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

1 - 4 of 4 items

Members of the Sweet Baby Blues Band posing for a photo while at an airport (Red Callender, Dinky Morris, Ironman Harris, Clora Bryant, Rickey Woodard. Curtis Pegler, Jeannie Cheatham, an unidentified...

Date Published

1989-06

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham speaking with an unidentified blond white man in a red t-shirt during a recording session; they're standing just outside of the sound booth.

Date Published

1989

Jimmy Cheatham on stage with Pat Wick with a microphone between them at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cheatham is holding some papers in one hand; Wick is wearing a printed t-shirt.

Date Published

1971

1980

Jimmy Cheatham standing next to Sipho Kunene (possibly) wearing a light jacket and printed t-shirt; both are looking at the camera and Cheatham is wearing a hat.

Date Published

1971

1980

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Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

At the airport

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham talking with someone during a recording session

Jimmy Cheatham on stage with Pat Wick

Jimmy Cheatham with Sipho Kunene

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