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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Letter from A. Hogan Brewer to J. N. Crooms, April 14, 1944

Letter from A. Hogan Brewer to J. N. Crooms. Brewer writing to Crooms regarding a recent meeting of the Executive Committee if the Florida State Teachers' Association. Attaches list of objectives agreed upon. Writes on other pressing issues facing the association.
Attend to the Following for State Teacher's Association Meeting, November 29, 1940

Notice written in advance of State Teachers' Association Meeting, November 28, 1940. Notice writes specific instructions for the Seminole County Board of Commissioners, City Commission of Sanford, and the Seminole County School Board. Written October 18, 1940.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to John Hope, December 1, 1924

Letter from J. N. Crooms to John Hope. Crooms requesting that Hope make a trip down to the Florida Teachers' Association meeting. Suggests that Hope present something and also accept a tour of Florida led by Crooms. December 1, 1924.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to W. N. Zanders, November 28, 1924

Letter from J. N. Crooms to W. N. Zanders. Crooms requesting Zander accept a place on the program for the Florida Teachers' Association meeting. November 28, 1924.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to J. C. Wright, November 25, 1924

Letter from J. N. Crooms to J. C. Wright. Crooms asking for logistical advice in regard to the Teachers' Association Conference. General notes about finding more presenters. November 25, 1924.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to A. B. Cooper, November 25, 1924

Letter from J. N. Crooms to A. B. Cooper. Crooms welcoming A. B. Cooper to Florida as recent president of Edward Waters College. Invites Cooper to Teachers' Association meeting. November 25, 1924.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to J. G. Reddick, November 24, 1924

Letter from J. N. Crooms to J. G. Reddick. Crooms asks Reddick to prepare a paper on the subject of class examination. November 24, 1924.
Letter from J. N. Crooms to Willis Sutton, November 20, 1924

Letter from J. N. Crooms to Willis Sutton. Crooms writes to invite Sutton to speak at the Florida Teachers' Association meeting. November 20, 1924
Received from Mr. Crooms, October 19, 1953

Document indicating that J. N. Crooms had paid a bill. Opposite side contains handwritten poem. October 19, 1953
Report for Beginners

List of teachers on document titled "Report for Beginners." Various charges are associated with each teacher.