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Material relating to article by Jen Wilson titled 'Zen and the Art of Thelonious Monk', contributed to On My Life: Women's Writing from Wales (ed. Leigh Verrill-Rhys; Honno Press (1989)), including agreement relating to publication of article; correspondence from Honno Press, the Arts Council of Wales and Seren Press, the latter relating to the inclusion of Jen Wilson's article in A Swansea Anthology (ed. James A. Davies (1996)); reviews; and dust jacket of On My Life.

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 Jen Wilson's participation in BBC 2's Open University programme recorded in Cardiff, 11 March 1995.

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); and to Jen Wilson's Millennium Award-funded publication African American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.

Material relating to the Patti Action Group's mid-1990s campaign to regenerate and maintain the Patti Pavilion in Swansea as a venue for the performing arts.

Material relating to In Pursuit of Venus, a piece commissioned by the Women's Jazz Archive and composed by double bassist Paula Gardiner to mark the 1995 Year of Literature; together with general material relating to Paula Gardiner and her work.

Material relating to tours, concerts, festivals and other performance events given by members of Women in Jazz under various stage names such as the Roots Trio, the Women in Jazz Allstars and Wilson & Morgan's Café Society Ensemble, together with events participated in or organised by Women in Jazz, or with which they were associated.

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.

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.

Correspondence between Jen Wilson and John Barnie, editor of Planet magazine, relating to Jen Wilson's article 'Wales and Negro Minstrelsy: a socio-cultural interchange 1830-1910', which appeared in the June 2006 edition.

Events programme, letter and map relating to talk by Jen Wilson presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel, Port Talbot, 5 January 1994.

Correspondence relating to a talk/musical performance by Jen Wilson, presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel church hall, Port Talbot, 4 April 2007.

Script of presentation, correspondence and map relating to talk titled How Jazz Came To Wales, presented by Jen Wilson to Port Talbot Historical Society at Carmel Chapel, Port Talbot, 1 February 2006.

Correspondence relating to Jen Wilson's talk/musical performance titled A Nobler Strife: Swansea Abolitionists and the Cincinnati Trail 1820-1907, presented to Port Talbot Historical Society at the Blancos Hotel, Port Talbot, 5 December 2008.

Letter and list of participants relating to talk titled Women's Rôle During The Second World War, given by Jen Wilson to Porthcawl Museum & Historical Society, October 1995.

Published items by Jen Wilson, including mainly jazz-related articles for magazines and anthologies; her MSc (Econ) University of Wales dissertation Syncopated Ladies; and her Millennium Award-funded publication African American Music in Swansea 1850-2001.

Published articles by Jen Wilson which appeared in magazines, anthologies, etc. and which largely centre on jazz music and its relation to Wales.

Poster and playlist relating to a concert performance by Women in Jazz at the Queen's Hotel, Swansea, 27 March 2005.

Poster relating to a concert performance by the Women in Jazz Allstars at the Queen's Hotel, Swansea, 18 December 2005.