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Script and photocopied poster relating to a talk titled The Relevance of Interdisciplinary Research at Jazz Heritage Wales, presented by Jen Wilson at the Alex Building, Swansea College of Art, 3 December 2015.

Press cuttings relating to a Swansea Bay Strollers charity event held 11 June 2006, at which Women in Jazz performed.

Press cutting relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at an event organised by local walking group the Swansea Bay Strollers.

Material relating to Women in Jazz's participation in a series of events organised by Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council.

Material relating to an article by Jen Wilson titled 'A Sociocultural and Historical Perspective, and its relevance to Popular Culture, of the Bed belonging to Haulwen Mary and William John Evans of Swansea, now deceased', published in SWAGMag No. 4 [1995], the periodic magazine of the Swansea Writers' and Artists' Group (SWAG), comprising annotated text of article; copy of SWAGMag No. 4; and letter from Honno Press suggesting Jen Wilson contribute a piece for a forthcoming collection of women's writings (later published as Changing Times: Welsh women writing on the 1950s and 1960s (ed. Deirdre Beddoe, Honno Press, 2003).

Material relating to Stepping Out, an exhibition celebrating the history of women in jazz in Wales as part of Black History Month, including flyers and posters; press release; exhibition programme; invitations to opening; press reports; playlist, with accompanying notes; performer photographs; exhibition panel texts; enquiry sheets; visitor comments; correspondence; and details relating to a funding application. The exhibition opened at Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery, 1 August 2003, to musical accompaniment by Women in Jazz members.

Material relating to a performance by DACE ((Swansea University's) Department of Adult Continuing Education) Big Band at the televised Stars and Stripes in Swansea event held in Singleton Park, Swansea, 6 July 1996.

Material relating to A Suite for Swansea, a piece commissioned by University College Swansea's Department of Adult Continuing Education and composed by pianist Stan Tracey to mark the 1995 Year of Literature; together with general material relating to Stan Tracey and his work.

Playlist relating to a concert performance at St Benedict's Catholic Church hall, Swansea, 16 October 2004.

Material relating to the Race, Nation and Ethnicity graduate seminar held at St Antony's College, Oxford, 9 November 1995, at which Jen Wilson presented a talk titled Black, Blue and Red: A feminist historical perspective on gospel music and the blues, 1860-1930, including talk script, seminar schedule and correspondence.

Material relating to South West Jazz's Women and Jazz research project., including project outlines, reports and correspondence.

Material relating to the Soundzwild Kilvey Music Festival, held at Swansea Eastside, Kilvey, Swansea, 14-15 August 1999.

Material relating to a Soroptomists Study Weekend held in Carmarthen, 23 April 2004, including correspondence relating to a multi-media talk titled Roots given by Women in Jazz; statement issued by the South Wales region of Soroptomist International; and dinner menu.

Song sheets and piano reduction scores for popular pieces such as Red Sails In The Sunset, We'll Meet Again and I Dreamed A Dream (from Les Misérables) and for classical pieces such as the Infernal Galop from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld and Schubert's Serenade, together with used ready-scored music manuscript books and fragments of handwritten music manuscripts. Some song sheets photocopied. Some items appear to have belonged to Jen Wilson and/or members of her family.

Enquiry sheet and playlist relating to a concert performance by the Roots Trio at Singleton Park, Swansea, 30 May 2004.

Email correspondence relating to a performance by Women in Jazz at a Silver Wedding Anniversary event in Llanelli.

Material relating to the Women in Jazz Allstars Band's performance at the Showcase at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, 30 November 2007.

Material relating to the Seen and Heard: Women in Jazz exhibition held at Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery during the Brecon Jazz Festival, 3 August - 8 September 2002.

Material relating to the Roots Festival and Exhibition, staged in association with the Women's Jazz Archive, being a photographic exhibition combined with musical performances celebrating African-American music in Swansea, including programme of events at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea; posters; list of bookings; press release; reviews; and correspondence.

Material relating to the Rock School and DACE (Department of Adult Continuing Education) Swing Orchestra courses run by Jen Wilson in her capacity as one of the Performing Arts tutors within University College of Wales, Swansea's Department of Continuing Adult Education.