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Professor Jen Wilson, self-taught jazz pianist, composer, writer and archivist, was born and brought up in Mount Pleasant, Swansea. For over fifty years, she has dedicated her life to promoting jazz music in Wales and beyond and to documenting its historical and social impact, with particular emphasis on the rôle of women in jazz. Many of her far-reaching contributions to jazz music and social history - primarily the founding of the Women's Jazz Archive in 1986 - and to adult education and the media, together with her personal achievements in the form of awards, fellowships and published works, are documented within the Jazz Heritage Wales/Women's Jazz Archive collection.
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Material reflecting Jen Wilson's involvement in the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz/Jazz Heritage Wales and in related fields such as adult education, the conference circuit, the media and musical and historical organisations such as the Musicians' Union, Women in Music and the Swansea Women's History Group, as well as material relating to personal achievements such as awards, fellowships and published works; together with personal correspondence and notes/research relating to her work and her interest in jazz music and history, particularly women's social history.
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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 and also to Jen Wilson's own studies on the MSc (Econ) Women's Studies course, from which she graduated in 1996. 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. A copy of Syncopated Ladies, Jen Wilson's MSc dissertation, may be found under Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
Re course titled Collecting Oral History on Swansea's Music Scene, tutored by Jen Wilson: see Exhibitions: Roots festival and exhibition.
Re Performing Arts courses which interact with the Women's Jazz Archive: see Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.
Re course titled Blues Women: see Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Swansea Fringe Festival 1986.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: Syncopated Ladies.
CDs and DVDs relating to this section are kept separately and may be accessed on request.
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Letter to Jen Wilson relating to a course organised by West Glamorgan Community Service Council titled Communication Skills and your Community, suggesting Jen Wilson as tutor.
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Letter to Jen Wilson relating to a course organised by West Glamorgan Community Service Council titled How To Get Your Message Across, suggesting Jen Wilson as tutor.
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Letter to Jen Wilson relating to a course organised by West Glamorgan Community Service Council titled Home Service, for which Jen Wilson was one of the tutors.
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Material relating to a course titled Women In Jazz, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.
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Material relating to a course titled Blues Women, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.
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Material relating to a course titled Ladies Sing The Blues, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's studies on the MSc (Econ) Women's Studies course at University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, from which she graduated in 1996, comprising essay text, with tutor feedback; course outline; essay questions; and correspondence confirming Jen Wilson's acceptance of her place on the course.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Adult education: Rock School.
See also events involving the DACE Big Band under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's contribution as tutor at a University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education Day School held at the Welfare Hall, Ystradgynlais titled 'The "Silent Village" Re-Visited'.
See also Jen Wilson: Swansea Women's History Group.
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Material relating to a course titled Jazz, Blues, Jump and Jive, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.
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Material relating to the Rock School and DACE (Department of Adult Continuing Education) Swing Orchestra courses run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Continuing Adult Education.
See also Jen Wilson: Adult education: DACE Big Band.
See also events involving the DACE Big Band under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's rôle as tutor of the one-year Women's Media Studies course at University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, including course outline, assignment questions, book list and lecture notes.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's contribution as one of the tutors on a course of lectures given by University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education to a group of university students from Tennessee, the lecture topics centering around Welsh language and history.
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Material relating to a course titled Filming and Recording Swansea's History, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Media Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.
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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.
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically,
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Material relating to talks/presentations given by Jen Wilson to groups of people in Britain and the United States, including seminar delegates, members of societies, academics, festivals-goers and students. Some talks, or talks bearing a similar content, are given at more than one event. Conferences which Jen Wilson attended (or presumably attended) without apparently giving talks/presentations are also included.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
For Jen Wilson's report for trustees and advisers on the Transatlantic Slavery Conference held at Liverpool Maritime Museum, 13-15 October 2005, see under Administration: Reports.
Reference talks relating to slavery and abolitionism, see also relevant sections under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
Reference talks relating to black influence on jazz music and on Welsh culture, see Jen Wilson: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001 and African-American musical influences.
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Poster relating to events celebrating International Women's Day held at the University of Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, at which Jen Wilson gave a talk and jazz piano performance.
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Poster relating to University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education's second Women's History Day School held at Onllwyn Miners' Welfare Hall, 3 May 1986, at which Jen Wilson gave a multi-media presentation on Jazz Women.
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Material relating to a multi-media talk titled Blues Women given by Jen Wilson at the Swansea Fringe Festival, October 1986, including festival programme; presentation notes; list of video footage; press release; correspondence; and press cuttings.
See also Jen Wilson: Adult Education: Blues Women.
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Letter and invoice relating to presentation given by Jen Wilson to University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education's summer school 'From Castle to Coalmine', 1988.
