Crooms Collection

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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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Printed Program of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the Florida State Teacher's Association, January 2, 1924

A printed, official, copy of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the Florida State Teachers' Association. Meeting held in West Palm Beach, Florida.
List of Papers to be Presented, December 1924

A list of paper to be presented at one of the Florida Teachers' Association meetings. C. 1923-1924
Subjects Accepted and Those in Discussion, 1924

A document detailing topics accepted or pending acceptance for discussion at the FLorida Teachers' Association meeting. Earliest date of creation is 1923.
Last Years' Committees, 1924

A document detailing previous committees and their members of the Florida Teachers' Association. Earliest date is 1923.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to All People Interested in Black Education, December 10, 1923

A document detailing travel arrangements for the Florida Teachers' Association. Includes Railroad Rates and advice on best routes of travel. December 10, 1923
Local Program, Thirty Fourth Annual Meeting of the Florida State Teachers' Association, December 29, 1924

Handwritten program for the thirty fourth annual Florida State Teachers' Association. Contains information on schedule, composition of the Association, membership information, and serving officers. Meeting scheduled for December 29-31, 1924.
Names and Addresses

List of names and addresses. Unclear creator, author, and purpose. May be a list of people to send letters to regarding Teachers' Association Conference.
List of Names

List of teacher names. Uncertain date of creation, author, and purpose. May be a list of attendees or potential attendees of the 34th Florida Teachers' Association meeting.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to C. C. Walker, September 6, 1923

Letter from J. N. Crooms to C. C. Walker regarding the Teachers' Association Meeting. Asks Walker to cover the entertainment. Mentions coordinating with the white association.
Letter from Ben D. Griffin to J. N. Crooms, October 22, 1945

Letter from Ben D. Griffin to J. N. Crooms. Griffin writes to Crooms to ask about the next Teachers' Association meeting. October 22, 1945