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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Collection of handwritten records of 1954 motel expenses

A collection of handwritten notes detailing expenses. Notes on 1954 motel expenses.
Packet of blank letterheads, tax forms, and unemployment forms with two pages of filled-in material

A packet of blank forms and letterhead from the Florida Industrial Commission and the Welricha corporation. Two documents have information filled out circa. 1953-1956 regarding unemployment status.
Blank renewal form for Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission License

Blank renewal application for Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission License.
Welricha Corporation Adjusting Entries to be made, November 30, 1955

Handwritten notes on three different accounting adjustments to be made with accompanying description.
Notes on motel rentals, January 13, 1955

Handwritten notes of money incoming from various people.
List of Room Keys

Handwritten notes of room keys and accompanying serial numbers, on the back of the placard.
Letter from Harold McLane to J. N. Crooms, October 6, 1956

A letter from Harold McLane to J. N. Crooms indicating receipt of check and letters and explaining hourly rate. Requests balance of payment as soon as possible.
Letter from George W. Engram to J. N. Crooms, September 26, 1956

A letter from George W. Engram to J. N. Crooms requesting Crooms' signature on a check, handwritten financial notes on the back.
Letter from Willie to J. N. Crooms, January 5, 1956

A letter from Willie to J. N. Crooms. Willie requests $300 for assistance in building a back porch on the house and to help settle some bills.
Welricha Corporation Letterhead with notes of bills, 1956

Records of various expenses. They are likely notes taken during shareholders' meeting.