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Material, including conference schedules and correspondence, relating to the Wales 2000: A Land of Opportunity tutors' conference held at Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, 8-10 June 1992, which Jen Wilson presumably attended (but did not apparently give a talk) and at which she also provided musical entertainment.
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Material relating to a Cultural Studies conference titled From Pop to Postmodernism? held at Crew & Alsager College of Higher Education, Crewe, 28 November 1992, including conference schedules; rough notes made by Jen Wilson; and correspondence. Although Jen Wilson appears to have attended the conference, there is no evidence that she gave any formal presentation.
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Notice of paper titled Gender Issues and Women's Music, to be presented by Jen Wilson at a research seminar held at University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education, 28 January [?1993]; together with text relating to women's rôle in music and reference to a talk by Dr Roberta Lamb titled Music, Gender and Education, to be given at Bristol University, 27 March 1993.
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Material relating to a multi-media presentation titled Back to the Front Line: Women at Bridgend Munitions Factory, 1938-1946, given by Jen Wilson to Cwmdulais Historical Society at Canolfan, Seven Sisters, 10 March 1993, including events programme and booking form.
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Material relating to a tutors' conference titled Roots and Fundamentals: Science, Literature and Society Today held at Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, 5-6 July 1993, comprising conference schedule and correspondence. There is no definite evidence to indicate whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.
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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.
See also Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.
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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.
The Kenfig Society (Cymdeithas Cynffig), a registered charity, was founded in 1989 with the aim to explore and make known the history and archaeology of Kenfig and its surrounding areas. The Society produces newsletters and booklets on the history of Kenfig, has published a three-part book series and organises talks, outings and events. The Kenfig Archives is an on-going project which aims to collect Kenfig-related items and information in electronic format.
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Letters relating to a talk given by Jen Wilson to the Kenfig Society, May 1994.
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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.
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Letters relating to talk given by Jen Wilson to the Marks & Spencer Retired Staff Association, June 1995.
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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.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: 26th International Ballad Conference.
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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.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: St Antony's College, Oxford.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Other publications: Syncopated Ladies.
The North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH) is a multi-disciplinary association dedicated to advancing scholarship within Welsh studies, supporting and promoting the study of Welsh-American culture and fostering connections between scholars, teachers and the Welsh-American community. NAASWCH holds biennial conferences where scholars of history, literature, language and the arts present and discuss the results of their research.
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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.
Correspondence arranged chronologically.
The Chard Festival of Women in Music, a six-day biennial event held in May, was established in 1990 in order to showcase music composed and performed by women. The Hotbed event, held on alternate years, was developed as a creative symposium for composers and songwriters. The Chard Foundation of Women in Music was established in 2002. As of 2019, the festival has not been held for several years.
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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.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Chard Festival of Women in Music 1996.
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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.
See also Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales (section 10).
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Material relating to the 5th Annual Leeds International Jazz Education Conference, held at Leeds College of Music, 16-17 April 1999, including conference schedule; conference flyer; minutes of and report on Jazz Archives meeting; notification of Arts Council of Wales grant payment; train tickets and hotel bill receipt; correspondence; and details relating to concerts and academic courses held at LCM. It appears that, whilst Jen Wilson attended the Jazz Archives meeting as part of this conference, she did not give a formal presentation.
See also National Jazz Archive (section 5).
A CD relating to this section is kept separately and may be accessed on request.
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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.
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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.
See also Butetown History & Arts Centre (section 18).
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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.
See also National Jazz Archive (section 5).
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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.
See also National Jazz Archive (section 5).
The Chard Festival of Women in Music, a six-day biennial event held in May, was established in 1990 in order to showcase music composed and performed by women. The Hotbed event, held on alternate years, was developed as a creative symposium for composers and songwriters. The Chard Foundation of Women in Music was established in 2002. As of 2019, the festival has not been held for several years.
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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.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Chard Festival of Women in Music 1996.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Soroptomist Study Weekend, 2004.
See also Exhibitions: Roots exhibition and festival.
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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.
See also National Jazz Archive (section 5).
The North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH) is a multi-disciplinary association dedicated to advancing scholarship within Welsh studies, supporting and promoting the study of Welsh-American culture and fostering connections between scholars, teachers and the Welsh-American community. NAASWCH holds biennial conferences where scholars of history, literature, language and the arts present and discuss the results of their research.
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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 arranged chronologically.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Jessie Donaldson.
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Material relating to a half-day conference titled Women in a Global Perspective, held at the Holiday Inn, Swansea, 14 August 2002, comprising conference schedule and correspondence. There is no evidence to indicate whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.
Voluntary Arts was established in 1991 in order to support, promote and encourage all forms of creative cultural activity, from amateur dramatics to gardening and knitting, while facilitating networking between creative groups and organisations throughout Britain and Ireland.
