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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J. N. Crooms

An undated studio portrait of J. N. Crooms in a suit
Group Photo with J. N. Crooms

A group photo with J. N. Crooms and six African American males, unknown location/date/purpose
Class Photo, 6th Grade A

A photo of the 6th grade A class at Crooms Academy, year unknown, with J. N. Crooms at the top right.
Class Photo, Unknown Grade

A class photo of African American boys and girls. Unidentified location and grade
Woman and Child

A photo of an unidentified woman sitting on a bed holding a child
Class Photo, Unknown Grade, 1933

A photo of an unknown grade class at Crooms Academy, 1933, with J. N. Crooms at the top left
Class Photo, 11th Grade

The 11th grade class at Crooms Academy, year unknown, with J. N. Crooms at the top right.
Man in Front of a Building

A photo of an African American man in a suit and hat holding a briefcase, taken outside an unknown building
Photo from a Car Dashboard

A photo taken from the car dashboard looking out above the hood of the car. Outside, there appears to be a small parking lot and several concrete walls.
Crooms Academy Library

An undated photo of the exterior of the Crooms Academy Library