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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Section 511.45 of Florida Statutes

A copy of Section 511.45 of Florida Statutes indicating rules for motel and hotel signage regarding rates, discusses penalties for lack of compliance.
Statement of Income & Expenditures. August 29, 1952

A statement of income and expenditures, August 29, 1952; includes sources of income, loans, and expenditures. Accompanying handwritten notes.
Statement of Income & Expenditures. August 29, 1952

A statement of income and expenditures, August 29, 1952; includes sources of income, loans, and expenditures.
Bills Due, August 29, 1952

A list of bills due for the Welricha Corporation with handwritten notes.
List of Bills Due, Welricha Corporation

A list of bills due for the Welricha Corporation.
Welricha Corporation Debts, June 29, 1952

A list of debts held by the Welricha Corporation, handwritten, through June 29, 1952.
George W. Klokis and Sons Wholesalers of Plumbing and Heating Supplies

A list of services rendered by George W. Klokis and Sons from March through June.
Total money invested, Welricha Corporation, June 29, 1952

Total investments into Welricha Corporation with accounts due and monthly bills.
Received $25 from Mr. Crooms, March 18, 1955

A handwritten note indicating money had been received from a party named "Delta." Another hand writes that the money was from Brunnel, not Delta.
Handwritten notes on materials connected to Pattie Hunt, September 18, 1954

Handwritten list of various items connected to Pattie Hunt with their value.