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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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's participation in the HTV television series Only Yesterday, the episode in question recorded 17 December 1994.

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.

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.

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.

Email correspondence relating to the Radio Wales series International Flavours, the first programme of which, recorded 7 July 2005, featured Jen Wilson.

General material relating to playwright and screenwriter Alan Plater, largely comprising email correspondence between Jen Wilson and Alan Plater and his wife Shirley Rubenstein.

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.

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.

Letter acknowledging Jen Wilson's participation in the television series Home Ground, produced by Ffilmiau Hiraethog.

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.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's participation in the HTV Wales television series Your Century, the episode in question transmitted 27 October 1998.

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.

Invoice for expenses paid to Jen Wilson following her participation in the BBC Wales programme Musical Histories, recorded 20 September 2005.