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Conference schedule and correspondence relating to the Celfyddydau Gwirfoddol Cymru/Voluntary Arts Wales conference titled Yn Llawn Haeddu'r Sylw/Worth Making A Song And Dance About, held at Craig y Nos Castle in the Swansea Valley, 2-3 November 2002, at which Jen Wilson provided musical entertainment. While there is a possibility that she may have attended the remainder of the conference as a delegate, there is no definite evidence that Jen Wilson gave a talk during the event.
Swansea Council for Voluntary Service (SCVS) was originally established in 1969 in a bid to develop voluntary initiatives within the city. In 1989 it merged with West Glamorgan Community Service Council to form the West Glamorgan Council for Voluntary Service. Following Local Government reorganisation and consequent dissolution of West Glamorgan Community Service Council, the current Swansea Council for Voluntary Service was formed in 1997. Since 1999, the SCVS has been housed at Walter Road, Swansea.
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Letter relating to proposed talk by Jen Wilson to be presented at Swansea Council for Voluntary Service's Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the Swansea Citizenship Millennium Award Scheme, 27 November 2002.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
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Material relating to the 9th Annual Leeds International Jazz Education Conference, held at Leeds College of Music, 4-5 April 2003, comprising conference flyer; press release; and correspondence. There is no indication of whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.
The Black Environment Network (BEN) is a British-wide organisation established to promote and support racial equality and opportunity within the context of environmental sustainability.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Established in Oakland, California in 1921, Soroptomist International is a worldwide voluntary service organisation for women working for peace and equality, and in particular in the support of girls and women, at both local and international level. Its headquarters are currently housed in Cambridge, England.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: National Conference for Women in the Arts.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Before Freedom.
The North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH) is a multi-disciplinary association dedicated to advancing scholarship within Welsh studies, supporting and promoting the study of Welsh-American culture and fostering connections between scholars, teachers and the Welsh-American community. NAASWCH holds biennial conferences where scholars of history, literature, language and the arts present and discuss the results of their research.
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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.
Correspondence arranged chronologically.
Neil Wynn is Emeritus Professor of 20th century American history at the University of Gloucestershire, with a particular interest in African American history and blues music. He has authored and edited several books, including The African American Experience during World War II (2010), America's Century: Perspectives on US History since 1900 (1993), Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe (2007) and Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues and National Identity (2012).
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
See also African-American musical influences (section 21).
A CD relating to this section is kept separately and may be accessed on request.
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Material relating to the Writing Race and Ethnicity: Minority Perspectives on Welsh National Identity conference held at Swansea Institute, University College of Wales, Swansea, 12 March 2005, at which Jen Wilson presented a paper titled Wales and Negro Minstrelsy: a socio-cultural interchange 1830-1910, including call for conference papers; script of presentation; conference schedule and booking form; list of delegates and notes on speakers; and correspondence.
Correspondence arranged chronologically.
One folio (complementary slip) badly torn.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: University of the Third Age (2009).
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Published articles: Planet (June 2006).
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Script of presentation, correspondence and map relating to talk titled How Jazz Came To Wales, presented by Jen Wilson to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel, Port Talbot, 1 February 2006.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
See also African-American musical influences (section 21).
Established in 1981, the University of the Third Age (U3A) encourages and supports older/retired people in pursuing lifelong learning within an informal environment.
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Correspondence, enclosing expenses sheet and map, relating to a talk given by Jen Wilson to the University of the Third Age (U3A) at Neath Constitutional Club, 18 May 2006.
The North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH) is a multi-disciplinary association dedicated to advancing scholarship within Welsh studies, supporting and promoting the study of Welsh-American culture and fostering connections between scholars, teachers and the Welsh-American community. NAASWCH holds biennial conferences where scholars of history, literature, language and the arts present and discuss the results of their research.
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Call for papers for the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's International Conference, held at the University College of Wales, Swansea, 13-15 July 2006. There is no indication as to whether Jen Wilson either attended or gave a formal presentation at this conference.
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Report on the Arts Strategy for Swansea conference which took place 28 March 2007 at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea, together with a bilingual leaflet titled A Policy for the Arts in Education for the City and County of Swansea. While the report suggests that Jen Wilson attended the conference, there is no indication that she gave a formal presentation.
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Material relating to a talk by Jen Wilson titled A Nobler Strife: Swansea Abolitionists and the Cincinnati Trail 1820-1907, presented at the Transatlantic Connections: African Americans and the Celtic Nations international conference held at University College of Wales, Swansea, 28-30 March 2007, comprising annotated talk notes and photocopied background notes.
See sections on slavery and abolitionism under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
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Correspondence relating to a talk/musical performance by Jen Wilson, presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel church hall, Port Talbot, 4 April 2007.
