Crooms Collection

Item set

Title

Crooms Collection

Description

The Joseph Nathaniel Crooms Papers consist of documents related to Crooms Academy named for J.N. Crooms, whose parents were slaves on a Tallahassee area plantation, and who, along with his wife, Wealthy Mabel Crooms, started the school Crooms Academy and were its first principal and assistant principal respectively. The Crooms Academy began operation in 1920 and until 1970, the Crooms Academy during the same time Bethune Academy was established. Mr. Crooms worked with Mary McLeod Bethune as members of the Welricha Corp., which owned a beach front motel and restaurant on Bethune-Volusia Beach, as well as the Florida Negro Teachers Association. By the advent of his death, Mr. Crooms was considered a pioneer for black education in the state of Florida.

Physical Location

Crooms Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee State Collegee Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Annual Report of the Secretary-Treasurer, February 23, 1952

An Annual Audit Report by Derby and Greene on the assets, liabilities, financial statements, sales, income, investments, and other financial aspects of Bethune-Volusia Beach Incorporated to Stockholders. Fiscal year of July 31, 1951.
Corporation Tax Receipt, 1955

A receipt from Robert Andrew Gray, Florida Secretary of State, affirming that the Welricha Corporation paid its $50 tax and filed its Capital Stock Tax Report.
Letter from George W. Powell to J. N. Crooms, September 9, 1946

1946-09-09
Senior Chapel and Class Day Exercises, June 2, 1949

Program of the Senior Class Day Exercises, Crooms Academy. June 2, 1949
Information about Seminole County Schools And Crooms Memorial Library, 1949

Information on Seminole County Schools and Crooms Memorial Library. Information is typed on the back of Pamphlet copy from Crooms memorial Library Stone Laying program. 1949
Ceremony and Seminar Marking the Inauguration of the Third President of Bethune-Cookman College, March 11, 1948

Program for the ceremony and seminar celebrating the inauguration of Richard Vernon Moore as president of Bethune-Cookman college. March 11, 1948
Fourth Annual Race Relations Meeting, February 8, 1948

Program for the Fourth Annual Race Relations Committee meeting. Held at Rollins College. February 8, 1948
Birthday Invitation for Eartha M. M. White's 79th Birthday, November 8, 1955

Invitation to Eartha M. M. White's Birthday Celebration. November 8, 1955
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Presents A Testimonial Celebration Honoring Eartha M. M. White, June 25, 1947

Program for the celebration of Eartha M. M. White. June 25, 1947
Crooms Academy, Class Day Exercises, June 2, 1947

Program of class day exercises for Crooms Academy. June 2, 1947