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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Crooms Academy Presents its Band in Concert, May 12, 1940

Program of Crooms Academy band concert. May 12, 1940
Program from the Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College, Florida, April 7, 1940

Program of worship from the Knowles Memorial Chapel, Winter Park, Fl. April 7, 1940
Orange Belt District Teachers' Association meeting, March 29, 1940

Program for meeting of the Orange Belt District Teachers' Association. J. N. Crooms giving address. March 29, 1940
Celebration invitation of the thirty fifth anniversary of Bethune-Cookman College, February 16-18, 1940

Invitation to celebration of thirty-fifth anniversary of Bethune-Cookman College and celebration of Mary McLeod Bethune. Guest speaker was Eleanor Roosevelt. February 16-18, 1940
Crooms Academy Presents Josephine Harreld, January 18, 1939

Program announcement for Josephine Herreld's Piano recital held at Crooms Academy. Program notes on back, handwritten. January 18, 1939
Program of the Installation Services, April 24, 1938

Program for the Installation Service of Rev. J. M. Mells, new pastor at St. Paul Missionary Church. J. N. Crooms pianist in service. April 24, 1938
Seminole County Teachers' Meeting, Crooms Academy, September 11, 1936

Program from the Seminole County Teachers Association meeting for September 11, 1936.
Copy of program for County Teachers Association, December 15, 1933

Program from the Seminole County Teachers Association meeting for December 15, 1933.
Crooms Academy Presents Morehouse College Glee Club and Orchestra, February 10, 1932

Program of Crooms Academy presenting the Morehouse College Glee Club and Orchestra. Backside of document has handwritten expenses.
All-Florida Testimonial Banquet for Mary McLeod Bethune, February 28, 1931

Program for the celebration of Mary McLeod Bethune. February 28, 1931.