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Material relating to a talk titled A Nobler Strife: Swansea Abolitionists and the Cincinnati Trail 1820-1907, presented by Jen Wilson to Cardiff University's Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning, 23 May 2007, including flyer, campus map and correspondence.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Port Talbot Historical Society (2008).
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Cwmdulais Historical Society.
See also sections on slavery and abolitionism under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
Established in 1981, the University of the Third Age (U3A) encourages and supports older/retired people in pursuing lifelong learning within an informal environment.
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Letter thanking Jen Wilson for her presentation to the University of the Third Age (U3A) titled Women in Jazz: How Black Music came to Wales.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
See also African-American musical influences (section 21).
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Call for papers relating to Leeds International Jazz Conference 2008: Jazz Places and Spaces, to be held at Leeds College of Music, 13-15 March 2008. There is no indication of whether or not Jen Wilson either attended or gave a formal presentation at this conference.
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Material relating to Unison Cymru/Wales Women's Committee's Celebrating the Bicentenary of the Abolition of Slavery 1807-2007 - Women in Slavery: Past or Present? conference, held 21 November 2008, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled A Nobler Strife: Welsh Women Abolitionists in America, comprising conference schedule and registration form, with covering letter, and lobbying Unison postcard calling for the recognition of National Slavery Memorial Day.
See sections on slavery and abolitionism under Performances, events, festivals and tours, particularly Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807.
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Correspondence relating to Jen Wilson's talk/musical performance titled A Nobler Strife: Swansea Abolitionists and the Cincinnati Trail 1820-1907, presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at the Blancos Hotel, Port Talbot, 5 December 2008.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Cardiff University.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Cwmdulais Historical Society.
See also sections relating to slavery and abolitionism under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
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Material relating to an illustrated talk titled A Nobler Strife: Swansea Abolitionists and the Cincinnati Trail, 1820-1907, presented by Jen Wilson to Cwmdulais Historical Society at Canolfan, Seven Sisters, 9 April 2009, including Cwmdulais Historical Society programme of events and correspondence.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Cardiff University.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Port Talbot Historical Society (2008).
See also sections relating to slavery and abolitionism under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
Established in 1981, the University of the Third Age (U3A) encourages and supports older/retired people in pursuing lifelong learning within an informal environment.
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Script of illustrated lecture titled Wales and Negro Minstrelsy, presented by Jen Wilson for the University of the Third Age (U3A) at Marletts Hall, Brighton, 5 December 2009.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Swansea Institute.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
See also African-American musical influences (section 21).
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Material relating to an illustrated talk titled How African American Music Came to Wales, presented by Jen Wilson at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 19 March 2010, including talk scripts; Dylan Thomas Centre events programme; and correspondence.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
See also African-American musical influences (section 21).
The North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH) is a multi-disciplinary association dedicated to advancing scholarship within Welsh studies, supporting and promoting the study of Welsh-American culture and fostering connections between scholars, teachers and the Welsh-American community. NAASWCH holds biennial conferences where scholars of history, literature, language and the arts present and discuss the results of their research.
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Material relating to the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's International Conference held at Bangor University, 26-28 July 2012, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Jazz in Wales between the Wars 1919-1939: fascists, feminism, fashion and some o' that Old Time Religion, including call for papers; draft and fair-copy texts of Jen Wilson's talk, together with her name badge; conference schedule; list of speakers; map of Bangor University campus; and correspondence.
The building situated in the Townhill area of Swansea which had begun life as a cinema in 1937 under the ownership of Oscar Dennis became the Tower Ballroom in August 1958. In the 1970s it served as a bingo hall, but later fell into disuse. On 11 September 1993 the building was destroyed by fire.
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Draft annotated scripts of talk titled Those Saturday Nights - The Story of Swansea's Tower Ballroom, presented by Jen Wilson in Swansea County Library's Discovery Room, 7 September 2013.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Tower Ballroom Project/Vintage Dance.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: Those Saturday Nights: The Story of Swansea's Tower Ballroom.
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Notes relating to a multi-media presentation on jazz music during World War I given by Jen Wilson and others at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea as part of Black History Month, 19 October 2014.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Black History Month.
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Draft and fair copies of Jen Wilson's presentation to Swansea International Jazz Festival 2014, titled Jazz in Wales 1919-1939: Fascists, Feminists, Fashion, Religion.
Established in 1981, the University of the Third Age (U3A) encourages and supports older/retired people in pursuing lifelong learning within an informal environment.
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Script relating to Jen Wilson's talk on Jazz in Wales, presented to the University of the Third Age (U3A) at Sketty Park, Swansea, 19 November 2015.
