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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Crooms Building Testimonial Dinner given for J. N. Crooms, May 16, 1947

Testimonial Dinner program. Program lists food donated by the Citizens Committee to honor J. N. Crooms. May 16, 1947
Orange Belt District, Teachers' Association Reorganization Meeting, March 22, 1947

Program of Orange Belt District Teachers Association Meeting. Seminole County Schools Superintendent T. W. Lawton was present at the meeting. March 22, 1947
Games Scheduled for Basketball Season, 1947

Schedule of basketball games to be played with their locations.
Senior Chapel, June 3, 1946

Program for Senior Chapel, unclear whether held at Crooms Academy or Hopper Academy. June 3, 1946
Arbor day Program, Crooms Academy, January 18, 1946

Schedule for Crooms Academy's Arbor Day program. January 18, 1946
Calendar for the Closing of Crooms Academy, April-June, 1947

Schedule detailing the final activities to be held at Crooms Academy in preparation for term's end. April-June, 1947
Class Day Exercises: Class Funeral, June 4, 1945

Schedule for a funeral honoring student who had passed away. June 4, 1945
Second Annual Orange County Student Interracial Conference, April 28, 1945

Program for the Second Annual Orange County Student Interracial Conference. Held at the Knowles Memorial Chapel in Winter Park, FL. April 28, 1945
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College Presents A Testimonial Celebration Honoring Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, March 1-2, 1945

Program for the celebration of Mary McLeod Bethune, held at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College. March 1-2, 1945
Dedicatory Exercises, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, December 10, 1944

Program for dedicatory exercises in honor of J. R. E. Lee, held in the hall bearing his name at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College. December 10, 1944