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Material relating to awards and fellowships presented to Jen Wilson/Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz.

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.

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.

Material relating to events surrounding 1995's Year of Literature and in particular the involvement of Women in Jazz , including proposals, aims and objectives and mission statement; funding applications and responses; press release; correspondence; and press cuttings. Jen Wilson was appointed a member of the 1995 Year of Literature General Advisory Group. Together with material relating to double bassist Paula Gardiner, pianist Stan Tracey and trumpeter Cris Haines, who were each commissioned by Swansea University's Department of Adult Continuing Education to compose new works to celebrate the Year of Literature.

Although this was a British-wide celebration of literature and the arts, Swansea's successful bid to host the Arts Council's Year of Literature in 1995 meant that the majority of events were held in and around that city.