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Script and photocopied poster relating to a talk titled The Relevance of Interdisciplinary Research at Jazz Heritage Wales, presented by Jen Wilson at the Alex Building, Swansea College of Art, 3 December 2015.
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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.
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Script of illustrated talk titled Café Society, presented by Jen Wilson at Swansea Museum, 21 October 2016.
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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).
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Material relating to awards and fellowships presented to Jen Wilson/Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.
Arranged chronologically.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
See also Awards (section 23).
The jazz singer and washboard player Beryl Bryden, photographed here with Jen Wilson, was born in Norwich in 1920. She performed and recorded with such illustrious names as jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton, bandleader and trombonist Chris Barber, jazz and blues singer George Melly and skiffle singer/songwriter musician Lonnie Donegan. Her vocal style was influenced to some degree by that of the African-American blues singer Bessie Smith. In the 1970s Beryl Bryden became the only British female jazz musician to be awarded the Freedom of the City of New Orleans. She made her last recording shortly before her death in 1998.
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Material, including photocopied certificate and photographs, relating to Jen Wilson's 'Highly Commended' entry for the National Life Story Awards 1994.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's (failed) application for a fellowship within the Clore Leadership Programme for 2004-5, including completed application forms and correspondence.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
Some Welsh.
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Material relating to the Arts & Business Cymru Investment Programme, largely comprising information regarding the programme and evidence of Jen Wilson's work towards nomination for the Arts & Business Cymru Award.
See also Jen Wilson: Awards and fellowships: Arts & Business Cymru Awards 2005.
See also Jen Wilson: Awards and fellowships: Arts & Business Cymru Awards 2006.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's (unsuccessful) nomination for the Arts & Business Cymru 2005 Awards, including events programme and list of winners.
See also Jen Wilson: Awards and fellowships: Arts & Business Cymru Awards 2006.
See also Jen Wilson: Awards and fellowships: Arts & Business Cymru Investment Programme.
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Material relating to the Arts & Business Cymru Awards 2006, for which Jen Wilson apparently missed the deadline to be nominated (see note in her hand attached to one item).
See also Jen Wilson: Awards and fellowships: Arts & Business Cymru Award 2005.
See also Jen Wilson: Awards and fellowships: Arts & Business Cymru Investment Programme.
Established in 1969, the Women's National Commission was a non-departmental public body which sought to advise the government on women's matters and to act as an umbrella body for women's groups in any dealings they might have with the government. The commission was disbanded in 2010 and its rôle effectively taken over by the Minister for Women.
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Material relating to the Women's National Commission, including independent analysis relating to Government initiatives regarding violence against women, November 2006; WNC findings relating to domestic violence against women, 2003; information booklets and brochures; and details relating to WNC seminar, October 2007.
Founded in 1987, Women in Music is a national membership organisation that enables and supports women's creative and performance rôles across all genres of music while raising awareness of gender issues in music and supporting women musicians in their professional development.
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Material relating to Women in Music, of which Jen Wilson/Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz was a member, including newsletters; details of Annual General Meetings; members' lists; details relating to the Women in Music Commissioning Fund; and correspondence.
Material relating to a presentation given by Jen Wilson as part of Women in Music's Annual General Meeting on 16 November 1996 can be found under Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations.
Reference Jen Wilson's 'Blues Women' talk: see under Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations.
For the Women's Jazz Archive, see Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.
Cyfansoddwyr Cymru/Composers of Wales is a bilingual professional association representing Welsh composers, with associate membership for supporting organisations and individuals.
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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.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
Originally founded as the Amalgamated Musicians' Union in 1893, the Musicians' Union exists to support and promote musicians in all aspects of their work. The Musicians' Union archives, which contain the records of its Central and District offices and of over sixty branches across Wales, Scotland and England, are currently housed at the University of Stirling.
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Material relating to the West Wales Branch of the Musicians' Union, of which Jen Wilson was secretary, including members' details; newsletters; agendas and minutes of meetings; insurance policies; reports and accounts; and correspondence.
Dated correspondence, memoranda, newsletters and agendas/minutes of meetings arranged chronologically.
The Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG) was established in February 1992, with the aim of participating in the forthcoming 1995 Year of Literature events.
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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.
Divided into sections, each section arranged roughly chronologically where possible.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: 1995 Year of Literature.
For Nigel Jenkins, see also Jen Wilson: The Salubrious Rhythm Company; also Nigel Jenkins Papers (at NLW).
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Published articles: SWAGMag No. 4.
Formed in 1999, The Salubrious Rhythm Company were composed of Jen Wilson (keyboards), Nigel Jenkins (harmonica) and John Barnie (guitar). Their performances combined blues music with poetry readings.
John Barnie (b. 1941) is a poet and freelance writer and was formerly editor of the cultural periodical Planet: The Welsh Internationalist.
