographical note relating to Professor Neil Wynn; and notice of international conference on jazz, blues and African American culture to be held at Nottingham University.

Material relating to the blues and poetry band The Salubrious Rhythm Company, of which Jen Wilson was a member, including posters and flyers; playlists, poetry and song lyrics; press cuttings; and correspondence, largely between band members.