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Song sheets and piano reduction scores for popular pieces such as Red Sails In The Sunset, We'll Meet Again and I Dreamed A Dream (from Les Misérables) and for classical pieces such as the Infernal Galop from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld and Schubert's Serenade, together with used ready-scored music manuscript books and fragments of handwritten music manuscripts. Some song sheets photocopied. Some items appear to have belonged to Jen Wilson and/or members of her family.

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.

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.

Alphabetisised index cards listing contact details of individuals, organisations, venues, etc associated with the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.

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.

Material relating to Women's Jazz Archive funding applications made to the Arts Council of Wales, the South-East Wales Arts Association, the Welsh Folk Museum (now St Fagans National Museum) and others during the 1980s.

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.

Miscellaneous material relating to the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, including photographic prints; lists of events/bookings for 2006-2007; list of song/music repertoire; material relating to Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz-affiliated bands The Dodgy Jammers, The Crissy Lee Big Band and the Swing Band; material relating to other jazz institutions and to books on jazz; material relating to voluntary work; visitors' book 1993-1995; South Wales Miners' Library newsletter 1991; press cuttings; and photocopied sketch of Jen Wilson at the piano, signed 'Valerie Ganz Sept 90'.

Draft article by Jen Wilson titled 'Women in Jazz: Heroines or Victims?'.

Material relating to the Women's Revolutions Per Minute (WRPM) collection of music by women, including sales catalogues, invoice and correspondence.

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.

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.

Undated material relating to funding applications made by the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz/Jazz Heritage Wales.

Papers relating to input and expenditure of Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, including details of income from funding sources.

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.

Letter relating to a performance by Jen Wilson at the Cooper's Arms, Aberystwyth, 5 March 1987. Although not specified, the letter implies that the performance may have been multi-media or have at least involved the spoken word.

Papers relating to the Women's Jazz Archive oral history project, largely comprising transcribed interviews and correspondence, including material relating to the official opening of the archive on 26 June 1993; material relating to prominent archive contributors Blanche Finlay, Ottilie Patterson and Elaine Delmar; and material relating to the Heritage Lottery Funded project Wales, Slavery and Music - the Unknown Inheritance (for which see also Funding: 2004).

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

Material relating to Women's Jazz Archive funding applications made to the Arts Council of Wales, the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and others during the 1990s.