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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Teachers' Monthly Report for Hopper Academy, October 26, 1917

A monthly report of all the teachers of Hopper Academy, signed by J. N. Crooms as principal. Included among the list of teachers is Wealthy Crooms.
Teacher's Daily Register

A register that records the attendance of students in classes taught by Mabel N. Purnell from 1927-28, presumably at Crooms Academy.
Visitor's Register and Tuition Payments

A register that records the attendance of students in classes taught by Wealthy Crooms in 1919, presumably at Hopper Academy. Later pages Seem to be used to record payments of tuition in the terms of 1922-23.
Band Exam

A blank exam sheet with spaces for students to fill in answers. The test concerns Band and music, and lists G. H. Hill as the bandmaster.
Supplement to Final Examination - American History and Civics

A blank exam sheet with spaces for students to fill in answers. The test concerns American History and Civics, and lists J. N. Crooms as the instructor.
American Junior Red Cross Elementary School Enrollment Application

An official card application for Secondary School Enrollment for the American Junior Red Cross. The application is for Crooms Academy High.
American Junior Red Cross Elementary School Enrollment Application

An official card application for Elementary School Enrollment for the American Junior Red Cross. The application is for Crooms Academy High.
Damage Done in Commercial Department

A typed report recounting the damage inflicted by a student, Juanita Dixon, including breaking a typing machine. The report says that Dixon is to pay for all repairs. The report is signed by a teacher, E. J. Eubanks, and by Juanita Dixon herself, but even though there is a space for J. N. Crooms, he did not sign.
Persons Who Have Registered for the Band

A typed list of names of "Persons who have registered for the band", written by J. N. Crooms.
Teacher's Monthly Report for J. L. Moore

A monthly report for a 5th grade teacher named J. L. Moore, noting things like enrollment and attendance by students. It is unknown what school Moore taught at, possibly Hopper Academy.