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Exhibitions organised and staged by Women in Jazz, largely focusing on the influences of African-American music and the rôle of women in jazz music.

Material relating to the Fast Forward project, a multi-media community project which comprised a series of dance, music and video workshops culminating in a public performance. Initial events were held at Glyncorrwg Community Centre in the Afan Valley. The project was funded by the West Glamorgan Drug Prevention Team and University College Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education and was co-ordinated by Jen Wilson.

Material relating to Ffederasiwn Amgueddfeydd ac Orielau Celf Cymru/Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales, including agenda and minutes, report, newsletter and accounts.

Material relating to a course titled Filming and Recording Swansea's History, run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Media Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education.

Material relating to Fishguard Jazz Festival 2004 and 2005, at which Women In Jazz performed.

Material relating to Jen Wilson's attempt to organise a commemorative celebratory visit to Swansea by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the Fisk Jazz Ensemble and the Fisk Race Relations Institute from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, including funding applications for sponsorship and grants; mailing list of potential sponsors/grant providers; projected expenses; copious correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson and potential sponsors/grant providers and between Jen Wilson and representatives of Fisk University; material relating to Fisk University and to the Race Relations Institute; press cuttings and printouts from online sources; and report on the project, which includes the declaration that the planned visit by the Fisk Jubilee Singers was obliged to be cancelled due to lack of funding.

Material relating to the organisation of a visit to Swansea by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, including correspondence, largely between Jen Wilson, Dr Paul Kwami of Fisk University and Uzo Iwobi, Chair of the African Community Centre (see African/African-Caribbean Art Strategy: African Community Centre); projected expenses relating to the proposed visit; and illustrated history of the Fisk Jubilee Singers.

Inscribed plaque denoting that the Women in Jazz/Women's Jazz Archive premises were grant aided by the Foundation for Sport and the Arts.

Information relating to a book launch event at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, at which Women in Jazz performed. The book in question was titled Fragments from the Dark: Women Writing Home and Self in Wales and the event was organised by Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Support Group and Swansea Women's Asylum Support Group, with all proceeds distributed to refugee charities.

Material relating to funding applications made by the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz/Jazz Heritage Wales to the Arts Council of Wales, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, the Heritage Lottery Fund and others, including application forms, correspondence, reports and accounts; together with inscribed plaque awarded to Women in Jazz by the Foundation for Sport and the Arts.

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.

General administrative material relating to the Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz, including management/team structures; lists of staff, trustees and outside contacts; job descriptions and resumés; proposed business development plans and project briefs; policy statements; enquiry sheets; and correspondence.

Women's Jazz Archive/Women in Jazz/Jazz Heritage Wales correspondence not directly addressed to or from Jen Wilson, the material including enquiries/requests from musicians, music students and others and discussion of insurance claim, 1993, relating to theft of items from the jazz archive.

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.

Material relating to a concert performance by the Women in Jazz Allstars at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, 4 November 2005.

Material relating to a concert performance by the Roots Trio at Swansea's Grand Theatre, 2 November 2002.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's concert performance at Swansea's Grand Theatre, 1st December 2006

Material relating to a concert performance by the Roots Trio at the Grand Theatre, Swansea, 13 May 2005.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's involvement with Cheryl Beer's touring show Heaven Scent: The History of the Welsh Songstress.

Material relating to a half-day conference titled Women in a Global Perspective, held at the Holiday Inn, Swansea, 14 August 2002, comprising conference schedule and correspondence. There is no evidence to indicate whether or not Jen Wilson attended this conference.