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

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.

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.

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.

Letter of confirmation from Jen Wilson relating to a proposed Roots Trio concert to be held at the University of Glamorgan in June 2003.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Correspondence relating to the Val Feld Memorial Dinner held at the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff, 13 October 2006, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Material relating to the Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 14 October 2005, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Material relating to the Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner, held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 25 October 2002, at which Women in Jazz performed; together with obituary notices and tributes to Val Feld and the order of her memorial service.

Material relating to the Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 24 October 2003, at which Women in Jazz performed. The material includes the full text of the lecture, delivered by Anna Coote.

Material relating to the cancelled Val Feld Memorial Lecture and Dinner which was to have been held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 15 October 2004.

Material relating to a celebration night in memory of Val Feld held at the Chattery, Swansea, 8 January 2005, at which the Roots Trio performed.

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.

Material relating to the Voluntary Arts Network and Voluntary Arts Wales international conference which took place 11-12 November 2005 at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff, and which featured a lunchtime performance by Women in Jazz.

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.

Flyer for a Wales Assembly of Women (Cardiff and Glamorgan group) celebration dinner held at the University of Wales, Cardiff, 6 May 2004, at which Women in Jazz performed.