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Manuscript and typewritten notes by Jen Wilson, mainly relating to women and/or music within a historical context.

Material relating to a musical performance/workshop titled Before Freedom, which depicted the life of Willis, a freed slave who took up residence in Swansea, including school resource packs; completed student and teacher evaluation forms; posters and flyers; list of bookings; material relating to specific performance bookings; photographic prints; enquiry sheets; and application for grant aid to fund the project. The show, performed by members of Women in Jazz and others, toured schools, museums, theatres and other venues as part of the events commemorating the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

The events marking Black History Month October 2006 coincided with celebrations to mark Women in Jazz's 20th anniversary, highlighted by a gala evening featuring Women in Jazz patron Dame Cleo Laine and a performance of Before Freedom - for which see Women in Jazz 20th Anniversary events. See also Black History Month.

Material relating to the North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History's 'Visions of Wales' Third Annual Conference held at the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, University of Rio Grande, Ohio, USA, 26-28 June 1997, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Race, Class and Gender in Welsh Popular Culture: Afro-American music in Wales from the 1850s, including call for papers; annotated draft and fair-copy texts of Jen Wilson's talk, together with handwritten notes on A6 cards; press release; conference schedules; correspondence; and information relating to NAASWCH, the Madog Center for Welsh Studies and the University of Rio Grande, together with related events, including details of NAASWCH's Annual Meeting scheduled for June 1998.

Papers of the Jazz Heritage Wales archive, comprising material relating to what was initially known as the Women's Jazz Archive, later Women in Jazz, and finally Jazz Heritage Wales, which reflect the archive's founding and development, its aims and objectives and its wide-ranging involvement in the field of contemporary and historical jazz music. Together with material relating to the archive's founder Jen Wilson, reflecting her interest, involvement and personal achievements in the fields of music, media, education and history, particularly women's social history. The archive also includes material relating to organisations and projects in which Jen Wilson participated but for which she was not solely responsible.