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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Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Return, 1955

Employer's Quarterly Federal Income Tax Return, 1956.
U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return, 1955

U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return for the Welricha Corporation, 1955.
Welricha Corporation - U.S. Corporation Income Tax Return, 1952

Typed income tax return information on Welricha Corporation Letterhead, 1952.
Collections made by Pattie Hunt from October 1, 1955 through June 6, 1956

Handwritten note on collections made by Pattie Hunt from October 1, 1955-June 6, 1956, totaling $263.50. It also notes how much Welricha Corporation owes Pattie Hunt.
Handwritten document chronicling J. N. Crooms' stock worth, 1951-1955

Handwritten note on J. N. Crooms' stock worth in the Welricha Corporation.
Handwritten note on rentals and other incomes/salaries paid - "Checks Issued July" on verso

Handwritten notes on rental income, money paid to Mrs. Hunt, and other various expenses.
Handwritten document titled "Mrs. Hunt's Salary"

Handwritten document detailing money owed Mrs. Hunt based on checks written.
Payroll paid by George W. Engram with handwritten notes

A list of items on payroll paid for by George W. Engram.
Internal Revenue Service, Notice of Penalty Provisions of Law, 1954

A document explaining the various penalties individuals and businesses would incur if taxes were not paid on time, 1954.
Instructions for filing rates with hotel and restaurant commission

A document detailing how businesses should file rates with the Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission details various requirements and statutes. Unknown Date.