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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.
Divided into sections; correspondence arranged chronologically.
Photographs relating to this section are kept separately and may be accessed on request.
Location: Photo book 3778 (reference number 99923642302419)
For Nigel Jenkins, see also Jen Wilson: Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group; also Nigel Jenkins Papers (at NLW).
For Zen and the Art of Thelonious Monk, see Jen Wilson: Publications: Published articles.
Some Welsh.
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Material relating to Swansea Women's History Group, of which Jen Wilson was a member, including a significant amount of material relating to Swansea during the Second World War, with a particular focus on the rôle of women in wartime.
See also Jen Wilson: Adult education: University College of Swansea Department of Adult Continuing Education Day School: The 'Silent Village' Re-visited.
See also Archif Menywod Cymru/Women's Archive of Wales website: https://www.womensarchivewales.org/en/news?id=45.
See also National Archives website: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F283143.
Established in 1986 by a group of volunteers, the Aberystwyth-based Honno Press is an independant co-operative press run by women to help support and promote the publication of Welsh women writers. Honno receives on-going financial support from its many shareholders and from the Welsh Books Council, also located in Aberystwyth.
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Material relating to Honno Welsh Women's Press, in which Jen Wilson was a shareholder, including meeting agendas and minutes; details relating to a day of events to celebrate Honno's eighteenth year of publishing; and correspondence.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Honno Press open reading event.
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Published items by Jen Wilson, including mainly jazz-related articles for magazines and anthologies; her MSc (Econ) University of Wales dissertation Syncopated Ladies; and her Millennium Award-funded publication African American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
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Published articles by Jen Wilson which appeared in magazines, anthologies, etc. and which largely centre on jazz music and its relation to Wales.
Arranged chronologically as far as possible.
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Draft article by Jen Wilson titled 'Women in Jazz: Heroines or Victims?'.
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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.
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically.
Some Welsh.
The Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG) was established in February 1992, with the aim of participating in the forthcoming 1995 Year of Literature events.
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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).
See also Jen Wilson's article Redefining the Sixties Myth: Letters Home to Swansea under Jen Wilson: Publications: Published articles: Changing Times: Welsh women writing on the 1950s and 1960s.
See also Jen Wilson: Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG).
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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'.
The cultural magazine Planet was first established in 1970 by editor, literary critic and cultural commentator Ned Thomas as a forum for discussion and debate between English-speaking and Welsh-speaking contributors. Following a break in publication, Planet was re-established in 1985 under the editorship, amongst others, of John Barnie, who took over the role from 1990 to 2006.
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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.
For similar titles/topics, see under Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations.
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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.
For Nigel Jenkins and The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, see Nigel Jenkins Papers (at NLW).
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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.
The cultural magazine Planet was first established in 1970 by editor, literary critic and cultural commentator Ned Thomas as a forum for discussion and debate between English-speaking and Welsh-speaking contributors. Following a break in publication, Planet was re-established in 1985 under the editorship, amongst others, of John Barnie, who took over the role from 1990 to 2006.
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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.
The cultural magazine Planet was first established in 1970 by editor, literary critic and cultural commentator Ned Thomas as a forum for discussion and debate between English-speaking and Welsh-speaking contributors. Following a break in publication, Planet was re-established in 1985 under the editorship, amongst others, of John Barnie, who took over the role from 1990 to 2006.
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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.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and Presentations: Swansea Institute.
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Text of article by Jen Wilson titled 'Jazzing the Hwyl: Women in Wales and the African American Legacy 1850-1935', which appeared in Women in Jazz/Donne in Jazz (ed. Fondazione Adkins Chiti); Donne in Music, Editore Colombo, International Music Council, Ministero per I Beni e le Attivita Culturali, Universita degli Studi 'Roma Tre' (2008).
See also email dated 12 December 2005 under Administration: General correspondence (section 25/4).
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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); and to Jen Wilson's Millennium Award-funded publication African American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
Arranged chronologically.
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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.
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically.
See also Jen Wilson: Adult Education.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Women in Music Annual General Meeting.
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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.
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically.
Jen Wilson's research into African American music in Swansea was showcased at the Roots festival exhibition which took place at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea from 4 to 30 September 2001 and which included memorabilia and photos from the Women's Jazz Archive - see Exhibitions: Roots exhibition and festival.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Swansea Council for Voluntary Service Annual General Meeting.
See also Funding: 2003.
The building situated in the Townhill area of Swansea which had begun life as a cinema in 1937 under the ownership of Oscar Dennis became the Tower Ballroom in August 1958. In the 1970s it served as a bingo hall, but later fell into disuse. On 11 September 1993 the building was destroyed by fire.
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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.
Items arranged chronologically where possible.
