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

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan with jazz musicians playing for them (Billy Taylor, piano ; Max Kaminsky, trumpet ; Tyree Glenn, trombone ; Tony Parenti, clarinet ; Charles McGee (likely)...

Date Published

1972-02-11

Portrait of trumpet player Nolan "Shaheed" Smith from the neck up; he's wearing a striped shirt and facing the camera, smiling.

Date Published

1981

1990

Unidentified African American trumpet player holding two trumpets (one in each hand) on his lap; seated and turned to the left with his head turned to face the camera.

Date Published

1961

1970

Digital Collections

Eubie Blake dancing with Maxine Sullivan on his birthday

Nolan Smith portrait

Trumpet player

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