Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Description
This collection documents the personal and professional lives of blues musicians and married couple Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham. Also highlighted is the history of the Sweet Baby Blues Band, which was birthed by the Cheathams in 1983.
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LaBudde Special Collections
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Clora Bryant playing trumpet

Clora Bryant in a red dress with a large red flower in her hair playing trumpet amidst the audience at the Blue Note in New York City; behind her is Rickey Woodard playing his saxophone; she is facing the right of the photo and Woodard the front.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Dinky Morris and Ironman Harris performing together

Dinky Morris (saxophone) in a red hat and Ironman Harris (drums) on stage together at the Blue Note in New York City; instruments, microphones, and several members of the audience can be seen as well as part of a sign over the stage for the Blue Note.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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View of the Sweet Baby Blues Band on stage

Photo of the Sweet Baby Blues Band performing on stage taken from deep in the audience; the backs of a portion of the audience is seen along with a sign hanging overhead directing people to the gift shop, restroom etc.; at the Blue Note in New York City.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Clora Bryant and the Cheathams

Clora Bryant with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham at a banquet table at the 2006 Zora Neale Hurston Award ceremony of the National Association of Black Storytellers; Clora is wearing a black and white outfit with matching hat; Jeannie is in red and Jimmy is wearing a black hat; salads are on the table in front of them; held in San Diego, Bryant and the Cheathams were the award winners that year.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Clora Bryant and the Cheathams

Clora Bryant with Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham at a banquet table at the 2006 Zora Neale Hurston Award ceremony of the National Association of Black Storytellers; Clora is wearing a black and white outfit with matching hat; Jeannie is in red and Jimmy is wearing a black hat; they are looking over to the left of the photo and coffee cups are in front of them; held in San Diego, Bryant and the Cheathams were the award winners that year.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Clora Bryant with her award plaque

Clora Bryant standing with upraised arms and holding her plaque for winning the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black Storytellers in 2006 in San Diego; Clora is wearing a black and white outfit with matching hat with a pendant in the shape of a trumpet; she is looking to the left while behind her an unidentified woman in blue traditional African dress is adjusting a microphone; two other unidentified Women , one also in African dress, are also seen behind Bryant.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Cheathams with Clora Bryant

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham seated with Clora Bryant on three chairs in a row at the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black Storytellers in 2006 in San Diego; Clora is wearing a black and white outfit with matching hat with a pendant in the shape of a trumpet; Jeannie is in red and side-hugging Clora and Jimmy is in black with a black hat; all facing the camera and smiling; several others are seen behind them, many wearing traditional African dress.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Clora Bryant and the Cheathams with Annjennette McFarlin

Clora Bryant, Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with a conference attendee named Dr. Annjennette McFarlin (seated with the others standing behind her) at the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black Storytellers in 2006 in San Diego; Clora is wearing a black and white outfit with matching hat with a pendant in the shape of a trumpet; Jeannie is in red, Jimmy in black, and Annjennette in black and white; all are facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Clora Bryant and the Cheathams

Unidentified woman in royal blue African style dress standing in front of Jeannie Cheatham and they are passing a copy of Jeannie's autobiography between them; on either side of them are Jimmy Cheatham, in a hat, and Clora Bryant, with a pendant shaped like a trumpet; Clora is looking at something out of the photo's frame; at the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black Storytellers in 2006 in San Diego.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Jeannie Cheatham with her award

Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham receiving the Zora Neale Hurston Award given by the National Association of Black Storytellers in 2006 in San Diego; Jeannie is holding the award with Jimmy beside her; on either side of them are two unidentified Women in traditional African dress.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Discussing Jeannie's book

Unidentified African American woman holding up a copy of Jeannie's autobiography and speaking into a microphone to an unseen audience as part of the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego and the Zora Neale Hurston Award; behind her in the background are Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham and another unidentified African American woman.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Cheathams with friends

Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham posing for a photo with an unidentified, older white couple at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego; all are facing the camera and smiling.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Storyteller

Unidentified woman in light blue traditional African dress seated in front of microphone with a book in her lap telling a story; at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego; facing toward the left of the photo.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Conference attendees

Unidentified African American man and woman seated side by side at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego; the man is wearing a black suit and the woman a black dress; another unidentified woman in lavender colored traditional African dress is see behind them.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149
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Conference speaker

Unidentified African American man in black African traditional dress speaking into a microphone and pointing; at the Annual National Black Storytelling Festival and Conference in 2006 in San Diego.
Type: Image
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Collection Identifier: MS-0149