See also Jen Wilson: Talks and presentations: Swansea County Library.
See also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Tower Ballroom Project/Vintage Dance.
Some Welsh.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's involvement in the media, including participation in radio and television documentaries both as interviewee and as music/history consultant.
Items other than Alan Plater: General material and General media material arranged chronologically.
See letter dated 23 January 1992 in the correspondence section of Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, which refers to an interview with Jen Wilson on Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
Compact discs relating to this section are kept separately and may be accessed on request.
Ffilmiau Hiraethog film company, based in Rhuthun, Denbighshire, was established in 1981 and terminated 2018.
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Letter acknowledging Jen Wilson's participation in the television series Home Ground, produced by Ffilmiau Hiraethog.
Kaleidoscope was a BBC Radio 4 arts programme which ran from 2 April 1973 to 3 April 1998.
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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.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's participation in the HTV television series Only Yesterday, the episode in question recorded 17 December 1994.
The Open University (OU), established in 1969, is a public distance learning and research university and is the biggest university for undergraduate education in Britain. Its main campus is situated in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The OU today utilises a variety of teaching methods, such as written and audio materials, the internet, disc-based software and television programmes on DVD. The course-based BBC television broadcasts began on 3 January 1971, when the first students enrolled, and ceased on 15 December 2006.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's participation in BBC 2's Open University programme recorded in Cardiff, 11 March 1995.
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Material relating to Jen Wilson's participation in the HTV Wales television series Your Century, the episode in question transmitted 27 October 1998.
Jazz FM is a radio station broadcasting on digital radio in the British Isles and Malta, predominantly playing jazz, blues and soul. The current station, launched on 6th October 2008, was established by Richard Wheatly and traces its roots to 102.2 Jazz FM, which launched in 1990.
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Material relating to a promotion concert featuring Jen Wilson and others, staged by Jazz FM radio station in the course of their bid for a new radio licence in South Wales; together with a printed programme relating to Jazz FM's 10th Anniversary concert held at the Barbican Centre, 3 March 2000.
Alan Plater, playwright and screenwriter, was born in Jarrow in the north-east of England in 1935 and brought up in Hull. He became a full-time writer in 1961, writing firstly for radio then subsequently expanding to include television, film and theatre. His 1982 radio play The Journal of Vasilije Bogdanovic won the inaugural 1983 Sony Radio Award. His television credits includes the Z Cars series (1962-1978), The Barchester Chronicles (1982) and The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-1988). In 1970 he adapted D H Lawrence's novel The Virgin and the Gypsy for the big screen, while his theatre work includes the 1968 musical Close the Coalhouse Door, alongside songwriter Alex Glasgow and writer Sid Chaplin. Plater won numerous awards, including BAFTA, the International Emmy and the Screenwriting Awards of the Biarritz Festival. He was President of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain from 1991 to 1995 and was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year's Honours List. He died in 2010.
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Material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater's three-part radio play The Devil's Music (2001), a work based on stories from the Women's Jazz Archive, particularly that of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and for which Jen Wilson acted as music/history consultant. Material includes scripts, cast list, recording schedule, agreements and correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson, Alan Plater and the BBC.
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically.
See also sections on black music and its influence under Performances, events, festivals and tours, particularly Fisk Project 2000 and Fisk Project 2007.
For Paula Gardiner, see Performances, events, festivals and tours: Year of Literature 1995.
Alan Plater, playwright and screenwriter, was born in Jarrow in the north-east of England in 1935 and brought up in Hull. He became a full-time writer in 1961, writing firstly for radio then subsequently expanding to include television, film and theatre. His 1982 radio play The Journal of Vasilije Bogdanovic won the inaugural 1983 Sony Radio Award. His television credits includes the Z Cars series (1962-1978), The Barchester Chronicles (1982) and The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-1988). In 1970 he adapted D H Lawrence's novel The Virgin and the Gypsy for the big screen, while his theatre work includes the 1968 musical Close the Coalhouse Door, alongside songwriter Alex Glasgow and writer Sid Chaplin. Plater won numerous awards, including BAFTA, the International Emmy and the Screenwriting Awards of the Biarritz Festival. He was President of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain from 1991 to 1995 and was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year's Honours List. He died in 2010.
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Material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater's production Only A Matter Of Time, comprising theatre programme and email to Jen Wilson from Plater and his wife Shirley Rubenstein.
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Enquiry sheets and email correspondence relating to Jen Wilson's participation in the BBC Radio 3 programme Above The Title, which discussed women band leaders; together with Christmas card to Jen Wilson from Pete Atkin, the programme's producer.
Enquiry sheets arranged chronologically.
Some Welsh.
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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.
Correspondence and enquiry sheets arranged chronologically.
