Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

The Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham Collection was gifted to the UMKC Libraries by Jeannie Cheatham in February 2009. The collection documents the personal and professional lives of Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham. Also highlighted is the history of the Sweet Baby Blues Band, which was birthed by the Cheathams in 1983.

Items in Collection: 538

Topics

Black History & Representation

Indigenous History & Representation

Jazz, Big Band, & Music Industry

Kansas City History

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Publicity photo of Bubba Jackson and Jimmy Cheatham performing at the Long Beach Jazz Festival; Cheatham is standing to the right while Jackson is standing in front of a microphone while wearing a...

Date Published

1991

2000

Jeannie Cheatham and Curtis Peagler posing with three unidentified people (a white woman, two African American men) all with arms around one another and looking at the camera.

Date Published

1991

2000

Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with three unidentified men at an unknown event; all with arms around each other and facing the camera; all wearing name tags.

Date Published

1991

2000

Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified white couple in what appears to be their back yard; a lawn chair, folding tray, and fence are beside them; Jeannie is wearing a straw hat.

Date Published

1991

2000

Digital Collections

Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bubba Jackson's black drawers

Jeannie Cheatham and Curtis Peagler posing for a photo with friends

Jeannie Cheatham and friends

Jeannie Cheatham with friends

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