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 W. R. Crooms to Pattie Hunt, August 6, 1956

Handwritten letter from W. R. Crooms expressing dismay that Pattie Hunt had not yet paid her balance towards rent and electric bills, Crooms expresses that she had contributed money herself towards Hunt that she desired back. A handwritten version of the typed letter is held in Box 3, Folder 1, Item 7 in the Crooms Collection.
Western Union Telegram, July 20, 1950

Western Union Telegram from Bertha L. Mitchell to J. N. Crooms about the urgent need for a stockholders meeting for the Bethune Volusia Beach company.
Lease agreement and handwritten notes including names of prominent stockholders, 1956, "#8"

Handwritten notes regarding a lease agreement including payment and responsibilities for repair. The back of the lease agreement sees considerable notes on stock holdings in the Welricha Corporation.
Handwritten notes of expenses, "$395.00 each lot"

Handwritten note on an envelope that states that lots were worth $395.00 each; $800.00 applied to Welricha lots.
Handwritten notes on expenses for rent and other expenses, 1956

Handwritten notes of unnamed expenses on an envelope - note to copy information into "big book".
Handwritten notes of expenses for rent and lodging, 1955

Handwritten notes of rent and lodging charges for motel operation. Note on the receipt of a check from Mr. Jenkins.
Handwritten notes of Welricha expenses on letterhead, May 5, 1955

Handwritten notes of various expenses for motel operation, as well as notes on where to send checks.
Notice of Insurance Premium From M. W. Ashton to J. N. Crooms, August 30, 1956

A typed reminder to pay an insurance premium from M. W. Ashton to J. N. Crooms. Handwritten note to pay and confirmation of payment in January 1957.
Bills and expenses of petty cash and money owed to Mrs. Hunt - "Weekly Receipts", 1955

Two handwritten notes of bank information and checks that needed to be written to Pattie Hunt.
Welricha Checks and laundry slip with records on back

A collection of handwritten notes on various expenses, some unnamed. Includes list of Welricha checks written circa 1953.