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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Received of J. N. Crooms

Two pages of handwritten notes from E. S. White, a Sanford attorney, recording payments received by J. N. Crooms.
List of Tools and Equipment

An inventory of tools and equipment of the Industrial Department of Crooms Academy, 1939-1940.
Results of the Extension Rally

A report titled "Results of the Extension Rally", organization and creator of the document unknown. It appears to be a balance of donations.
Statement of the Treasurer; Orange Belt District Teachers Association

A report from the treasurer of the Orange Belt District Teachers' Association (a "Miss Bonner") that records the balance in the association's treasury, itemized by expenses.
Bank Reconciliation

A record of bank reconciliation with various financial calculations. It is unknown whose account this is, or with which bank.
Report of Extension Fund for All Teachers

A report, apparently written by Crooms, on the extension fund for all teachers, grades 1-5 for seemingly all Sanford schools.
Expenses

Loose handwritten notes, author unknown, considering various school-related expenses.
Notes on Daily Amounts Raised by Department

Loose handwritten notes, author unknown. It appears to be financial calculations regarding daily amounts raised by different departments.
Notes on Tuition

Loose handwritten notes, author unknown. It appears to be financial calculations regarding tuition.
Notes on Latin and Finances

Loose handwritten notes, author unknown. It appears to be notes related to teaching Latin, along with financial calculations on the back.