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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Invitation from J. N. Crooms

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to an unidentified recipient, inviting them to the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone for the new Crooms Academy Library.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to Seminole County School Board of Public Instruction on the Construction of the Library for Crooms Academy

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to the Seminole County School Board regarding funding for the construction of a library.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to T. W. Lawton, August, 15, 1947

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to T. W. Lawton concerning plumbing for Crooms Academy.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to Dean Cogdell

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to Dean Codgell of the Florida Normal and Collegiate Institute, where Crooms invites Codgell to deliver the Commencement Address.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to McCarthy and Simon Inc.

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to McCarthy & Simon Inc., regarding an order for caps and gowns.
Suggestions Relative to the Needed Facilities at Crooms Academy

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to the Seminole County School Board, in which Crooms requests aid and funds for Crooms Academy renovations.
State-Wide Negro Health Committee and Letter from J. N. Crooms to H. James Green

Two typed letters from J. N. Crooms to H. James Green of the Jacksonville Negro Civilian Health Committee, (and vice versa) where Crooms confirms his attendance to the Negro Health Congress in Jacksonville.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to T. W. Lawton, May 14, 1943

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to T. W. Lawton concerning using students to contribute with the harvesting of celery, presumably for the war effort.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to J. A. Lawson, May 13, 1943

A typed letter from J. N. Crooms to J. A. Lawson, concerning using students to contribute with the harvesting of celery, presumably for the war effort.
Pupils Who Have Not Paid Their 2nd Semester Band Fee

A typed letter recording from J. N. Crooms to George H. Hill, the band director, which students have and have not paid the band fee for the second semester.