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 Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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New Homemakers of America

A large, undated group photo of young African American women of the New Homemakers of America.
Graduation Photo, Unknown Class

A photo of a large group of students in graduation regalia, class unknown, onstage at the Crooms Academy auditorium.
Banquet

A candid photo of a large group of people in a banquet setting, though the occasion for the banquet is unknown.
Group Photo, Outside

An undated photo of a large group, taken on the steps of an unidentified building
Group Photo, Outside

An undated photo of a large group, taken on the steps of an unidentified building. J. N. Crooms is in the center of the front row.
Group Photo, Outside

An undated photo of a large group, taken on the steps of an unidentified building
Religious Service

An undated photo of an African American minister leading a religious service, while several men and women sit behind him onstage at the Crooms Academy auditorium. J. N. Crooms is on stage to the right of the minister in a light colored suit.
Parade

A photo of what appears to be a parade in progress, location unknown but likely Sanford, Fla. In the foreground are a group of African American women in a car, and behind the car are several African American boys on bicycles. Photo developer's information on the back
Science Class

A photo of African American students in what appears to be a science class, presumably in Crooms Academy, but this is unconfirmed.
Carpentry Class

A photo of a class of African American students doing carpentry work, presumably in Crooms Academy, but this is unconfirmed.