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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

File comprises copies or written Parliamentary question 23 of 20th December 1955, where Llewellyn asks "the Secretary of state for the Home Department what conclusion he has reached upon the representations made to him by the Association of Welsh Local Authorities that Cardiff should be recognised as the capital of Wales" and the reply given by Gwilym Lloyd-George.

Programme schedule relating to a performance by The Old Pros duo, comprising Jen Wilson and poet Penny Windsor, at the Cardiff Literature Festival 1988.

Letter and booking agreement relating to Jen Wilson's performance at a Jazz Poetry & Blues event, part of the Welsh Academy's first Cardiff Bay Literature Festival, 2000.

Material relating to Cardiff's bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008, which includes an offer made to Women in Jazz towards the costs of developing a Women's Festival of Jazz to celebrate Cardiff's centenary celebrations in 2005.

The file, 1970-2000, comprises Michael Holroyd's address at the opening of 'Themes and variations: the drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931' at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, 1996, together with letters, 1994, sent to the museum; 'The world of Augustus John' at Mallord Street, Chelsea, 1997; a list of paintings exhibited at 'Augustus John with his family' at Olympia, London, 1999; reviews of exhibitions including 'Augustus John; portraits of the artist's family', The University of Hull, 1970; a leaflet advertising the Paul Mellon Lectures given by Professor Lisa Tickner at the National Gallery, 1996, including 'Augustus John: gypsies, tramps and Lyric Fantasy'; Michael Holroyd's reply to the curator of Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, 1998, regarding the opening of the 'Portraits by Augustus John' exhibition; and a list of lectures and talks given by Michael Holroyd and cultural events attended by him, [1996]-2000. -- The file also includes copies of letters written by Michael Holroyd, [1994]-[1996], relating to arrangements for his talks and visits.