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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Unidentified Building

A small photo of an unidentified building.
Woman on a Brick Wall

A small photo of an unidentified African American woman sitting on a short brick wall outside
Man in a Suit

A small photo portrait of an unidentified African American man in a suit
Woman in a Suit

A small photo portrait of an unidentified African American woman in a black suit
Group Photo in a Garden

A group photo of several African American men and women outside an unidentified house. The one on the far right appears to be J. N. Crooms
Group Photo Beside a Car

A group photo of J. N. Crooms and two unidentified African American women standing in front of a car
Young Man in a Suit

A studio photo of a young African American man in a suit
Maypole Dance

A photo of a large group of young African American girls outside an unidentified building. A small group in the center are dancing around a Maypole.
Group Photo Beside a Car

A group photo of several African American men standing in front of a car
Outside Dance

A photo of a large group of young African American girls outside an unidentified building. A small group in the center are dancing in a circle while the rest look on.