See also sections on black music and its influence under Performances, events, festivals and tours.
See also Jen Wilson: Publications: Other publications: African-American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.
Cleo Laine was born Clementine Dinah Bullock in Uxbridge, Middlesex to a black Jamaican father and white English mother. She worked in a variety of jobs early in life before taking up professional singing in her mid-20s. Aged 24, she joined musician and composer John Dankworth's band (and later orchestra) the Dankworth Seven, with whom she performed until 1958. Cleo Laine and John Dankworth married that same year and continued their musical collaboration until Dankworth's death in 2010. Laine began touring internationally in 1972, usually supported by her husband's band or orchestra, and by the late 1990s her shows were selling out across the globe. Her acting career had taken off since the 1950s, when she had taken leading rôles in works by the new wave of playwrights such as John Osborne and Harold Pinter. Laine was made Dame Commander in the 1997 New Year's Honours List. She is best known for her three- to four-octave range and vocal adaptability, particularly her trademark 'scat' technique.
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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.
Correspondence and enquiry sheets arranged chronologically.
For Cleo Laine, see also Performances, events, festivals and tours: Women in Jazz 20th Anniversary events.
Alan Plater, playwright and screenwriter, was born in Jarrow in the north-east of England in 1935 and brought up in Hull. He became a full-time writer in 1961, writing firstly for radio then subsequently expanding to include television, film and theatre. His 1982 radio play The Journal of Vasilije Bogdanovic won the inaugural 1983 Sony Radio Award. His television credits includes the Z Cars series (1962-1978), The Barchester Chronicles (1982) and The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-1988). In 1970 he adapted D H Lawrence's novel The Virgin and the Gypsy for the big screen, while his theatre work includes the 1968 musical Close the Coalhouse Door, alongside songwriter Alex Glasgow and writer Sid Chaplin. Plater won numerous awards, including BAFTA, the International Emmy and the Screenwriting Awards of the Biarritz Festival. He was President of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain from 1991 to 1995 and was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year's Honours List. He died in 2010.
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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.
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Email correspondence relating to the Radio Wales series International Flavours, the first programme of which, recorded 7 July 2005, featured Jen Wilson.
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Invoice for expenses paid to Jen Wilson following her participation in the BBC Wales programme Musical Histories, recorded 20 September 2005.
Alan Plater, playwright and screenwriter, was born in Jarrow in the north-east of England in 1935 and brought up in Hull. He became a full-time writer in 1961, writing firstly for radio then subsequently expanding to include television, film and theatre. His 1982 radio play The Journal of Vasilije Bogdanovic won the inaugural 1983 Sony Radio Award. His television credits includes the Z Cars series (1962-1978), The Barchester Chronicles (1982) and The Beiderbecke Trilogy (1985-1988). In 1970 he adapted D H Lawrence's novel The Virgin and the Gypsy for the big screen, while his theatre work includes the 1968 musical Close the Coalhouse Door, alongside songwriter Alex Glasgow and writer Sid Chaplin. Plater won numerous awards, including BAFTA, the International Emmy and the Screenwriting Awards of the Biarritz Festival. He was President of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain from 1991 to 1995 and was awarded a CBE in the 2005 New Year's Honours List. He died in 2010.
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General material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater, largely comprising email correspondence between Jen Wilson and Alan Plater and his wife Shirley Rubenstein.
Correspondence arranged chronologically.
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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.
Correspondence and enquiry sheets arranged chronologically.
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Material mainly comprising job applications and curricula vitae compiled by Jen Wilson, detailing employment history, specialist skills, awards received, published works, etc.
For further details relating to Jen Wilson's published works, seminar talks, awards, etc, refer to relevant sections under Jen Wilson.
See also Welsh Jazz Society/Jazz Services Wales (section 6) (letters dated 31 October 1989, 24 November 1989, 15 January 1990 and 7 February 2000).
One or two items include some Welsh.
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Letters, emails, cards and Christmas cards to or from Jen Wilson and/or the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz/Jazz Heritage Wales, including sympathy cards and letters sent to Jen Wilson on the occasion of her mother's death. Correspondents include friends and colleagues in the music business; venues at which Jen Wilson and/or Women in Jazz performed, exhibited or otherwise participated; and organisations with which Jen Wilson collaborated or held membership, including Jazz Services and the British Institute of Jazz Studies.
Dated correspondence arranged chronologically.
See also Administration: General correspondence.
A CD relating to this section and labelled 'The Tubby Hayes Big Band/BBC Jazz Club/23 April 1969' is kept separately and may be accessed on request.
A CD-Rom to accompany the fax transmission dated 8 February 2001 is kept separately and may be accessed on request.
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Manuscript and typewritten notes by Jen Wilson, mainly relating to women and/or music within a historical context.