Fonds GB 0210 JAZZLES - Jazz Heritage Wales Archive (Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 JAZZLES

Title

Jazz Heritage Wales Archive (Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales)

Date(s)

  • [1930]-2016 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.636m³ (15 large boxes; 23 small boxes)

Context area

Name of creator

(1986-)

Administrative history

The Jazz Heritage Wales Collection (Casgliad Treftadaeth Jazz Cymru) was founded in 1986 as the Women's Jazz Archive by pianist, historian and author Professor Jen Wilson. It is based at University of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea and also occupies premises in the Maritime Cultural Quarter of Swansea, adjacent to the Swansea Museum and the Dylan Thomas Theatre. At its relaunch in 2002, it was renamed Women in Jazz. The organisation became a registered charity in 1998 and has been run since then by a Board of Trustees. Its patrons include celebrated jazz and pop singer Dame Cleo Laine, Paula Gardiner, head of Jazz Studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and Huw Warren, winner of the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation. Jazz Heritage Wales (incorporating the Jazz Archive Collection) is the only multi-media resource in Britain which focuses on the contribution made by Wales to British jazz culture. In addition, emphasis is placed upon lesser known aspects of Wales' jazz heritage, such as the rôle played by women jazz musicians and the influence of African-American music within Welsh jazz. The latest in a long line of honours accorded Jazz Heritage Wales was the St David Award for Culture, bestowed by the Welsh Government in 2017.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales, per Professor Jen Wilson, Swansea, July 2018.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of the Jazz Heritage Wales archive, comprising material relating to what was initially known as the Women's Jazz Archive, later Women in Jazz, and finally Jazz Heritage Wales, which reflect the archive's founding and development, its aims and objectives and its wide-ranging involvement in the field of contemporary and historical jazz music. Together with material relating to the archive's founder Jen Wilson, reflecting her interest, involvement and personal achievements in the fields of music, media, education and history, particularly women's social history. The archive also includes material relating to organisations and projects in which Jen Wilson participated but for which she was not solely responsible.

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Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.

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Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

A few folios of shorthand script.

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Related units of description

Audio-visual devices relating to this collection, including audio and video cassettes, CDs, DVDs and computer discs, are kept separately and may be accessed on request.

Photographs and slides relating to this collection are kept separately and may be accessed on request.
Location: Photographs: Photo book 3778 (reference number 99923642302419)
Slides: Photo book 6207 (reference number 99923642202419)

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Note

Transferred via Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales.

Note

The Jazz Heritage Wales Collection (Casgliad Treftadaeth Jazz Cymru) was founded in 1986 as the Women's Jazz Archive by pianist, historian and author Professor Jen Wilson. It is based at University of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea and also occupies premises in the Maritime Cultural Quarter of Swansea, adjacent to the Swansea Museum and the Dylan Thomas Theatre. At its relaunch in 2002, it was renamed Women in Jazz. The organisation became a registered charity in 1998 and has been run since then by a Board of Trustees. Its patrons include celebrated jazz and pop singer Dame Cleo Laine, Paula Gardiner, head of Jazz Studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, and Huw Warren, winner of the BBC Jazz Award for Innovation. Jazz Heritage Wales (incorporating the Jazz Archive Collection) is the only multi-media resource in Britain which focuses on the contribution made by Wales to British jazz culture. In addition, emphasis is placed upon lesser known aspects of Wales' jazz heritage, such as the rôle played by women jazz musicians and the influence of African-American music within Welsh jazz. The latest in a long line of honours accorded Jazz Heritage Wales was the St David Award for Culture, bestowed by the Welsh Government in 2017.

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2/11: Contains some Cornish and French.
2/25: Contains German.
25/4: Contains some Italian.
28/2/18: Contains some Spanish, Breton and Scots.
28/2/41: Contains some Dutch.

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Alma system control number

99885700402419

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Archivist's note

Compiled by Bethan Ifan, October 2018. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Primary source material; online search engines.

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